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Atlas - 40 000 481 - Locomotive, Diesel, GE Dash 8 - Seminole Gulf - 592

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Stock Number40 000 481
Original Retail Price$129.95
BrandAtlas
ManufacturerAtlas
Body StyleAtlas Diesel Engine Dash 8-40B(W)
Image Provider's WebsiteLink
Prototype VehicleLocomotive, Diesel, GE Dash 8 (Details)
Road or Company NameSeminole Gulf (Details)
Road or Reporting Number592
Paint Color(s)Blue, Yellow and Orange
Print Color(s)Black
Coupler TypeAccuMate Magnetic Knuckle
Wheel TypeChemically Blackened Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
DCC ReadinessReady
Release Date2014-10-01
Item CategoryLocomotives
Model TypeDiesel
Model SubtypeGE Transportation
Model VarietyDash 8-40B
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era V: Modern Diesel (1979 - Present)
Scale1/160



Model Information: The Dash-8-32, Dash-8-40B, Dash-8-40BW, Dash-8-40C and Dash-8-40CW all share the same mechanism and only differ in the shell details. This series of models was introduced in 2002.

These models are excellent runners and feature the standard attributes of a modern Atlas Diesel: blackened metal low-profile wheels, a split frame, dual flywheels, accumate couplers, and LED lighting. I have run over 40 cars on a single Dash-8. I have a CSX model in my personal collection and frequently run it with long consists at NTRAK meets.
Prototype History:
The Dash 8 Series is a line of diesel-electric freight locomotives built by GE Transportation Systems. It replaced the Dash 7 Series in the mid-1980s, and was superseded by the Dash 9 Series in the mid-1990s. All models of the Dash 8 Series are powered by a 16- or 12-cylinder, turbocharged, GE 7FDL 4-stroke diesel engine.

The design of the Dash 8 Series is based upon that of the Dash 7 Series. The biggest changes introduced during the production of the Dash 8 Series were the first use of a microprocessor-equipped engine control unit in a diesel locomotive, and the adoption of a modular system in the construction of the vehicle body. The Dash 8 locomotive bodies were assembled from several modules, creating a combination to fit the length of the chassis. On models with a traditional narrow short hood, the part of the equipment room immediately behind the cab is taller than the top of the rounded cab roof, giving those models a distinctive appearance. On all models, that part of the equipment room houses the cooling fans for the dynamic braking system. Traction motors of Dash 8 locomotives were powered by direct current.

From Wikipedia
Road Name History:
The SGLR launched in 1987 as a spinoff from Seaboard System. There are two disconnected routes. The larger runs from Arcadia to the North Naples area. The smaller runs from Oneco south to Venice with branches to Sarasota, Matoka, and Fruitville, all in the southwestern portion of Florida. A branch to Venice was abandoned in segments between 2004 and 2019. Total mileage is 118, putting it between RF&P and Chicago & Illinois Midland in relative size. The lines originally belonged to Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line. In the early days, Seminole Gulf ran with seven GP9’s and a GP10. SGLR also picked up a C425 but later sold it to an Alco-heavy shortline in New York. Recently they picked up a trio of B39-8E’s for heavy freight service.

Since 1991, SGLR has run passenger excursion service with a recent focus on murder mystery dinner trains. SGLR picked up an F9Am and F7Am to lead the excursion trains. These are in the same blue with yellow and orange paint scheme used on freight units. Freight traffic includes limestone, forest products and wallboard, newsprint, and LPG. Seminole Gulf has a sister railroad, the Bay Colony Railroad in Massachusetts.
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: gdm on 2017-04-25 08:58:46

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