Rapido N Budd Rail Diesel Car
Scale: N (1:160)
Price: Single car — Direct current, $149.95; with DCC and sound, $259.95. Santa Fe two-pack — direct current, $299.90; with DCC and sound, $519.90.
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains, 382 High St, Buffalo, NY 14204; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com
Rapido N Budd Rail Diesel Car features:
- All-wheel electrical pickup
- Body-mounted magnetic knuckle couplers
- Designed from original blueprints and field measurements
- Detailed interior
- Directional headlights and red marker lights
- Fabricated or cast trucks as appropriate
- Flicker-free interior lighting
- MoPower capacitor for uninterrupted DCC power
- Single-motor, all-wheel drive
- Tinted windows
- Unless noted, all RDCs are unnumbered. Basic numbering decals are provided with each unnumbered unit.
Release date: Available now
Road names: Phase I — New York Central; Amtrak (phase 2 paint scheme); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe DC-191 and DC-192; Baltimore & Ohio; Metro-North Commuter RR; New York, New Haven & Hartford (McGinnis scheme); and Southern Pacific No. 10. Phase II — BC Rail (blue), Boston & Maine (McGinnis scheme), Canadian National (“wet noodle” herald), CP Rail (Action Red), Reading Co., and VIA Rail (early). Both body styles are also available painted stainless steel but unlettered.
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