Just picked up this Atlas O boxcar...how old is it?

[philo426]

Ok the new trucks have arrived and have been mounted up!Very cool!  

[philo426]

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.   

[philo426]

No it is mint so it will stay as it is!

[BEAUSABRE]

For &diety's sake DON'T repaint it ! 1) Stuff like this is honey to collectors 2) From a "history of the hobby" standpoint, it's a valuable exhibit 3) It wouldn't be the first time a manufacturer built or painted a model that was proposed but never adopted (Athearn's DD40 http://ho-scaletrains.com/athearn-emd-dd40/4) The prototype doesn't always get it right either (I remember a Pacific Great Eastern car with "PEG" reporting marks)

[philo426]

Paid a decent price ...not  a scratch on it!

[IRONROOSTER]

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

[philo426]

No 40'

[philo426]

Lol!I guess so!paid $12.50 for it and it has fixed couplers.

[doctorwayne]

Well, if there was only one car with the misplaced dot, it'd likely be worth a bundle, eh?

Wayne

[DSchmitt]

http://modelrailroadnews.com/archives-debut-atlas-o-scale/

 

http://www.tcawestern.org/atlas.htm

[tstage]

The manufacturer must have inadvertantly inverted the photo before making the original mask.

[gmpullman]

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

[philo426]

Just picked up this O gauge Illionois Central box car.The bix is stamped Made in Austria.Mids 70s vintage?