Athearn's new car

Did anyone pick up some of Athearn's new "N" release?

here's a couple photos....

 

WP car...more to come.

 

Cool on my wish list

 

1. They seem short :thumbs_down:
2. A new release with Rapido couplers :thumbs_down:
3. I can't find them on Athearn's Website :thumbs_down:

Gary

 

Little late for April 1, right???

 

Wow I need to adjust my screen, they look metallic.

 

would not pay 5 cents for that thing.

 

Well, they do make them in HO.....

Nice kitbash.

 

Is that autorack real? Yikes. It looks like it was cut out of sheet styrene.

Terry

 

Here is the HO car....



Traincat was working on a brass kit to make these in N..



The giveaway is that Athearn hasn't done a WP car yet even in HO.

 

Yeah, what's up with the cRapidos?

 

Wow! I love those shiny silver wheels and those new fangled couplers. Is that a new design?
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hmmmmmm, it looks like a kit bash to me, until I saw the molded in end ladders, which now has me puzzled.

Personally, this is not my favorite car, and I don't run auto racks on my layout. But interesting, anyway.

Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman

 

There's one that dad bought in the early 60's lurking about in the boxes of old HO trains in the shed somewhere.

Which is about the average length of time it takes Athearn to translate their HO models into N scale versions.:tb-wink:

 

Anyone have a picture of the prototype for this thing? What time period it was used? Thanks.

 

http://wackyiraqi.com/woo woo woo/best_thread_ever.jpg

This is awesome. :thumbs_up:

 

I must have missed the joke.

Here is a prototype. A fifty foot car, I think. Union Pacific.

 

He He He......I was late for April fools. Hope no one is too upset like the "Atlas" guys can get.

I saw the Athearn HO and thought it would be cool to do for my own collection. I kept the old Rapidos and wheels on for the more observant. They have since become MTL's.

 

Seems like a reasonable model to me. As a car hauler, it looks very inefficient compared to the newer 89 foot cars.

 

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