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Atlas - 41606 - Locomotive, Steam, 2-6-0 Mogul - Porter

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Stock Number41606
Original Retail Price129.95
BrandAtlas
ManufacturerAtlas
Body StyleAtlas Steam Engine 2-6-0 Mogul
Prototype VehicleLocomotive, Steam, 2-6-0 Mogul (Details)
Road or Company NamePorter (Details)
Reporting MarksPorter
Paint Color(s)Red and Black with Gold Lettering
DCC ReadinessNo
Release Date2004-11-01
Item CategoryLocomotives
Model TypeSteam
Model Subtype2-6-0
Model VarietyMogul
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era I: Early Steam (1835 - 1900)
Scale1/160



Prototype History:
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Mogul.

Although examples were built as early as 1852–53 by two Philadelphia manufacturers, Baldwin Locomotive Works and Norris Locomotive Works, these first examples had their leading axles mounted directly and rigidly on the frame of the locomotive rather than on a separate truck or bogie. On these early 2-6-0 locomotives, the leading axle was merely used to distribute the weight of the locomotive over a larger number of wheels. It was therefore essentially an 0-8-0 with an unpowered leading axle and the leading wheels did not serve the same purpose as, for example, the leading trucks of the 4-4-0 American or 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler types which, at the time, had been in use for at least a decade.

It is likely that the locomotive class name derives from a locomotive named Mogul, built by Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company in 1866 for the Central Railroad of New Jersey. However, it has also been suggested that, in England, it derived from the engine of that name built by Neilson and Company for the Great Eastern Railway in 1879. From Wikipedia
Road Name History:
One of the most successful builders of steam locomotives is perhaps the least known, the H.K. Porter Company, which is partly due to the fact that it typically did not market its models to the general railroad industry. After Porter began, just after the end of the Civil War, it produced more than 8,000 light duty and small steam switchers both domestically and overseas for all types of industrial applications, from mining operations to sugar plantations. Most of its designs were quite small, such as the very popular 0-4-0T "dinky". After World War I the company slowly began to lose market share, especially in the 1930s with the coming of the diesel switcher. It never, truly dedicated itself to this new form of motive power and instead sold out after World War II. Interestingly, today, the H.K. Porter name carries on under a new owner, which uses it as a means of marketing to sell various types of hand tools. Additionally, dozens of Porter steam locomotives can be found in use around the country on tourist lines and railroad museums due to their relative inexpensive nature to restore and operate.
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 2015-11-27 07:10:10. Last edited by gdm on 2018-06-21 12:53:43

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