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Atlas - 50 005 882 - Container, 40 Foot, Corrugated, Dry - Beacon Intermodal - 3-Pack

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Stock Number50 005 882
Secondary Stock Number50005882
Original Retail Price$39.95
BrandAtlas
ManufacturerAtlas
Body StyleAtlas Container 40 Foot Corrugated
Prototype VehicleContainer, 40 Foot, Corrugated, Dry (Details)
Road or Company NameBeacon Intermodal (Details)
Reporting MarksBMOU
Road or Reporting Number3-Pack
Paint Color(s)Brown
Print Color(s)White & Blue
MultipackYes
Multipack Count3
Multipack ID Number50 005 882
Announcement Date2021-03-10
Release Date2021-10-01
Item CategoryContainer
Model TypeIntermodal
Model Subtype40 Foot
Model VarietyCorrugated
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era V: Modern Diesel (1979 - Present)
Scale1/160



Prototype History:
The 40 foot container is the king of the container business. It is the most common standard container size used for international and domestic shipping. Most intermodal operations that handle overseas shipping are optimized for this container size. These containers are typically reinforced for loading, unloading and transportation by ship.

Dry containers are meant for non-refrigerated goods and hence are the most common type.

Corrugation in the construction of these containers yields much greater strength (just like with corrugated cardboard for boxes) but is more expensive to fabricate. Due to the extra strength granted by the corrugation, this is a popular type for overseas use.
Road Name History:
Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Beacon Intermodal Leasing, LLC (“Beacon”) is a group company of Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited (“MUL”).

MUL is a prominent global leasing company based in Japan and is publicly listed on the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchanges and a member of MUFG, one of the world’s largest financial institutions. Since its incorporation in April 1971, MUL has responded to increasingly diverse customer needs by expanding into a variety of business domains, as well as its core lease and financing business, including: Engine Lease Finance, Jackson Square Aviation and MUL Railcars.

Beacon Intermodal Leasing website.
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: CNW400 on 2021-03-11 09:50:17

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