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Returns:
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Here is an Atlas 8502 HO Scale Santa Fe U36C Diesel Locomotive #8755. Features include a powerful DC motor, plastic construction, plastic trucks, plastic horn hook coupler, and metal wheels and axles. This item has been graded per TCA standards C-8: Like New based on visual appearance. The instruction manual is included. The original box is included. Photos from a previous listing have been used to show this item outside of the box. Overall condition is Like New. Manufacturer: Atlas. Model Number: 8502. Road Name: Atchison Topeka Santa Fe (ATSF). Availability: Ships within 1 Business Day! Trainz Product Id: 11687213.
Atlas locomotives as far back as the 1970s have consistently stayed on the top of my list, which is not easy as I am a very demanding, detail-oriented modeler who expects operational reliability on top of accurate, well-detailed models. While not always enjoying the limelight as much as Proto, Kato, and, more recently, Athearn RTR and Genesis, Atlas still engineers and produces excellent locomotive models. They will match Kato and beat both levels of Athearn in smooth and silent motor performance, and pack enough detail right out of the box to be quite satisfying in all situations except a fine-scale modelers' show or contest. Atlas locomotives come from three distinct eras: Yellow Box (70s - 80s), Red Box (90s - early 2000s) and the current Black (or Silver) Box. Current offerings are divided between their top-of-the line Master Series, remake of old favorites Classic series, and the budget-minded Trainman series. Yellow Box models were made for Atlas by both Roco in Austria and by Kato before they began marketing on their own in the US. Red Box models were Atlas' first foray into Chinese manufacturing and, despite the naysayers at the time, the quality and fidelity of Red Box models is excellent even by today's standards. The Red Box six axle GE U-Boats and Dash-7s were good sellers for Atlas and very popular among all levels of modelers. The remain attractive at used prices provided they received reasonable care from prior owners. They still command a higher price than their Athearn counterparts from the same era, but are well-worth it.