So immediately after reserving four 6-packs of the Twin 45 / Triple 28 flats Accurail announced (http://www.accurail.com/accurail/8951.HTM), I got the Atlas newsletter announcing what appears to be the same car (http://atlasrr.com/HOFreight/ho894flatcar.htm).
Is the Atlas car is based on the same prototype? If so, why would they invest in the tooling for a model somebody already did? Even is Atlas's version is a little more detailed, the Accurail cars list for $11.66 each in a 6-pack, and the Atlas cars list for $32.95 each. I don't know about you, but triple the number of cars seems a little more bang for your buck than some extra details.
Is the Atlas car is based on the same prototype? If so, why would they invest in the tooling for a model somebody already did? Even is Atlas's version is a little more detailed, the Accurail cars list for $11.66 each in a 6-pack, and the Atlas cars list for $32.95 each. I don't know about you, but triple the number of cars seems a little more bang for your buck than some extra details.