On October 12 at Exporail, the Canadian Railway Museum near Montreal, Quebec, Rapido Trains announced that it plans to produce the Icons of Canadian Steam. The multi-year project will consist of HO scale models of 12 notable Canadian steam locomotives, usually in multiple classes.
The project first release of the series will be the Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 Royal Hudson in 2017. Following the Royal Hudson, Rapido plans to release two steam locomotives a year until 2023.
The locomotives planned for the series are: 2017 – Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 Royal Hudson (three classes), 2018 – Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 (three classes), 2018 – Canadian National 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler (two classes), 2019 – Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 Hudson (two classes), 2019 – Canadian National 2-8-0 Consolidation (two classes), 2020 – Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 Light Pacific (two classes), 2020 – Canadian National 4-8-2 Mountain (Class U1f), 2021 – Candian Pacific 4-6-2 Heavy Pacific (three classes), 2021 – Candian National 4-6-2 Pacific (three classes), 2022 – Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 Selkirk (two classes), 2022 – Canadian Pacific 4-8-4 U4 Northern (two classes), 2023 – Canadian Pacific 4-4-4 Jubilee (two classes).
For more information, visit www.RapidoTrains.com.
