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Rapido Trains HO scale MLW M420 diesel

Rapido Trains is bringing the comfort, Canadian style. We recently received a sample of the company’s new Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) M420 loco- motive, and it’s a beauty, eh? The prototype. When Alco locomotive production ceased in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1969, locomotives continued to be built in Canada by former subsidiary Montreal Locomotive Works until […]

Model Rail/Rapido Trains 16XX 0-6-0PT

Model Rail Offers at www.modelrailoffers.co.uk for £149.00 plus shipping (approximately $200 as of this writing). Pluses Hefty die-cast construction, smooth operation, and great detail Minuses DC-operation only. Circuit board issue requires replacement (available from Model Rail Offers) for use with DCC Verdict Solid running model of a British Railways steam-era light-duty locomotive Overview You couldn’t […]

Rapido Trains N scale Canadian passenger train

N scale Rapido Canadian passenger train snakes along rocky cliffs of Canadian Canyons project layout

The Canadian is out and it’s roaming the Canadian Canyons layout in the Model Railroader workshop! See Rapido Trains’ all new streamliner is here and Cody Grivno and Eric White take a look at the 10-car set and the add-on sets. […]

Rapido Trains N scale Canadian passenger train

Rapido Trains HO scale MLW M420 diesel locomotive

Red, black, and white Rapido HO scale Montreal Locomotive Works M420 diesel locomotive shown on scenicked track facing right

Rapido Trains is bringing the comfort, Canadian style. We recently received a sample of the company’s new Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) M420 locomotive, and it’s a beauty, eh? The prototype When Alco locomotive production ceased in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1969, locomotives continued to be built in Canada by former subsidiary Montreal Locomotive Works until […]

Testing Rapido’s new Pullman Standard 8600-series coaches

A locomotive pulls a train of Rapido 8600-series coaches around Steve Tello's HO scale model train layout.

In this video, Steve Tello tests Rapido’s new release of Pullman Standard 8600-series steel coaches on his HO scale Boston & Maine New Hampshire Mainline. […]

Testing Rapido’s new Pullman Standard 8600-series coaches

In this video, Steve Tello tests Rapido’s new release of Pullman Standard 8600-series steel coaches on his HO scale Boston & Maine New Hampshire Mainline. […]

Rapido N scale General Electric Dash 8-40CM ‘Draper Taper’

Check out Rapido’s new N scale General Electric Dash-8-40CM Draper Taper on the Canadian Canyons project layout! […]

Rapido N scale General Electric Dash 8-40CM ‘Draper Taper’

Check out Rapido’s new N scale General Electric Dash-8-40CM Draper Taper on the Canadian Canyons project layout! […]

New model trains for the week of November 19, 2020

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F-series diesel locomotives. Burlington Northern (Northern Pacific “Pinetree” scheme patchout; F7A, F7B, and F7A-B set in one road number each), Denver & Rio Grande Western (Aspen Gold, silver, and black; F9B in one number; F9A-B set in two numbers), Milwaukee Road (1970s orange and black; F7A in one number and […]

New model trains for the week of October 29, 2020

Wm. K. Walthers HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive. Great Northern (Empire Builder scheme); Belt Ry. of Chicago (1950s to 1970s scheme); Chessie System (Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (black-and-gray scheme); Erie Lackawanna (gray, maroon, and yellow scheme); and Reading Co. (yellow-and-green scheme). Four road numbers per scheme (two each in direct […]