Just picked up this O gauge Illionois Central box car.The bix is stamped Made in Austria.Mids 70s vintage?
Possibly a little more recent than 1970s?
https://mrr.trains.com/news-reviews/staff-reviews/2002/03/o-scale-ps-1-50-foot-boxcar-from-atlas-o
Is yours a 50' PS1? I wonder why the "dot" on the rail emblem is over the wrong half of the rail head?
Good Luck, Ed
The manufacturer must have inadvertantly inverted the photo before making the original mask.
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
http://modelrailroadnews.com/archives-debut-atlas-o-scale/
http://www.tcawestern.org/atlas.htm
I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.
I don't have a leg to stand on.
Well, if there was only one car with the misplaced dot, it'd likely be worth a bundle, eh?
Wayne
Lol!I guess so!paid $12.50 for it and it has fixed couplers.
No 40'
The box is the give away for the Atlas O line of the 70's. The cars and locomotives can still be found at train shows. I have picked up the cars in the box for $10 - $15 at shows.
Rivarossa also had O gauge at the same time.
Paul
Paid a decent price ...not a scratch on it!
No it is mint so it will stay as it is!
While I await the arrival if the new Lionel spring trucks,I added aluminum weights and added a crane body as cargo.The doors usually pop open so it is cool to add something.
Ok the new trucks have arrived and have been mounted up!Very cool!