Rapido Trains HO Enterprise covered hopper
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Single car, $54.95; three-pack, $164.85; and six-pack, $329.70
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains, 382 High St, Buffalo, NY 14204; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com
Rapido Trains HO Enterprise covered hopper features:
- Designed from original blueprints and field measurements
- Detailed body and underframe
- Canadian National and New York Central versions available
- Multiple road numbers per paint scheme
- Rapido semi-scale metal couplers
- Turned metal wheelsets
- Wire grab irons and ladders
Release date: Available now
Road names: New York Central version — New York Central (1946+ gray with Roman lettering and 1955+ gray with Gothic lettering), Canada Southern Ry. (1949+ gray), Flo-Sweet Bulk Granulated Sugar (1954+ gray with MSGX reporting marks), GFCX (1960+ gray), Penn Central (1968+ gray and 1968+ Deepwater Green maintenance of way), and Revere Sugar (1955+ black). Canadian National version — Canadian National (1948+ delivery Freight Car Brown, 1967+ gray with “wet noodle” herald, 1980+ gray MOW, and 1980+ Freight Car Brown sand service). Both body styles also available undecorated.
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