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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.
This is a category for companies who have made products related to model railroading or railway modelling. See also Category:Toy train manufacturers . Subcategories
Life-Like logo introduced in 1970. Model railroading pioneer Gordon Varney sold off his Varney Scale Models company in 1960 to Sol Kramer. These HO scale model trains continued to be produced under the Varney name until March 1970, when the first advertising for Life-Like trains appeared in Railroad Model Craftsman magazine.
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 ...
In November 2004, Nortrak acquired the assets of Rail Products and Fabrications including a trackwork plant and a manganese foundry in Seattle, Washington. [1] In 2007, Nortrak purchased two buildings in Cheyenne which allowed the company to add prestressed concrete railroad ties to its business lines. [1]
Transco was founded in October 1936, with its business mainly focused on servicing the railroad industry. In 1984, the company was restructured, with Transco Inc. now serving as the parent company for a number of subsidiary corporations, including Transco Railway Products Inc., Transco Products Inc., and Advance Thermal Corp. Transco Railway Products Inc. has its corporate offices in Chicago ...
2003: ACF Industries LLC became a successor to ACF Industries, Incorporated on May 1, 2003. [4] 2008: An ACF Center Flow hopper owned by CSX Transportation fails. A Federal Railroad Administration advisory released the following year notes the failure occurred in the car's side sill and corrective action for all ACF Center Flow hoppers. [19]
This was the Union Pacific's first short-line sale. Watco then looked to the West Region, acquiring the Blue Mountain Railroad in 1998, the Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad in 1992 and the Eastern Idaho Railroad in 1993. In 1998, it began operating the Stillwater Central Railroad in Oklahoma and the Timber Rock Railroad in Texas.