Hi George,
I think the idea of adding some Atlas packaging would be great to the A1G site. Atlas did use variants during the first of the A1G run and this would be great info to know. This would work for anyone collecting cars MIB or close to it. Would also help when buying from swapmeets,E-Bay etc, and knowing you got the right insert with the proper car that goes with it. I bought a Santa Fe cattle car a while back ago that had a A1G sleeve for that style of car in the case. The problem I caught was the car wasn't even manufactured for Atlas. It was a Trix car. I liked it anyway and bought it but it made me wonder if the person selling it was trying to pass it off as something else. I bought that car with a couple others for around 6 dollars for all and don't feel that I lost out knowing it wasn't a true A1G car in the first place. I checked to the one's listed on your site to see if the car may of had a different under frame to the body but the car doesn't match to anything listed. It looks to be all Trix parts right down to the trucks. That particular car got boarded up on the inside and was put to work as a Santa Fe tool car with a work train I put together with a Kato Santa Fe SD45 and an old Santa Fe Mini Trix wrecking crane and boom car I ran acrossed. Since that cattle car wasn't A1G, I thought I would put it to good use. If that had been a A1G, it would of got a lot more respect. Rick From: George Irwin <gji@...>
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Subject: Re: [a1g] Progress on my "accumulation"
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:53:10 -0400
At 12:28 AM 8/29/2003 +0000, Edward wrote:
A1G Locomotives
2186 MIB (complete with decal sheet intact)
Now that is a rare find! For those of you who don't know about this, some
A1G steamers came without a roadname. The decal sheet allowed you to add
one from several choices. I don't remember what they were; Edward, could
you post that list when you have the opportunity?
A1G freight equipment
2234 IB (no insert)[this car may not have had an insert, packaging
is odd for an Atlas car, but in Atlas box].
I have one of these too (Cotton Belt gondola) without the insert in the A1G
surplus and I remember having several others many years ago-- maybe even a
couple of decades by now-- before I sent the boxes and cars going their
seperate ways. (George, you did what?) If I recall correctly, this
packaging variation goes way back into A1G history. I think it must have
had some sort of insert at one time, even if it was just some foam packing;
otherwise the car bounces around mercilessly inside the box.
Perhaps I should add a small "packaging" section to the A1G site... does
anyone have any opinions on this? Is it a bit too far? In any event, add
it to the queue! Once the UMTRR process is done for September I really
need to get back to adding things to the site.
My girlfriend keeps ribbing me about becoming a "collector" with
this stuff. Not exactly a collector per se, I like to think of
myself as an accumulator. To each their own I guess. (I do not run
the stuff in my A1G accumulation). I merely want to preserve a
piece of the history of N Scale.
Accumulators are defined as those who have much more N Scale than can ever
fit on their layout at one time. No boxes, labels, inserts, or conditions
are required or implied! I think George Johnsen uses the term "gatherers"
as well; it might fit.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Cheers,
Your list-owner
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