Re: History of Atlas N Advertising #1 - July 1967
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I was in Nichol's Hobby Shop here, in the summer of 1967 and I don't even remember what for, unless it was just one of those times when it felt like I should stop in there and look around because...you know. I was still running Treble-O-Lectric trains then so it probably had to do with trains even though Max Nichol didn't have any Lone Star stuff.
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Anyway, I, of course, checked out all the stuff in the glass cases and there it was! The display of the first Atlas freight cars! I can still feel the excitement! Which one to buy. Which one to buy! I only had enough money for one. I finally settled on the Norfolk Southern composite gondola. I guess because I thought it was the most interesting of the ones there.
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I got it home and was absolutely amazed at how much smoother and easier it rolled compared my Treble-O-Lectric cars. It wasn't long before I bought a few more cars - the Blatz, the National Dairy Dispatch, the Shell tanker, etc. And by November, I had a Santa Fe E8. Wonderful times!
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Doug
In a message dated 9/12/2022 7:01:04 PM Central Standard Time, guitarrick_c1812@... writes:
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I remember that time period.
? ? Our local hobby shop just ( Vail's Hobbies ) just open a new store in our newly built Marquette Mall in Michigan City, Indiana. In the glass case on the top shelf where the HO locos were displayed was a photo taken at the Toy Fair show on the east coast of a piece of N scale equipment with a quarter laid next to it to give the impression of its size. Remember my friend Bobby Cusick & I marveling at the photo and couldn't believe the size of the train piece we were looking at ! Within the following year the first Atlas N Scale train sets started showing up. Never knew at the time we were looking st something that would have a great impact on the hobby..........?
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 4:23 PM, G.J. Irwin
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Group, I've been very, very slowly making my way through the back issues of Model Railroader (starting with the first issue-- I have the "75 Years" DVD and Railroad Model Craftsman (from January 1968) making note of the various N Scale features and advertising.?? Keeping to the topic of this group, here is the modest but very first mention of A1G in an Atlas advertisement, from July 1967.? The main subject of this ad is HO Scale track, but down in the right hand corner, what do we have... Coming Soon, Watch for Atlas "N Gauge" Model Railroading, with a photo of a steam locomotive.? Just a hint of what's to come... Now, let's see if I can keep the post numbering consecutive... Cheers, George (your list owner) 
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