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MRH Staff 7,994 posts jeffshultz MRH Staff 7,994 posts
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Good news for those modeling passenger/commuter trains in HO and N scale today:

Rapido Trains just did a large product announcement live (see  Rapido Trains Inc.) including the following:
Amtrak Horizon in HO and N - Ph3 Early Coach x 5, Dinette x2, Ph3 late Coach x5, Dinette x2, Ph4 Coach x 5, Dinette x 3, Phase 4B Coach x 6, Dinette x 3, Club-Dinette x 4, Amtrak California dinette x 3, Undec coach and dinette.
Comet Commuter cars in HO and N (HO: 2x 3 car sets + single unnumbered; N - single cars): SETPA, MBTA, NJT, Montreal AMT, Connecticut DOT, Metro-North.

FL-9 rebuilds - HEP roof details, underbody details, class lights, HEP receptacles, ditch lights, Amtrak Ph3, ConnDOT(NH), Maine Eastern, Metro North (blue/red)(silver/blue)(NYC)

FP40H: Phase 2B original, Amtrak 3 numbers
Phase 3 Amtrak 4 numbers 
Phase 2b + ditch lights, Amtrak 4 numbers, Ski Train 3 numbers, Montreal AMT 3 numbers, CSX 2 numbers (w/large fuel tank), Virginia Railway Express 2 numbers, Agawa Canyon 2 numbers 
phase 3 non-dynamic, NJT 3 numbers, MBTA 3 numbers
Undec's available.

Ski train cars (HO scale) - 3 car sets + additional single units. Sets: 1. Colorado Springs, North Park, Mount Elbert; 2. Glenwood Springs, Winter Park, Mount Evans; Single: Mount Massive, Mount Princeton, Pikes Peak, Pyramid Peak, LaPlata Peak (Snack coaches will be same or different tooling as coaches depending on orders)

USRA double-sheathed wood boxcar, HO scale - K & AB Brakes, cut lever, stemwinder brake gear. 4-packs Santa Fe, Pere Marquette, B&M, RI, Burlington, Lackwanna, Great Northern, Minneapolis & St Louis, Missouri Pacific, NYC, Frisco, SP&S, TH&B red, TH&B yellow (2-pack), Wabash. Singles available including undec.

For more information head over to  https://rapidotrains.com

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jimfitch Prolific poster 5,289 posts
jimfitch

I've been waiting on the

I've been waiting on the later phase F40PH s for a long time. Finally coming! The Ski Train will be cool but I model caboose era D&RGW (pre1985) which predates the Ski Train which is post 1988.

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Jim Fitch
northern VA
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Jkchubbes New member 23 posts
Jkchubbes

I'm excited to finally see

I'm excited to finally see some Horizons, Walthers missed their chance to retool their old ones.
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jimfitch Prolific poster 5,289 posts
jimfitch

I'm excited to finally see

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I'm excited to finally see some Horizons, Walthers missed their chance to retool their old ones

 

That's Walthers for you.  I've noticed the Walthers Horizon cars on Ebay have been advertised at relatively high prices.  Maybe this will knock the wind out of those sales.  If I need Horizon cars, I'd leave the high priced Walthers eBay cars to collect electron dust.

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Jim Fitch
northern VA
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Neal M Frequent poster 578 posts
Neal M

I'm getting rid of..

I'm getting rid of all my Walthers Horizon cars and the old Amfleet cars, they run just terrible. I figure we're looking at maybe end of 2020 or early 2021 for these. It's worth the wait, they make great product! The only Amfleet cars that run fairly well were the cars they did in a six set run with the 'stainless look' sides. I'll keep them...
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jimfitch Prolific poster 5,289 posts
jimfitch

I've heard that too about the

I've heard that too about the Amfleet cars - horrible runners.  Thankfully I haven't needed any.

Now that Athearn has announced a Genesis SDP40F with ice cycle breakers, I've been working on building a mid-late 1970's San Francisco Zephyr with phase one pointless arrow and phase 2 paint.  Fortunately it seems Walthers offered heritage type cars from Budd, AC&F and P-S that work pretty well for that train, as well as the Amtrak painted BLI ex-CZ cars.

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Jim Fitch
northern VA
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