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Atlas - 50 004 324 - Covered Hopper, 5-Bay, Trinity 5660 Pressure Differential - First Union Rail - 893537

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Stock Number50 004 324
Original Retail Price$39.95
BrandAtlas
ManufacturerAtlas
Body StyleBLMA Covered Hopper 5-Bay Trinity 5660 PD
Image Provider's WebsiteLink
PrototypeCovered Hopper, 5-Bay, Trinity 5660 Pressure Differential
Road or Company NameFirst Union Rail (Details)
Reporting MarksFURX
Road or Reporting Number893537
Paint Color(s)Light Grey
Print Color(s)Black, White, Yellow, Red
Coupler TypeAccuMate Magnetic Knuckle
Wheel TypeChemically Blackened Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeCovered Hopper
Model Subtype5-Bay
Model VarietyTrinity 5660 Pressure Differential



Model Information: Introduced by BLMA in 2016, the first release became available for purchase in June of that year. Atlas acquired BLMA in late 2016, and began re-releasing this model in November of 2017.

These scale models feature injection-molded plastic bodies, etched metal roofwalks, wire cut levers, body-mounted knuckle couplers, trainline air hoses, metal wheels, Separately Applied Wire Cut Levers as well as crisply painted lettering.
Road Name History:
Wells Fargo Rail is the new name for the historic First Union Rail Corporation, along with the combined business of the former GE Capital Rail Services, which Wells Fargo purchased from GE in September 2015.

First Union Rail was the freight-car leasing unit of the First Union Corporation, a bank. At some point GE Capital Services, the financial services wing of the GE corporation acquired the assets from First Union bank. Later on, the assets were sold by GE to Wells Fargo.
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: CMK on 2019-11-28 10:00:10. Last edited by CMK on 2020-05-13 17:07:02

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