Bi-level commuter cars
Scale: HO (1:87:1)
Price: Coach, $99.95; cab car, $119.95; coach three-pack, $299.95; three-car set (two coaches and cab car), $319.95.
Era: Mid-1970s to present (varies depending on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 500 Alden Road, Unit 21, Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5 Canada; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com
Features:
- Body shell designs with or without rivet details (as appropriate)
- Underbody and interior detail
- Metal side grab irons
- Tinted window glazing
- Four or five windows on lower level (as appropriate)
- Inside-bearing trucks with roller-bearing axles and metal wheelsets
- Minimum radius: 22”
- Constant interior lighting in direct current (DC) and Digital Command Control (DCC)
- Controllable cab car lighting in DC and DCC
Release date: Available now
Road names: GO Transit (original scheme), Agence Métropolitaine de Transport, Metrolink (Los Angeles), Trinity Railway Express (TRE, Dallas/Fort Worth), Tri-Rail (Miami, original scheme), and West Coast Express (Vancouver). Coach and cab car also available undecorated in three versions each.
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