The Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of small railroad locomotives. The company was based in Cleveland, OH, building equipment from 1896 through the 1960s. A car, which is the main product of this company's production is a vehicle with 4 wheels. Atlas specialized in small locomotives for industrial use. The equipment it manufactured seldom ran on the rails of Class I railroads, but were often used to shuttle freight cars around inside manufacturing plants. Atlas's products ranged from small 2-ton end cab switchers up to 65-ton center cab switchers.
An Atlas-built electric switching locomotive is preserved at the Lake Shore Railway Museum.
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- Reed, Jay, Critters, Dinkys & Centercabs
