The Atlas Model Railroad Company began operating in 1924, and thus this year, 2024, is their 100th Anniversary. Halfway through this year, I was fortunate enough to catch NJ Transit ALP-45DP 4503... (more)

The Atlas 100th Anniversary unit has shoved a midday Newark-bound local into Bound Brook. The thin coating of wet snow from an overnight storm disappeared quickly after the sun made a brief appea... (more)

All-Weather Atlas. NJ Transit ALP-45DP no. 4503 is seen leading Montclair-Boonton Line train 6234 through Montclair, NJ, passing the former freight house at Upper Montclair Station. The... (more)

Atlas Sunrise: Atlas Model Railroad Co., Inc. ALP-45A #4503 shoves North Jersey Coast Line train no. 3217 meets train 3220 at the Raritan River Drawbridge in Perth Amboy minutes after sunri... (more)

On the Snowy Tracks with Atlas: A 1/60 sec pan shot of the Atlas Model Railroad Co., Inc. 100th Anniversary unit departing Cranford in the snow on January 6, 2024.

Atlas Under Arches. NJ Transit ALP-45DP no. 4503 leads Montclair-Boonton Line train 6238 under the Freeman Pkwy bridge, in one of the locomotive's first ventures off the Raritan Valley ... (more)

A Weathered Engine. On Friday, January 26, 2024, NJ TRANSIT Train 6238 was led by "the model engine", NJTR ALP45-DP 4503 (Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc. 100th Anniversary). Af... (more)

Model Train over Middle Brook. NJ Transit ALP-45DP no. 4503, in its Atlas 100th Anniversary wrap, is seen leading Raritan Valley Line train 5517 across the Middle Brook in Bound Brook, ... (more)

Atlas Meet in Cranford: Atlas Model Railroad Company's sponsored NJ Transit ALP-45DP #4503 pushes Raritan Valley Line train no. 5514 out of Cranford station as PL42AC #4015 leads train no. ... (more)

Thanksgiving Eve Shopping: Having made its debut only a few days earlier, Atlas Model Railroad Company's sponsored NJ Transit ALP-45DP #4503 is seen bringing up the rear of Raritan Valley L... (more)

Full Scale Model Railroading! NJ Transit ALP-45DP no. 4503 (Bombardier, 2010-2012) was on Raritan Valley Line train 5176 on November 20, 2023, seen here passing Harrison Station on the ... (more)

New Jersey Transit's Model Engine Comes To Life! On Monday, November 20, 2023 NJ TRANSIT ALP-45DP 4503 made a the trip from New York Penn Station to High Bridge, New Jersey in daylight on T... (more)

NJ Transit 4503 has been wrapped in commemoration of Atlas Model Railroad Company's 100th Anniversary. The wrapped unit made its first revenue run under the cover of darkness three days prior, bu... (more)

Summer Sunset. NJ Transit ALP-45DP no. 4503 (Bombardier, 2010-2012) is seen leading Montclair-Boonton Line train 1085 into Newark Broad St Station with the setting sun casting a bright ... (more)

ALP-45DP #4503 leads Raritan Valley Line train #5525, bound for Raritan, into Fanwood Station on a Saturday afternoon.