October 27, 2017

Posted by Beth on 27th Oct 2017

Atlas (former weaver) B&O wagontop box car and 50' composite gondolas are on their way from Atlas. Also Atlas 40' Steel rebuilt box cars and 50' PS-1 box cars. I'll sending out invoices this weekend. If you have some on order and want to pay with a CC, you can always call us 805-226-0320. LIONEL scale cars and LionScale (former Weaver cars.) Since we had been Weaver Dealers forever, we decided to carry a limited amount of the Lionel LionScale freight cars, for now, which are former Weaver freight cars. We'll see how the interest is. We are trying to keep the price about the same as the original weaver cars, with diecast trucks. The cars in the 2017 Lionel Signature catalog will be listed for pre-order as soon as I have a chance. We will also carry some of the other cars..the 50' TOFC's ....and maybe the B60's....The price of the B60's from Lionel is higher than what we sell the Weaver B60's for. We probably have about 60 of the Weaver B60's left...and as far as I can see....the Lionel ones are no different. We may pick up a few to see if there is any interest at the Lionel price. Also have about 200 Lionel Scale cars here...that have been accumulating over the years. So we will start listing them as time permits. Also a couple dozen Lionel scale engines. But they will be last.UPCOMING AND NEW SPECIAL RUNS.....We have 2 new Flying A gasoline Atlas 8000 gallon tank cars scheduled for end of 2017 arrival. Both the earlier version (small flying A in a circle) and the later version (larger flying A). The earlier version will have the original "ASSOCIATED" name and AOX reporting marks (Yes the "Flying A" was for Associated Oil Company of Bakesrfield, Ca) , and the later logo car with have the TIDEWATER name and TWOX reporting marks. (Tide Water started in New York City) Tidewater bought Associated and retained the Flying A brand. The merged company was officially The Tidewater Associated Oil Company well into the 1950's. The company had tank cars with both the AOX and TWOX reporting marks, into the 1950's. At least 2 of the AOX tank cars and one of the TWOX remain in musuems/tourist line today.Also we are scheduling the GATX plain old black 11,000 gallon tank car. The vast majority of tank cars i real life are just plain black, but the classic and ubiquitous 1930's-1960's GATX center sill tank car has not been done in a highly detailed O scale model in recent memory.