Edward wrote:
might have to start hanging out on eBay again.
That is where I got this odd car. Only paid about $2.50 for it
(MIB!!!) in a cluster of 5 cars ($12.00). I got the 1020 first,
then ended up with 1000 as a single car auction a few days later and
never noticed the difference until looking at George Irwin's site
the other night.
EBay is where I got most of the ones I didn't get when I was a youngster.
My 1000 has missing stirrups on one end of the car while 1020 is
mint condition.
I have bid on a LOT of old Atlas stuff on ebay...and won it lately.
Do you snipe:>)?
Will post scans of both 1000 and 1020 as time permits and will send
george Irwin scans for the site.
Guess I found something worth looking for!
Yup, good to have all variations of a release. Like I said, I have an example
of each release but not necessarily all variations.
Another thing to watch out for is making sure the one you buy is an A1G and
not a later version. The only example I can think of, though, is the vinegar
tank cars. I know Atlas re-released these later and that the Heinz car was
slightly different. On the original, the "flat" part of the car is blue and has
more lettering on it than the later version which has brown and very little
lettering. I can't remember the exact lettering differences but the blue vs. brown
is the tip-off. As far as the other three cars in this group, I don't know if
there were any differences A1G vs. ater.
Doug
Edward Bridges
Unofficial Historian of the Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad
Former CO&E Employee: 1986-1987
Modeling the CO&E in N Scale: 1978-1982
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Railroad: 30 Years of Shortline Railroading in Southern Illinois:
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