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Model Railroading > Atlas double door RBL's Athearn double door RBL'S BoxcarsDate: 05/28/20 12:04 Atlas double door RBL's Athearn double door RBL'S Boxcars Author: Burlington67 Does anybody out there know why Atlas car is longer then the Athearn car, I know Athearn picked up the Detail West boxcar tooling a few years ago, Trying to figure out who is more correct compare them next to each other the Atlas car seems much larger car , any info who has more correct car would be great.
Date: 05/28/20 12:10 Re: Atlas double door RBL's Athearn double door RBL'S Boxcars Author: tmurray The Atlas car is correct, with the later runs having better detail (separate ladders) the DW/Athearn car is too narrow.
Edit: the DW car also has the incorrect diagonal roof panels, and is only about 50' on interior dimension vs the Atlas car being closer to the 52' 6" length of the prototype car. Burlington67 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anybody out there know why Atlas car is > longer then the Athearn car, I know Athearn picked > up the Detail West boxcar tooling a few years > ago, Trying to figure out who is more correct > compare them next to each other the Atlas car > seems much larger car , any info who has more > correct car would be great. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/20 12:18 by tmurray. Date: 05/28/20 12:42 Re: Atlas double door RBL's Athearn double door RBL'S Boxcars Author: SPDRGWfan Do you mean the Atlas 50' Evan's double door box cars? Some have reported the Atlas Evans box cars are too short.in height.
Date: 05/28/20 14:19 Re: Atlas double door RBL's Athearn double door RBL'S Boxcars Author: VaCentralRy Details West shortened the car so it would fit in their standard kit box. Athearn used the same tooling.
Date: 05/31/20 14:51 Re: Atlas double door RBL's Athearn double door RBL'S Boxcars Author: MojaveBill As someone who grew up on Varney cars with paper sides I love these kinds of debates...
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