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In the early 1990s, the Atlas Tool Co. changed its name to Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc. In 1997 Atlas O, LLC was established as a separate business entity dedicated to producing multiple lines of O scale model railroad products including track, freight cars, locomotives and accessories, co-founded and led by James J. Weaver.
Athearn also produced trains for the short-lived Cox Models brand of electric train sets in the 1970s. Many of these products were pre-existing items from the Athearn catalog repackaged with Cox branding. [5] Freight cars packaged with train sets sold by Atlas Model Railroad Co. in the 1970s also came from Athearn. [1]
On August 24, 2020, Atlas announced that they had acquired some Tru-Line Trains molds including the HO scale C-Line model. [6] Atlas Model Railroad made plastic models of the five-axle passenger C-Liner between 1967 and approximately 1969. [7] Rivarossi produced plastic four-axle C-Liner A- and B-units between 1954 and 1982. [8]
Atlas specialized in the building of small locomotives and purpose built rail borne equipment for industrial use. The equipment it manufactured seldom ran on the rails of Class I railroads, but were often used to shuttle freight cars around inside manufacturing plants. Atlas's products ranged from small 2-ton end cab switchers up to 65-ton ...
Atlas World Group's flagship company, Atlas Van Lines, is an agent-owned company and similar in form to a cooperative. It has approximately 500 agents in more than 140 countries. Among these agents, 75 own shares in Atlas World Group. Atlas Van Lines is the second-largest interstate motor carrier in the United States. [citation needed]
In 1967, the toy factory Frateschi has been renamed to "Indústrias Reunidas Frateschi Ltda" to concentrate fully on model trains with its core business focused on Brazilian railways (RFFSA, Fepasa, CPEF, EFS, etc.). In 1993 started a cooperation with Atlas and exported to the United States. The company annually organizes summits to promote the ...