Got this message from Atlas this afternoon: Welcome to the Atlas E-News Flash! Atlas Forum Temporary Shutdown As we have noted on our web site, the Atlas Forum has been temporarily closed for upgrades to the Atlas Forum software and maintenance to the servers. At the same time, Atlas will also be carrying out a major upgrade to our internal business software, requiring the detailed attention and training of Atlas staff. In addition, the extremely busy schedule of the NMRA convention, preparation of new catalogs and other publications, overseas business travel, normal day -to-day product preparation and the staff summer vacation schedule, necessitated this temporary condition on our popular Atlas Forum. We thank you for your continued support and look forward to seeing and hearing from you on the new Atlas Forum sometime this August. Best regards, Paul Graf Atlas Model Railroad Company Atlas O, LLC If you read between the lines, I think this means that Paul, Cory, Rob, and Wayne are taking the summer off to prepare for their synchronized swimming routine in the Summer Olympics. While there, Lionel will take over Atlas, and immediately announce new releases: New York Central Dash 9's, Rock Island SD80 MAC's in Bankruptcy Blue, an officially licensed Mickey Mouse 2-8-0, and new 3 rail Code 80 track sections. Did I forget anything?
Personally, after reading Paul's e-mail, I think they have bought some SAP business management software, and if it's anything like the traffic management program from SAP, it will take them all Summer to learn it!
