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For Immediate Release

ATLAS NAMES NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS
APPOINTS *** MADDOX: CEO, PAUL GRAF: COO

HILLSIDE, NJ-June 9, 2004-Atlas Model Railroad Co. Inc. and Atlas O,
LLC.
announced today that at a recent meeting, the Atlas Board of Trustees
passed
a unanimous resolution creating a new Atlas Board of Directors to help
guide
and grow the companies in the foreseeable future. The new board
consists
of Thomas W. Haedrich-Chairman, Diane Schaffan Haedrich, Jarrett
Schaffan
Haedrich and Jesse Schaffan Haedrich.

“The new Board of Directors is happy and proud to continue this great
business
with the same goal of product excellence as achieved during the first
55
years. We look forward to our role in helping to reach the next 50 plus
years as a successful family-run business,” said Haedrich.

One of the first resolutions passed by the new board was to name
Richard
Maddox as Chief Executive Officer and Paul Graf as Chief Operating
Officer.
*** Maddox started with Atlas one year ago as Atlas Chief Operating
Officer.
He has been involved in the hobby industry in a wide variety of
companies
and positions for the past fifty years. Paul Graf has been with Atlas
in
a variety of positions for the past 15 years, most recently serving as
Vice
President, Finance and Administration.

“Atlas is indeed fortunate to have an outstanding staff and
extraordinary
executives like *** and Paul to lead them. I look forward to working
with
the fine professionals that comprise the Atlas executive team,” said
Haedrich.


Since 1984, Tom Haedrich has worked at Atlas and has been CEO since
1989.
Diane S. Haedrich is the daughter of Atlas founder Stephan J. Schaffan
and
has been the Atlas Model President since 1984. Jarrett and Jesse
Haedrich
are the founder’s grandsons. Jarrett is a 2001 graduate of The
University
of Vermont School of Business and works in the Atlas marketing
department.
Jesse is a Penn State University student majoring in plastics
engineering
technology.

Founded in 1949 from the original Atlas Tool Co., Atlas Model Railroad
Company, Inc. has its roots in model railroad track and accessory
making
through invention, innovation and ingenuity. As an extension of a
tremendously
flourishing HO & N scale product line, Atlas O, LLC. was created in
1997
to provide high quality model railroad O scale products to the 3-rail
and
2-rail markets. Today, after more than 50 years, the Atlas companies
are
leading manufacturers of HO, N and O scale track, locomotives, rolling
stock
and accessories for the model railroad industry. Atlas’ product line is
very extensive and includes solid nickel silver track, such as the
world
renowned Super-Flex® Track, award-winning locomotives and rolling
stock,
layouts, accessories, and more. Atlas, headquartered in Hillside, NJ.,
has
maintained a proud tradition as a family-owned business with a
reputation
for quality and excellence.