Does anyone know if Atlas plans on continuing their founders series of steam engines, did not seem like much of a series with just the 0-6-0. Anyone know what they think Atlas O should make next?

I believe Atlas O matybe planning something in 2010 as long as the economy picks up. We will find out in the April York for sure!

Thats great news, thanks! Any idea what it will be?

Whatever they make, I hope it's better than the 0-6-0. If we are lucky, within the first year of release, the price will drop $165 like the 0-6-0 did.
Brian

Why Atlas pick the 0-6-0 to make I don't know. Did not know you could pick one up so cheap. hopefully they will look at making a 2-8-2 USRA or 4-6-2 pacific.
The 0-6-0 never really got the publicity it deserved.

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Originally posted by J Daddy:
Why Atlas pick the 0-6-0 to make I don't know. Did not know you could pick one up so cheap. hopefully they will look at making a 2-8-2 USRA or 4-6-2 pacific.
The 0-6-0 never really got the publicity it deserved.

My guess is that they were trying to play it safe for their first entry into the steam market, but unfortunately they ended up with boring. Visually the model is very good, probably as good an 0-6-0 as you can find, but of course there were quite a few USRA 0-6-0s out there. However, if I can find one going for under $200 I'd jump on it.