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Atlas - 34779-1 - Open Hopper, ACF Hart Ballast, 70 Ton - Colorado & Wyoming - 14001

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Stock Number34779-1
Original Retail Price$18.95
BrandAtlas
ManufacturerAtlas
Body StyleAtlas Open Hopper Ballast 70 Ton
Image Provider's WebsiteLink
Prototype VehicleOpen Hopper, ACF Hart Ballast, 70 Ton (Details)
Road or Company NameColorado & Wyoming (Details)
Reporting MarksC&W
Road or Reporting Number14001
Paint Color(s)Boxcar Red and White
Print Color(s)White
Coupler TypeAccuMate Magnetic Knuckle
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
Multipack ID Number34779
Multipack Element1
Announcement Date2006-06-01
Release Date2006-11-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeOpen Hopper
Model SubtypeBallast
Model Variety70 Ton
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: Released in one run of 6 cars, sold individually or in 6-pack.
Model Information: This model was introduced by Atlas in 2006. It features:
- Die Cast Chassis;
- 70-ton friction bearing trucks;
- Accumate offset shank coupler;
- Fully detailed interior, including cross-bracing and side stiffeners;
- Accurate painting and printing.
Prototype History:
Built by ACF® from 1940-1953, the 70-Ton Hart Ballast Cars were formally known as “Hart Selective Service Ballast Cars”, due to the use of specially-designed doors which allowed the lading to be discharged one of three ways: to the center of the rails, to the center and sides of the rails, or to the side of the rails only. Most of the western railroads used cars like this for distributing ballast. Sometimes customer's cargos were carried but mostly these cars with the hart doors were MOW service. We believe there are more door handles to be added to the model so there are handles at both ends of the doors. The MILW crews called their cars like this from the 1920s Battleships. There are examples of earlier cars with slab sides and shorter doors found on the UP and CB&Q.
Road Name History:
The Colorado & Wyoming was built in three separate, disconnected segments between 1899 and 1901. The Southern Division ran from Jansen (near Trinidad,) Colorado 27 miles to the New Elk Mine. The Middle Division was a 5 mile switching line in the Pueblo, Colorado area. The Northern Division ran from Sunrise to Guernsey, Wyoming.

For much of its history, the C&W was owned by United States Steel. In later years, the line (and presumably the mill, and mines they served) was sold to CF&I Steel (formerly Colorado Fuel & Iron.) In recent years, the properties were sold to Oregon Steel Mills. You've probably seen Oregon Steel Mills bright blue mill gondolas with CW reporting marks - those are Colorado & Wyoming cars.
Brand/Importer Information:
In 1924 Stephan Schaffan, Sr. founded the Atlas Tool Company in Newark, New Jersey. In 1933 his son, Stephan Schaffan, Jr., came to work for his father at the age of sixteen. Steve Jr. built model airplanes as a hobby and frequented a local hobby shop. Being an enterprising young man, he would often ask the owner if there was anything he could do to earn some extra spending money. Tired of listening to his requests, the hobby-store owner threw some model railroad track parts his way and said, "Here, see if you can improve on this".

In those days, railroad modelers had to assemble and build everything from scratch. Steve Jr. created a "switch kit" which sold so well, that the entire family worked on them in the basement at night, while doing business as usual in the machine shop during the day.

Subsequently, Steve Jr. engineered the stapling of rail to fiber track, along with inventing the first practical rail joiner and pre-assembled turnouts and flexible track. All of these products, and more, helped to popularize model railroading and assisted in the creation of a mass-market hobby. The budding entrepreneur quickly outgrew the limitations of a basement and small garage operation. Realizing they could actually make a living selling track and related products, Steve and his father had the first factory built in Hillside, New Jersey at 413 Florence Avenue in 1947. On September 30, 1949, the Atlas Tool Company was officially incorporated as a New Jersey company.

In 1985, Steve was honored posthumously for his inventions by the Model Railroad Industry Association and was inducted into the Model Railroad Industry Hall of Fame in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition, Steve was nominated and entered into the National Model Railroad Association Pioneers of Model Railroading in 1995.

In the early 1990s, the Atlas Tool Company changed its name to Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc.
Item created by: Emily on 2016-11-21 16:27:55. Last edited by Alain LM on 2024-01-06 10:40:37

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