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Need help finding a ho scale atlas (N&W) International Standard Cupola Caboose

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Need help finding a ho scale atlas (N&W) International Standard Cupola Caboose
Posted by pedfly60 on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 2:48 PM
I am modeling a N & W ho scale railroad and have been looking for a couple of N & W HO scale Atlas International Standard Cupola Cabooses for my layout but have been unseccussful.  I called Atlas and they discontinued the cabooses last year.  The Item #'s are 1308-2 and 1309-14 and the road #'s are 518655 and 555553.  I have spent days on the net looking but no luck as of yet.  Any help you guys can give on where I might be able to find a couple for sale would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks, Mike Pedri
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Posted by RedGrey62 on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 5:53 PM

Couple of options but both will require some time on email or phone.

Do a search on hobby shops in the areas where teh N&W ran as they would have the best chance of ordering the cars in the first place.  Call or email those that don't have a website.  Youshould be able to find many dealerson the Atlas websites, Walthers (they usually list who they shipped the product to), and this website (Trains).

Contact larger hobby shops out of the N&W area that may have ordered some to fill a minimum order requirement, they may still have some on the shelf.

Rick

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Posted by Virginian on Thursday, August 9, 2007 1:04 PM

Be aware the Atlas cabeese have the N&W hamburger herald or the block NW on them, so this precludes their use to other eras, unless you remove the heralds.  They are nice looking units and run fine of course.  BLI has just released some N&W, and I can't remember if Roundhouse did or not right now (I know they did VGN).  The old Roundhouse 4 window jobs can be made into a decent N&W rendition.

There are several on that certain auction site right now.

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