Who will buy Atlas, Athearn or Walthers?

Word on the street is Atlas is hurting for cash flow. New products are drying up, only a lame 'Trainman' rerun of the coal hoppers so far this year.

So who will buy them, it is either Athearn/Horizon or Walthers which one makes the most sense?

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trainspeeddemon
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As the families that owned these businesses reach the point where they are no longer able / willing to run grandfather's business, we will see more and more consolidation.

Witness Europe: Bachman owns Liliput. Hornby owns Lima, Rivarossi, Jouef, and a few others.

If Atlas does in fact get bought by someone, I would expect to see one of the following:

  1. Atlas's existing track products would be a major attraction to a company already making a line of track, as that would expand their range and offer some consolidation possibilities.
  2. Altas's existing track products would be a major attraction to a company that doesn't already offer any track products. Walthers line already includes "code 83 line" or some such, so I'm not sure they would go for it. Athearn/Roundhouse/Horizon/etc. doesn't make track though, do they?
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gl4316

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