| The Atlas Model Train company began with a man's | | | | locomotive and cars can travel across a country or |
| love of model airplanes. Stephan Schaffan Sr. would | | | | around the world. Wherever your railroad goes, small |
| often take his son and name sake Stephan Jr. along to | | | | towns and large cities can grow up around the tracks |
| the hobby shop where he would buy supplies for his | | | | and the train stations. Model farmers can ship their |
| model airplanes. Stephan being an enterprising young | | | | wares off to market and groups can gather to hear |
| man hounded the hobby shop owner for a job. Fed up | | | | the trains whistle as it passes. You can create a world |
| with the young man's frequent requests he threw | | | | of your own right in your own home. |
| some model train track at the young man and told him | | | | Those wishing to begin a hobby of model train building, |
| to find a way to improve it. He did. More innovations | | | | will find that these trains come in three scales N, O and |
| followed and Stephan Sr. soon realized that he and his | | | | HO. You can begin your hobby by purchasing a |
| 16 year old could make a business out of | | | | beginning train set or buying your train empire one |
| manufacturing track for model trains. With that | | | | piece at a time. |
| realization, a new company was born. | | | | There is nothing a train hobbyist will enjoy more than |
| Since 1949 these model trains have been known for | | | | opening a gift that contains a new piece for his or her |
| their flexible track. What makes Atlas's tracks so good | | | | railroad. Whether it is a new piece of rolling stock, a |
| is that while the tracks of most of other train | | | | water tower or a few cows. They also love showing |
| companies kink if bent wrong, these flexible tracks can | | | | off their railroad to friends, children and anyone else |
| be bent and re bent until you get the exact shape you | | | | who loves trains. Explaining the details of each piece |
| want. These flexible tracks are ideal for making | | | | and how it fits in with the whole railroad. |
| realistic spiral easement curves. | | | | Even the most bored visitor will be awed when the |
| Over the years this company went on to make | | | | train is turned on and they watch it chug down the |
| everything a model train enthusiast could want or need | | | | track through tunnels, over mountains and pull into the |
| to build his own railroad. Atlas offers track, locomotives, | | | | stations. If you are really good and show the proper |
| rolling stock, building, people, cars, and even animals. | | | | enthusiasm for your friends wonderful hobby he might |
| You can recreate any major city for your locomotive | | | | just let you put on that engineer cap and try your hand |
| to pull it's cars through, then round a few bends and | | | | at conducting yourself. |
| curves and be in the country where sheep graze and | | | | Be careful though or you might find yourself going |
| the farmer's wife is hanging clothes out on the line. | | | | through the Atlas Model train catalog picking out your |
| If you have a large enough model railroad room, your | | | | own cars and track and building your own railroad. |