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Post by rapidotrains on May 31, 2019 10:35:24 GMT -8
Hi all, We're hosting a Facebook Live event on Monday from our US Dealer Open House. It's at 12:15 p.m. EDT. We're announcing a ton of new stuff. Note the American spelling in "ton." It's all US prototypes. We don't just make "foreign" stuff at Rapido, eh? www.facebook.com/rapidotrains/We're also sending out a newsletter. Newsletter subscribers will get the news first. Thanks and regards, Jason  |
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Post by gevohogger on May 31, 2019 10:40:55 GMT -8
The P30CH is finally official! Happy day!!!!
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Post by lackawanna1223 on May 31, 2019 10:54:30 GMT -8
A little birdie said something about a USRA 40 ton double sheathed boxcar. Woot!
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Post by edwardsutorik on May 31, 2019 11:14:58 GMT -8
I'm buyin' that birdie a martini.
Ed
And myself, of course.
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Post by csxt8400 on May 31, 2019 12:02:09 GMT -8
I'll take seven.
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Post by cp6027 on May 31, 2019 12:11:34 GMT -8
Hopefully announcing corrected numbers on the CNIS and CN "Environmental Mode" 3800s that actually match the prototype! (The selected numbers CNIS 368063, 368226, and 368239; and CN 371255, 371355, 371362 and 371375 are for prototypes that do not match the model)
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Post by csxt8400 on May 31, 2019 12:40:59 GMT -8
Hopefully announcing corrected numbers on the CNIS and CN "Environmental Mode" 3800s that actually match the prototype! (The selected numbers CNIS 368063, 368226, and 368239; and CN 371255, 371355, 371362 and 371375 are for prototypes that do not match the model) Uhh, yeah, Jason what about this? |
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Post by PennCentral on May 31, 2019 12:56:43 GMT -8
Any chance that picture is a giant hint about a Coast Starlight?
Jason
Nowhere near any coasts, Indiana
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Post by lackawanna1223 on May 31, 2019 13:07:02 GMT -8
A few folks have speculated about Comet cars. Rode them as a kid on Jersey Transit.
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Post by sd80mac on May 31, 2019 13:09:50 GMT -8
Woot Woot, Comet and Horizon passenger cars!
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Post by The Ferro Kid on May 31, 2019 13:20:22 GMT -8
Rohr Turboliner.
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Post by edwardsutorik on May 31, 2019 13:38:04 GMT -8
22,000+ USRA double sheathed, owned by:
ATSF, B&M, CB&Q, DL&W, DSS&A, GN, KCS, M&StL, MP, NWP, NYC, CCC&STL, T&OC, PM, RI, SL-SF, SP&S, T&G, TH&B, WAB
Considering how the NP boxes sold out, .................
Ed
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Post by riogrande on May 31, 2019 13:44:22 GMT -8
Hopefully announcing corrected numbers on the CNIS and CN "Environmental Mode" 3800s that actually match the prototype! (The selected numbers CNIS 368063, 368226, and 368239; and CN 371255, 371355, 371362 and 371375 are for prototypes that do not match the model) He said all US stuff! So is it all northeast stuff or is there something for Western fans as well? |
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Post by edwardsutorik on May 31, 2019 14:12:38 GMT -8
ATSF, CB&Q, GN, MP, NWP, RI, SL-SF, SP&S
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Post by stephen on May 31, 2019 14:20:11 GMT -8
Instead of a NEW ANNOUNCEMENT. HOW ABOUT LET'S GET THE LONG LIST OF ITEMS ALREADY ANNOUNCED DELIVERED!!!!!!!.
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Post by riogrande on May 31, 2019 14:41:15 GMT -8
ATSF, CB&Q, GN, MP, NWP, RI, SL-SF, SP&S Western and still in regular service in the late 70 too? |
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Post by bdhicks on May 31, 2019 15:08:08 GMT -8
A ton you say? That seems pretty light for railroad equipment. Maybe a speeder?
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on May 31, 2019 15:13:18 GMT -8
There goes the weekend, first full weekend of Summer and everyone’s going to be stuck inside speculatin’......
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Post by riogrande on May 31, 2019 15:18:34 GMT -8
Inside working on drop ceiling. Gotta keep the ball rolling forward.
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on May 31, 2019 15:20:08 GMT -8
But from your perspective doesn’t that make it all “furrin”?, eh?,y’all?
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Post by edwardsutorik on May 31, 2019 15:56:16 GMT -8
ATSF, CB&Q, GN, MP, NWP, RI, SL-SF, SP&S Western and still in regular service in the late 70 too? I did not see you specifying a time period. I am a "Western fan", and these USRA boxes will suit me just fine. They will help fill the gap between my 2-8-2's and my wooden cabeese. Ed |
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Post by riogrande on May 31, 2019 16:04:41 GMT -8
Western and still in regular service in the late 70 too? I did not see you specifying a time period. Ed Added since I felt a disturbance in the schwartz. 🤓 Western and back when dinosaurs roamed ain't no good to me. 😜 Well, if there isnt any thing in the "big" announcement for me, at least the Flexi flows will be something from Rapido for me. That will be my 2nd Rapido purrrrchase so far. But if there is a Starship announced, I could be tempted! |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2019 16:09:17 GMT -8
Instead of a NEW ANNOUNCEMENT. HOW ABOUT LET'S GET THE LONG LIST OF ITEMS ALREADY ANNOUNCED DELIVERED!!!!!!!.
Running a successful manufacturer means keeping a steady stream of product in all stages of production so that you always have something ready to move to the next stage and don't have employees / capacity sitting idle.
Looking at their production schedule* (updated this week) Rapido appears to have a reasonable amount of product at the various stages, and other than perhaps the EP-5 nothing there seems to be excessively long in development.
So now certainly is a good time to be announcing more new product to help keep that pipeline full of product to keep the revenue stream coming.
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Post by markfj on May 31, 2019 17:34:34 GMT -8
The P30CH is finally official! Happy day!!!! Would a Rapido quality E60CP get any interest? It’s a bit of an oddball, low production unit, but so was the FL9 and that didn’t stop Rapido from producing it. Thanks, Mark |
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Post by ashland on May 31, 2019 17:40:29 GMT -8
Instead of a NEW ANNOUNCEMENT. HOW ABOUT LET'S GET THE LONG LIST OF ITEMS ALREADY ANNOUNCED DELIVERED!!!!!!!. AMEN !!!!!!! Always making announcemrnts, but never delivering. |
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Post by riogrande on May 31, 2019 18:11:25 GMT -8
AMEN !!!!!!! Always making announcemrnts, but never delivering. The old "watched pot never boils" syndrome? Meanwhile my budgets getting hammered big with too many goodies hitting too often. Feast for some, famine, apparently for others. |
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Post by ashland on May 31, 2019 21:05:54 GMT -8
AMEN !!!!!!! Always making announcemrnts, but never delivering. The old "watched pot never boils" syndrome? Meanwhile my budgets getting hammered big with too many goodies hitting too often. Feast for some, famine, apparently for others. It's not just Rapido, It's most of the manufactures. I know it's to see if there are enough interested buyers, but it gets old. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2019 4:24:33 GMT -8
Instead of a NEW ANNOUNCEMENT. HOW ABOUT LET'S GET THE LONG LIST OF ITEMS ALREADY ANNOUNCED DELIVERED!!!!!!!. AMEN !!!!!!! Always making announcemrnts, but never delivering.
I suspect that will be news to all the people who have already spent a lot of money on Rapido product this year, and those that will be for the remainder of the year as the next products arrive in the remaining 6 months.
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Post by stephen on Jun 1, 2019 4:33:12 GMT -8
If you look at the Rapido production schedule they are easily 2 years out. They are up to July 2020, plus they have promised reruns not on the list like the RS11 and several others. I could care less about 'new announcements' just get what you have promised done. Three years is a long ways off. Even ScaleTrains announcement to delivery date is far superior.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2019 4:34:41 GMT -8
The P30CH is finally official! Happy day!!!! Would a Rapido quality E60CP get any interest? It’s a bit of an oddball, low production unit, but so was the FL9 and that didn’t stop Rapido from producing it.
Suspect it would need a retailer / society to take on the financial risk given how few people model overhead and that it is restricted to just Amtrak I think.
The FL9 would have had different considerations given how active NH modelers are and that it was a diesel and 3rd rail (3rd rail being a lot easier to model).
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