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Post by Judge Doom on Dec 30, 2014 13:49:39 GMT -8
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Post by onequiknova on Dec 30, 2014 14:41:56 GMT -8
It certainly does look like RDC's. I sure hope Rapido gets GN's RDC3.1 right. What with it not quite being a regular RDC3. And then there's this one, with the proper gearing, one hopes: Ed I'd like to see the Video of Jason recording the sound on that one.
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Post by Judge Doom on Dec 30, 2014 14:50:21 GMT -8
It certainly does look like RDC's. I sure hope Rapido gets GN's RDC3.1 right. What with it not quite being a regular RDC3. And then there's this one, with the proper gearing, one hopes: Ed I'd like to see the Video of Jason recording the sound on that one. "I can't duct-tape our hi-tech recoding device to the roof because it will blow off due to the speed, so I'm going to stand here on the roof holding the recording device next to the jet engines, while we're speeding down the track. Ok guys, GO!"
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Post by rapidotrains on Dec 30, 2014 16:25:50 GMT -8
I'd like to see the Video of Jason recording the sound on that one. "I can't duct-tape our hi-tech recoding device to the roof because it will blow off due to the speed, so I'm going to stand here on the roof holding the recording device next to the jet engines, while we're speeding down the track. Ok guys, GO!" Yeah - we did that with the F40 at 95 MPH. I was fine for the first 0.2 seconds. Then I ended up embedded in an autorack on the next track and was scraped off with a spatula. But I'm MUCH better now. -Jason
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Post by Great-Northern-Willmar Div on Dec 30, 2014 16:27:50 GMT -8
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Post by Spikre on Dec 30, 2014 18:49:01 GMT -8
Ed, the Jet Engines weren't geared to the axles,they moved that RDC by Thrust to set the Record it held. Kato/Kobo has done the Jet in N scale awhile back. Spikre
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Post by Spikre on Dec 30, 2014 19:01:19 GMT -8
RDCs don't have a Nose. Switchers generally don't have Noses,maybe the RS-24 did, but only 4 were built to use the engines from the FPAs that were up-graded to 251 power. the Prototypes for the FPA/B-4s. Go GP40Ps,GP40PW-2s,GP40s,GP40-2W,GP40WL-2 ?? Spikre
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Post by Amboy Secondary on Dec 30, 2014 20:09:34 GMT -8
RDCs don't have a Nose. Go GP40Ps,GP40PW-2s,GP40s,GP40-2W,GP40WL-2 ?? Spikre So the NYC effort was bogus? How about noses on the NH Roger Williams train. Saw them in DC once, really looked weird. I'm all for a CNJ/NJT style GP40P борис циник
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Post by PennCentral on Dec 30, 2014 21:16:55 GMT -8
I thought you guys would have figured it out by now. It's pretty obvious that Rapido is doing the most accurate chain link fence ever produced in HO scale. I expect there will be lots of Walthers oversized chain link fence kits on ebay within hours or word getting out from Springfield. Woe to you guys that used wedding tulle for your fences. That's so......Lionel...... Rapido took their fancy @ss laser scanner thingy and spent three weeks working at the Chain Link Fence Manufacturers Institute archives to build datafiles of the most common chain link fences from the past six decades. www.chainlinkinfo.org/Expect to see a limited edition "Spadina Yard Fence Kit" that includes every single post, gate, tensioner, and accurate oxidation and rust. It will even include the pre and post 1969 fencing change at the Parliment Street overpass. Seriously, these new fence sets are going to make his passenger cars look fake Hot Wheels from the dollar store....
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Post by slowfreight on Dec 30, 2014 21:22:16 GMT -8
I know what it its.......wait for it...... If only it were true. If only.... And yet, I'm sure they would still forget to correctly letter it for RTA.
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Post by edwardsutorik on Dec 30, 2014 21:50:17 GMT -8
Spikre, I know the jet engines weren't geared to the axles. Otherwise B-52's would have had a buncha chains connecting the engines and the landing gear. It's just that I don't think Rapido has the expertise to pull off working 1/87.1 jet engines. Or do they? Only the Jason knows. Ed
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Post by Judge Doom on Dec 30, 2014 23:07:35 GMT -8
I thought you guys would have figured it out by now. It's pretty obvious that Rapido is doing the most accurate chain link fence ever produced in HO scale. I expect there will be lots of Walthers oversized chain link fence kits on ebay within hours or word getting out from Springfield. Woe to you guys that used wedding tulle for your fences. That's so......Lionel...... Rapido took their fancy @ss laser scanner thingy and spent three weeks working at the Chain Link Fence Manufacturers Institute archives to build datafiles of the most common chain link fences from the past six decades. www.chainlinkinfo.org/Expect to see a limited edition "Spadina Yard Fence Kit" that includes every single post, gate, tensioner, and accurate oxidation and rust. It will even include the pre and post 1969 fencing change at the Parliment Street overpass. Seriously, these new fence sets are going to make his passenger cars look fake Hot Wheels from the dollar store.... And Walthers will quickly announce a set of their less accurate chain-link fences to scoop some of that Rapido business, marketing them as suitable for VIA, CN and Amtrak use. They did with the F40
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Post by John Sheridan on Dec 31, 2014 6:40:06 GMT -8
Yeah - we did that with the F40 at 95 MPH. I was fine for the first 0.2 seconds. Then I ended up embedded in an autorack on the next track and was scraped off with a spatula. But I'm MUCH better now. -Jason Well, as you know, if you add a phased-polarion transducer to the Heisenberg compensator on the transporter emitter, it can easily re-assembler you from a pile o' goo to your usual self.
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Post by John Sheridan on Dec 31, 2014 6:51:36 GMT -8
Spikre, I know the jet engines weren't geared to the axles. Otherwise B-52's would have had a buncha chains connecting the engines and the landing gear. It's just that I don't think Rapido has the expertise to pull off working 1/87.1 jet engines. Or do they? Only the Jason knows. Ed Oh, he knows alright. Schneider has been a sucker & victim willing participant for many of Jason's wild schemes. Behold.....
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Post by thebessemerkid on Dec 31, 2014 8:59:15 GMT -8
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Dec 31, 2014 17:54:39 GMT -8
When asked "How do the Heisenberg compensators work?" by Time magazine on 28th November 1994, Michael Okuda, technical advisor on Star Trek, famously responded, "They work just fine, thank you.
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Post by bnsf971 on Jan 2, 2015 9:57:15 GMT -8
"I can't duct-tape our hi-tech recoding device to the roof because it will blow off due to the speed, so I'm going to stand here on the roof holding the recording device next to the jet engines, while we're speeding down the track. Ok guys, GO!" Yeah - we did that with the F40 at 95 MPH. I was fine for the first 0.2 seconds. Then I ended up embedded in an autorack on the next track and was scraped off with a spatula. But I'm MUCH better now. -Jason So, the tractor beam failed at the most inopportune moment-- again? Fortunately, you've been run through the transporter enough it can reintegrate your molecules as they were in 1966. Umm, you WERE around in 1966, right?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2015 10:51:34 GMT -8
My guess is another F unit series. Bill mentioned that some would say "cool" and others would say "why". It has already been done by the big manufacturers and it has more than a few nose configurations if you think about the number boards and nose light/no nose light combos. It was not stated that it was ONLY a Canadian prototype and I believe with the FL9, they got the nose profile information. And the FL9 nose profile looks great!
If it is another F unit series and it is done anything like the FL9, then I would definitely be in for some instead of buying Genesis F's simply because Rapido F's will have all the underframe details beautifully rendered.
I am going out on a limb and saying F-units. The photo could easily be chicken wire grills on an F3.
Brian
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Post by thb401 on Jan 15, 2015 11:28:43 GMT -8
RDC? Will be well done. Rapido quality. Whatever it will be. Bill
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Post by atsfan on Jan 15, 2015 12:22:43 GMT -8
My guess is another F unit series. Bill mentioned that some would say "cool" and others would say "why". It has already been done by the big manufacturers and it has more than a few nose configurations if you think about the number boards and nose light/no nose light combos. It was not stated that it was ONLY a Canadian prototype and I believe with the FL9, they got the nose profile information. And the FL9 nose profile looks great! If it is another F unit series and it is done anything like the FL9, then I would definitely be in for some instead of buying Genesis F's simply because Rapido F's will have all the underframe details beautifully rendered. I am going out on a limb and saying F-units. The photo could easily be chicken wire grills on an F3. Brian SD40-2
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Post by rapidotrains on Jan 15, 2015 13:01:53 GMT -8
Below is a clue.... -Jason (John Sjolander prototype photo courtesy Kaluza-Mueller Collection)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2015 13:31:57 GMT -8
OK, so that means nix the F-unit, the RDC and the SD35. Or it could be one of those and the blocked out area is just a decoy . Brian
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Post by edwardsutorik on Jan 15, 2015 13:41:14 GMT -8
Lemme see. An abandoned coaling tower. Obviously, they're gonna do a steam locomotive that's been done before. Aha! Rapido is going to do the Erie Triplex: and not screw it up like MTH did. I've just gotta wonder where they used expanded mesh on the Triplex. Ed
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Post by onequiknova on Jan 15, 2015 13:47:32 GMT -8
Someone needs to dig up the original photo. My guess is Jason is being a bit sneaky and there is nothing behind the black blob. An RDC still make the most sense to me. Rapid knows how to make an awesome Budd car and they were popular in Canada. It fits the clues too. Multiple body variations and different noses, along with enough curved surfaces to warrant laser scanning.
I still hope it's an E unit.
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Post by scl1234 on Jan 15, 2015 13:52:07 GMT -8
I still hope it's an E unit. Same here. The BLI E8 looks good but is scarce to non-existent w/o noise.
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Post by MONSTERRAILROAD on Jan 15, 2015 14:26:41 GMT -8
SD50/SD50F owned by CN and other US railroads.
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Post by canrailfan on Jan 15, 2015 14:35:03 GMT -8
Picture is taken at Spadina during 1980 NHRS Convention in Toronto, Southern 6141 and N&W 1518(SD35) pulled a private car special to the convention.
My vote is for the RDC, the black block is a decoy...
David
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Post by rapidotrains on Jan 15, 2015 15:12:13 GMT -8
Picture is taken at Spadina during 1980 NHRS Convention in Toronto, Southern 6141 and N&W 1518(SD35) pulled a private car special to the convention. My vote is for the RDC, the black block is a decoy... David *AHEM* there is indeed something behind that black block. I'm not THAT sneaky! -Jason
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Post by The Ferro Kid on Jan 15, 2015 15:19:00 GMT -8
SNIP I still hope it's an E unit. SNIP The Black Blob could be obscuring a VIA E8.
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Post by Amboy Secondary on Jan 15, 2015 17:02:20 GMT -8
SDP40 or P30CH?
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