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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2015 9:30:51 GMT -8
If you didn't see their latest newsletter, there's another picture with the caption "Could this be Rapido's new product?" I'm guessing it's a "definitive F3/F7". Because they were all the same, and it will prevent Jason & co. from dealing with 36 different molds (plus detail parts  ). Just kidding. But seriously, I have no idea what it is. It may not even be the cutout in the photo, as the caption clearly said "Could...?"  Lastly, a question on tone about the via car they bought. I thought it was very defensive (too much so as it left a bad taste in my mouth) but also what sort of person tells a guy he shouldn't buy a train car. If you're spending a crap ton of money on model trains, do you really have the right to tell someone else that they can't spend a crap ton of money on trains? Cabooses can cost in the order of magnitude of $20,000 for one that's nearly rail ready. For a car as dilapidated as Jason's, I can't see the price being completely out of that range. I think it's pretty cool, personally. If that means the single F40 I can afford costs an additional $25, so be it. I'm not naive enough to think this hobby - at Rapido's level of detail - is cheap. |
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Post by riogrande on Jun 19, 2015 9:35:07 GMT -8
Probably something Canadian so I'll watch from the sidelines!
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Post by notabob on Jun 19, 2015 9:49:24 GMT -8
Yeah, "could" was certainly one of two key words I noticed. The other was 'bigger.' Bigger than the Canadian? Makes me wonder if Rapido is branching out into O-scale...
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Post by atsfan on Jun 19, 2015 10:51:42 GMT -8
It looks like an SD40-2.
Good news and Rapido will sell many of them
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Post by Spikre on Jun 19, 2015 10:55:32 GMT -8
 atsfan, doesn't look anything like an SD40-2,when did You last visit an optometrist ? its a Canadian Pacific E8 !! or an Alaskan RR Shrouded RS-1,but which version ? Spikre 
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Post by peoriaman on Jun 19, 2015 10:58:20 GMT -8
The polls said: No SD40-2s.
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Post by jaygee on Jun 19, 2015 11:08:57 GMT -8
How about an EMD E8 / E9...one with fewer troubles than the bunch of clunkers we have now !
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Post by Spikre on Jun 19, 2015 11:15:30 GMT -8
 jaygee, there were exactly ZERO E9s purchased by Canadian roads. and only CP bought 3 E8s to match the B&M E units in Pool service between Montreal and Boston. but a 99% correct E8 would be an achievement. Spikre 
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Post by bdhicks on Jun 19, 2015 11:33:47 GMT -8
The vertical side on the nose looks like an Alco cab unit to me, but they already have the FPA/B4 and I don't feel like another Alco cab would be "the largest new product announcement in Canadian model railroad history"
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Post by Mark R. on Jun 19, 2015 12:03:41 GMT -8
The station is the White River Junction station on the Vermont / New Hampshire border ....
Mark.
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Post by stevewagner on Jun 19, 2015 12:04:05 GMT -8
Are you all convinced that the biggest announcement ever is going to be a group of Canadian locomotives? And in HO scale?
We do know that Rapido is working on an HO freight car with rivets. Any guesses about that?
My railroad is supposed to be set in upstate New York, but I have a soft spot for Canadian railways. My roster of Rapido items so far includes 2 locos (both Canadian National in the 1954 livery), 22 passenger cars (11 CN 1954 livery, 1 CN 1961, 7 Delaware & Hudson, 1 Boston & Maine, 1 CP, 1 Erie Lackawanna), and 11 freight cars (6 U.S. meat reefers and 4 Canadian gons), plus 1 CP Rail caboose, with another D&H passenger car on order.
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Post by atsfan on Jun 19, 2015 12:05:17 GMT -8
The polls said: No SD40-2s. Exit polls are always misleading. |
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Post by atsfan on Jun 19, 2015 12:05:41 GMT -8
The station is the White River Junction station on the Vermont / New Hampshire border .... Mark. That is for misdirection. |
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Post by oldmuley on Jun 19, 2015 12:15:57 GMT -8
Here- I fixed it for you. A nice SDL39 for all of us!  |
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Post by peoriaman on Jun 19, 2015 12:16:27 GMT -8
Maybe they're doing the "definitive HO baggage wagon". Because, you know, the Grandt Line one just blows.
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Post by rockisland652 on Jun 19, 2015 13:12:30 GMT -8
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Post by GP40P-2 on Jun 19, 2015 13:15:59 GMT -8
Here- I fixed it for you. A nice SDL39 for all of us! oldmuely: That is just, just....., well I'm speechless. Your fix is awesome, right out of Jason's playbook. |
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Post by The Ferro Kid on Jun 19, 2015 14:14:27 GMT -8
It's a Rohr Turboliner being towed by an F- or E-unit after one of its flameouts (or perhaps I should say "flame-ups").
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2015 14:49:04 GMT -8
Are you all convinced that the biggest announcement ever is going to be a group of Canadian locomotives? And in HO scale? Are you suggesting it might be another 1:1 scale type of deal, to pull the 1:1 scale passenger car? :-o |
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Post by rapidotrains on Jun 19, 2015 15:01:39 GMT -8
Lastly, a question on tone about the via car they bought. I thought it was very defensive (too much so as it left a bad taste in my mouth) but also what sort of person tells a guy he shouldn't buy a train car. Too defensive? I was holding back a LOT of what I wanted to say! You should have seen the first draft...  The link to the newsletter is here: rapidotrains.com/rapidonews69.html-Jason |
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Post by fredo on Jun 19, 2015 16:15:57 GMT -8
jaygee, there were exactly ZERO E9s purchased by Canadian roads. and only CP bought 3 E8s to match the B&M E units in Pool service between Montreal and Boston. but a 99% correct E8 would be an achievement. Spikre The 3 Canadian Pacific E-8s came with an A-200 horn on the engineer's side and an A-125 horn on the Fireman's side. These single chime horns got replaced with M-5 horns mounted on the Fireman's side like the the covered up photo.I have seen photos of an M-3 horn on one of the E 8's also. The horn in the covered up photo is a M-5 as the 5 chime horn stands taller as 2 horn bells are mounted on the top of the manifold. |
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Post by bnsf971 on Jun 19, 2015 16:27:47 GMT -8
Jason, some people seem to be in this hobby just so they can kvetch. How a private individual spends their honestly acquired gains is no one else's business but theirs. Remember, don't feed the troll... |
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Post by Chad on Jun 19, 2015 16:38:01 GMT -8
I got it...
It's a C415 with all three versions.
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Post by calzephyr on Jun 19, 2015 16:50:15 GMT -8
The vertical side on the nose looks like an Alco cab unit to me, but they already have the FPA/B4 and I don't feel like another Alco cab would be "the largest new product announcement in Canadian model railroad history" The vertical side looks to be an ALCO for sure. The EMD casts a more rounded shadow. Jason, you have to give us more clues or we will think it is a SD40-2 covered up to look like an ALCO. Larry |
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Post by roadkill on Jun 19, 2015 17:06:50 GMT -8
I got it... It's a C415 with all three versions. Bowser's all but announced theirs, so... no. E8. Please, please, PLEASE... let it be an E8!!! |
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Post by roadkill on Jun 19, 2015 17:10:42 GMT -8
Too defensive? I was holding back a LOT of what I wanted to say! You should have seen the first draft... The link to the newsletter is here: rapidotrains.com/rapidonews69.html-Jason No need to defend yourself about anything. Whoever criticized you about your sleeper is probably just jealous ! |
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Post by riogrande on Jun 19, 2015 17:35:07 GMT -8
Jason, some people seem to be in this hobby just so they can kvetch. welll... considering the hobby is dominated by old men and whats an old mens favorite past time? I rest my case!  |
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Post by atsfan on Jun 19, 2015 18:18:34 GMT -8
I agree some dudes need more fresh air out of the basement.
And time with real trains.
Or for some, a bar of soap.
Let alone a lady.
I enjoyed a round of golf today and watched the US Open at the 19th hole.
And guess what? Real trains were coming by Chambers Bay and they were showing them.
Awesome !
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Post by onequiknova on Jun 19, 2015 21:02:45 GMT -8
Sure looks like an E8 profile to me. I suppose and E8 could be a major under taking if you include all the various road specific modifications and details.
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Post by slowfreight on Jun 20, 2015 6:20:45 GMT -8
Please, no E8! I spent too much time getting all the parts together to do my definitive Highlinerized BLI E8s... At least give me the satisfaction of finishing mine before releasing a better model.
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