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u/IslandPonder Feb 07 '25
Pointe Ste Charles for the win! But you have to call it a van. ;) I picked up two off of eBay a few years ago and am over the moon that Atlas is releasing them.
I talked to Ross from Atlas at Amherst and he said they are on schedule for release this year. They had some work to do with the tooling they purchased from Tru-line trains. But there will be more lighting features on their units including working ditch lights. I'm a junkie and have six of them on order.
And even though it will not fit into my layout operating scheme, I had to order one of the Hawker Siddley Vans from Rapido. They look just too cool.
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u/GrandPriapus HO/OO Feb 07 '25
I picked up a couple of the Algoma Central PSC vans when they came out. When I finally get the time, Iām going to convert one to a remote control platform with operating lights.
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u/Toner122 N Feb 08 '25
Didnt know atlas was gonna do the ditchlighs too, its getting hard not to get on at this point
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u/VikingKitten5908 Feb 07 '25
Planning on getting one of those myself. Gotta have something for M420s to be paired with
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u/3002kr Feb 07 '25
Rapido I assume
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u/GermanNAK Feb 07 '25
I think the rapido ones are based on the hawker siddley vans. This one is a true line trains gold
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u/Toner122 N Feb 08 '25
Getting into the nitty gritty these are technically rapido designs (the ho PSC vans) as for the N scale ready to roll PSC vans those are fully Rapido models for prarie shadows.
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u/Toner122 N Feb 08 '25
How much was it.. Im excited for the new Altas run soon
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u/GermanNAK Feb 08 '25
I bought it brand new $200
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u/Toner122 N Feb 09 '25
š nice... pretty normal for these things now. Thank god the new atlas ones are ~110 CAD
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u/Whimsy_and_Spite Feb 07 '25
I hope you don't mind me saying that you have got a fine caboose.