Rapido HO tie-service flatcar
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Single car, $64.95; six-pack, $389.70
Era: 1990s to present
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 500 Alden Rd., Unit 21, Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 5H5; 905-474-3314, rapidotrains.com
Rapido HO tie-service flatcar features:
- Based on ex-TTX cars purchased by Burlington Northern and converted to crosstie cars
- Body-mounted metal couplers
- Two plastic concrete tie loads
- Formed metal stirrup steps
- Freestanding handbrake with separate brake wheel
- Metal wheelsets
- Molded Automatic Equipment Identification tags picked in gray paint
- New deck and tie rack
- Plastic and die-cast metal construction
- Screw-mounted roller-bearing trucks with raised foundry data
- See-through crossover platforms
- Separate, factory-applied brake appliances
- Train line hoses with glad hands picked in silver
- Wire grab irons and uncoupling levers
Release date: Available now
Road names: Burlington Northern and BNSF Ry.
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