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Atlas - 13999 - Details, Flat Car, Conversion Parts - Painted/Lettered - PTTX & JTTX

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Stock Number13999
Original Retail Price$6.95
BrandAtlas
ManufacturerBLMA
Body StyleBLMA Scenic Accessories
PrototypeDetails, Flat Car, Conversion Parts
Road or Company NamePainted/Lettered (Details)
Reporting MarksFlat Car Conversion Parts
Road or Reporting NumberPTTX & JTTX
Item CategoryAccessories
Model TypeDetails
Model SubtypeFlat Car
Model VarietyConversion Parts
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: This kit will allow you to transform your current flat car into one that will carry pipe, and other bulk loads. In the 1990's, TTX Corporation began a deck modification process on many older flat cars for their PTTX - pipe car - configuration.

This kit will work with flush and bowl deck cars. For flush deck cars, it might be necessary to remove the pedestal 'legs' with a sharp hobby knife. Source prototype reference photos for accurate installation on your projects.
Road Name History:
Some items are designed to have their owner add whatever company marking they choose, usually in the form of decals or dry-transfers. These items are painted in a generic prototypical fashion but with all company affiliation deliberately left off.
These items can be lettered or numbered, but without any company name on it.
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 2023-02-03 09:31:28

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