Rapido HO Alco PA1 and PB1 diesels
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Single A unit — without sound, $239.95; with ESU LokSound V5 decoder, $349.95. A-A and A-B sets — without sound, $459.90; with ESU LokSound V5 decoder, $669.90
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains, 382 High St, Buffalo, NY 14204; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com
Rapido Trains HO Alco PA1 and PB1 diesel features:
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe re-powered units have unique roof blister and Electro-Motive Division-style fans
- Correct nose and roof profiles 3D scanned from the prototype
- Detailed cab interior
- Dynamic or non-dynamic brake versions, as appropriate
- Etched-metal grills, as appropriate
- Factory-installed grab irons and handrails
- Full underbody piping and conduit
- Illuminated number boxes
- Operating Gyralite or red Mars light, as appropriate
- Road-name-specific details
Release date: Available now
Road names: A units — Erie Lackawanna (gray, maroon, and yellow); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (repowered, warbonnet scheme); Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (maroon and red); Missouri Pacific (Eagle scheme); Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Texas Special, with and without shadowline); New York, New Haven & Hartford (orange and McGinnis schemes); and Union Pacific (Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray). Two-unit sets — Alco-General Electric Demonstrator (red, PA2 and PB2), AT&SF (warbonnet, repowered PA1 and PB1), Canadian National Demonstrator (green and gold, two PA1s), and UP (Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray, PA-1 and PB-1).
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