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Atlas Gunderson 48' AP Well Car
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Date of last review
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Sun July 20, 2008
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100% of reviewers
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$16.98
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8.0
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Description:
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Gunderson's 48' all-purpose well car was introduced into service in 1993. The car was a design extension of previous well cars that carried containers only. The all-purpose feature meant that it could carry either containers or trailers giving it greater versatility for intermodal trains. The height of the sides are lower than previous container-only well cars to allow trailers to clear while being loaded into the car by lift equipment. This design also featured two hitches for transporting two 28-foot trailers.
Standard MSRP:
$24.95
Undecorated MSRP: $19.95
Estimated Delivery:
February 2008
Features:
* Floor with correct ovals and cut-outs.
* Two hitches
* Etched walkways
* Four IBC bins.
* Detailed brake components
* Prototypically accurate paint schemes
* Recommended 24" radius
AccuMateŽ couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.
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Keywords:
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Atlas Gunderson AP All Purpose Well Car Intermodal
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Author
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jbaakko
Diesel Detail Freak
Registered: June 2005
Location: San Diego, CA / Hancock, MI
Posts: 7009
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Review Date: Sun July 20, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $16.98
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Well Cast, SUPER detail, well painted, and crisp lettering
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Cons:
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User installed walkways, tad on the light side
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I'm sort of depressed by this Atlas offering. I've never felt this way before with Atlas products!
Pros:- The model is very well cast, nothing seems you be out of place, and it holds a trailer correctly.
- Paint is smooth, not applied too thick as to obscure details
- Lettering is VERY crisp, they even wen through the effort to model the patch on BNSF cars (very faintly darker red).
- The detail in the walkways & brake rigging is well done
- Trucks are the normal, excellent Atlas, with Very black, free rolling wheels
Cons:- Big nut holding coupler box screw, visible to top of coupler box, and they couldn't even mask it by painting it!
- User has to apply Etched walkways
- User applied ladders and brake wheel
- Weighs in on the light side (not ample enough to run a bare table)
I have to commend Atlas in doing a better job molding & detailing this car then Walthers. However they sacrificed allot by going the plastic route, where as the Walthers car is die-cast, thus making it effective for use in a bare table train.
Packaging seems more secure on the Atlas then Walthers version, which is a plus, not sure how it'll hold out once I add the details.
I just wish someone would to the 53' well version, FEC is running hundreds of them!
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Josh
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