Atlas has more of their Master Line ACF 4650 centerflow hopper cars on the way. The new run has upgraded tooling, featuring a new etched metal roof walk. They’re available undecorated and in Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co./Baymag (CRDX), Excel Railcar (ERCX), General Electric Rail Services Corp./Freeport (ACFX), Kerr McGee (KMCX), Reading Blue Mountain & Northern (RBMT) and Western Pacific (WP). Excel, Freeport and Reading Blue Mountain & Northern each get two numbers, Baymag and Kerr McGcGee each get three numbers and Western Pacific gets four numbers. List price is $34.95 ($28.95 undecorated) and they’re due in the second quarter of 2012.
Atlas also announced a new Master Line 40’ AAR postwar box car. Based on the Branchline kit Atlas recently acquired, these ready to run box cars have six foot doors and separately applied grab irons, ladders and underbody detailing. They’re available undecorated and with three numbers each in Burlington (CB&Q), Canadian National (CN), Erie Lackawanna (EL), Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (N de M), Spokane Portland & Seattle (SP&S) and Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo (THB). List price is $27.95 ($22.95 undecorated) and they’re also due in the second quarter of 2012.