Wow, just received my e-mail from Rapido.
Rapido planes to bring to market a selection of Canadian Steamers to market.
http://www.rapidotrains.com/iconsofsteam-schedule.html
If these are anything like their diesel engines I will collect them.
It sure would be great if Rapido also released a series of old time wooden passenger cars to go with many of these Canadian locomotives. I still marvel at the detail and quality of the Canadian series of stainless steel coaches Rapido did when they released the CPR FP9s.
And an H1b, the same as the CP's "Empress" which many of us enjoyed seeing run in the US a few years back. You could recreate the double header it ran with Milwaukee Road 261 (which was running this last weekend in Minnesota)! Between that, the Royal Hudson (which has also visited the US), the Jubilee class, the Selkirk, and others, I don't think the interest in this announcement is restricted to the Canadian side of the border by any means.
Dave Nelson
dknelsonI don't think the interest in this announcement is restricted to the Canadian side of the border by any means.
I don't think so either but it will well serve us Canadians who have some difficulties to find Canadian stuff on the big North American market.
I anxiously wait for the CNR Ten Weeler and Consolidation.
Guy
Modeling CNR in the 50's
I just can't wait to see what Jason does to introduce these when they arrive. Maybe more Dr. Who so he can go back in time.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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This is the best Thanksgiving ever!
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
So, I see I have a couple of years to save up for the D10 ten-wheelers. Hmm. How many? Then another five after that for the, hopefuly produced, F1a Jubilees.
Since our government scrapped the penny, I had better start saving my nickels.
Steve
So I gotta stay alive ANOTHER ten years? Well, as someone said, it IS a Rapido Selkirk...
I just can't wait to see which one Jason will buy to restore...
Who will actually make these things? The same Chinese company that makes the Intermountain cab forwards?
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
steemtrayn Who will actually make these things? The same Chinese company that makes the Intermountain cab forwards?
Rapido's QAQC among the best HO from all I have seen so I would reserve judgement. I am a western 70's and 80's HO fan (D&RGW/SP) so Canadian steam isn't on my radar, but I imagine there will be a lot of very happy modelers in the great white north, and a few in the US who are fans of Canadian steam.
Re: IMR Cab Forwards. I never owned any steam in HO all my life until this fall, I did some research on the IMR Cab Forwards after talking to a dealer at a show. He had 2nd runs for sale which had been factory upgraded with the new motor and gears. I decided to get a 3rd run which was produced with the Lok Sound instead of Tsunami. It may not have been which factory, but perhaps a keeping tight reigns on the production process that resulted in the 1st and 2nd runs being defficient in running qualities. It does look like the earlier runs are being sent back to the dealers for upgrades (based on the vender I talked to) so folks can get them already retrofitted (earlier runs) or just go for the 3rd run.
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
g&gfanSince our government scrapped the penny, I had better start saving my nickels. Steve
For the past 10 years I've been wondering when the US Gov will get around to scrapping the penny. They seem like a bigger nusance than anything for daily life - and I'd guess they end up cost everyone more to use them than to just quit and round to the nearest nickle. I'd be happy if they did that.
On a side note: My wife immigrated from England in 2011 and she is still having difficulties with the names and denominations of US coins: The dime being so small yet worth more than a nickle etc. hah hah. To her seems bigger should be higher value. The term nickle always seemed self evident, the metal being used in its composition giving the silver color, but trying to find out diffinitively in the wiki seemed not so easy - lots of description but little about the actual name "nickle". Dime, I never gave it a thought to ever so looked it up today, says it's French for the word meaning a tenth - okie dokie.
Save those pennies. They make great weights. (cheaper, too.)
steemtrayn Save those pennies. They make great weights. (cheaper, too.)
Dave,
It's probably not the same company Durango uses (Kader) but I'd expect the Rapido steam line to run as well as Blackstones line of HOn3 does, with that sort of build quality, or maybe better (if that's possible.)
Now if we could only get a couple of dozen vendors like Jason to do a similar thing for US standard gauge steam in HO.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
I'm waiting for the C P R # 3100 or 3101, obviously the best looking of the CPR fleet of steam locomotives, and btw, there are still 2 of the originals still around and only 2 were ever made.
This looks like a 'large undertaking' for a model railroad company, although it is spread out over a few years. Wonder if they are taking pre-orders yet?
-Bob
Life is what happens while you are making other plans!
farrellaa This looks like a 'large undertaking' for a model railroad company, although it is spread out over a few years. Wonder if they are taking pre-orders yet? -Bob
This add says pre-order by June 2016. So maybe.
https://www.pwrs.ca/announcements/view.php?ID=10569
CNR G-16-a ten wheelers in 2018... awesome! Also the bigger H-6-g ten wheelers in the same year...
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/489560/
I'll need two or three 1100s for my CN PEI lines layout!
Steve Hunter
Why no CPR #8000? If anything were unique, that would be it. Scrapped too soon, not enough testing and crews were afraid of it.
It took a few minutes to figure out just what you were talking about, Betamax, but here it is...
http://www.okthepk.ca/dataCprSiding/cprNews/cpNews90/06070100.htm
And I found a pic on the CVR Custom Paint website; she's a beauty: