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The Rapido Christmas Mystery Box
The famous Rapido Mystery Box returns! This time around it's Christmas themed and filled to the brim with a ton of neat items, cars and locomotives! Watch the special video above for more info about these awesome Premium Mystery Boxes that are worth well over the price point.
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HO Scale PA and PB Locomotives - Including the ATSF EMD Repower
Do you like Alco PA Locomotives? What about the repowered ATSF PA locomotives, the first ever in HO Scale? Luckily for you, both of these great locomotives are available to preorder, but time's running out as the deadline is on November 15th, 2023. Watch the new video above and check out the decorated 3D CAD renders below.
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That famous hump on the ATSF repowered PAs. | |
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HO Scale F30 Flatcars and MOW Service Cars
Maintenance-of-Way and 1950s modelers rejoice! These venerable F30 Flatcars are a must for any modeler. These cars meet the order deadline in just a few days, so get those orders rolling in! Watch the new video above.
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Brand new 3D CAD renders of the Camp Cars and the Tie Cars. | |
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HO Scale National Steel Car Ballast Hopper
Every modeler needs a ballast train! Those NSC Ballast Hoppers are just the car to quench that desire. State-of-the-art tooling, multiple popular schemes in single or six-packs and it's built to run! Don't delay, order now!
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HO Scale AutoFlood III Coal Hoppers
Coal is king! And the only way to move it is with the AutoFlood III Rapid Discharge Hoppers. Get your orders in before the November 15th deadline passes. Watch the video above for more information. You can also check out a string of previously released hoppers below.
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HO Scale F40PHM-2 Locomotive
The sleekest passenger locomotive in Chicago is the Metra F40PHM-2! Additionally, for the first time the "Winnebagos" are being produced in HO Scale. This locomotive was built for speed to bring commuters to and from work daily and can now do so on your layout. But before it can, preorder them in advance of the December 15th, 2023 deadline. Check out the new early samples below.
| The F40PHMM-2 looks great! That's the rebuild above and the as-delivered below. | |
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HO Scale HEP and OCS E-units
These E-units with HEP will be the first highly detailed of their type in plastic. This includes the Burlington Northern E9Am units, the Conrail OCS E8s and of course the Illinois Central silver and black OCS E-units. Mark your calendars for December 15th, 2023. Next month we'll be back with samples and a new video!
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HO Scale Amtrak NPCU
Get your Cabbage orders in by December 15th, 2023. For the first time, we've included the much-requested Amtrak Veterans NPCU, along with a return of popular schemes. In the meantime, let's roll back to 2016 with this classic NPCU Cabbage video. Sing along above!
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HO Scale Budd Gallery Cars with HEP - CB&Q/BN/Metra Versions
Please note: the Budd Gallery Commuter Car has been pushed back to December 15th, 2023. This way the F40PHM-2, BN HEP E-units and these cars will share the same order deadline date. This means you have an EXTRA month to order even more of these awesome cars!
Within a few days, there will be a new video coming out for the Gallery Cars. Keep checking our YouTube for it.
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HO Scale Trenton Works 6348 cu.ft. Boxcar
PREORDER DEADLINE POSTPONED
After some internal discussions, we have decided to extend the preorder deadline for the Trenton Works 6348 cu.ft. Boxcar until May 15th, 2024.
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NEW! HO Scale RSC-14 Acinox Cuba Locomotive
What do we have here? We have a Cuban RSC-14 locomotive, decorated for Acinox for use inside of the steel plant in Cotorro, Cuba. This striking RSC-14 is in stock and ready to order! Quantities are limited, so don't miss out on grabbing one of these unique locomotives.
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ATSF 2426 has a weathered look. Photo courtesy of Ed Chapman. | |
NEW! HO Scale SW9 Locomotive
Does your layout need a small, versatile switching locomotive? Please welcome the Rapido SW9 Locomotive to the stable! Banking off of the SW1200 popularity, the SW9 offers all of the high-end details you expect from us as well as one very hard-working motor that can supply power to those large cuts of cars you need to move around your yard.
Check out the SW9 Locomotive page on the website for more info!
| A classic EL scene. Photo by John Bartley, courtesy of the Kevin EuDaly collection. | The Illinois Central version. Photo courtesy of the Kevin EuDaly collection. | |
The SW9 Locomotive Features:
- Highly detailed cab interior
- See-through metal etched parts
- Many road specific details
- Heavy diecast frame
- Diecast gear boxes for added weight
- Rapido Semi Scale metal couplers
- Full LED lighting, including: operating beacons/flashing lights where appropriate
- DC/Silent (21-pin DCC Ready) or DC/DCC/ESU LokSound
- Featuring the Rapido MoPower capacitor
Nine popular schemes plus two "industrial-style" unlettered schemes to ogle over! See them below.
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NEW IN STOCK! HO Scale PRR GLa Hopper Car
Please welcome back the ever popular Pennsylvania Railroad GLa Hopper Car. These cars are fresh into the warehouse and on the way to your favorite dealer or hobby shop, just in time for those coal deliveries for the winter season.
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The Rapido GLa Hopper features:
- Scaled from original blueprints
- Die cast frame and floor for optimum weight
- Full interior rivet and bracing details
- Factory installed wire grab irons
- Narrow semi-scale draft gear box
- Metal knuckle couplers
- Turned metal wheels in correct PRR 12D-F8 or Archbar trucks, where appropriate
- Accurate paint and lettering
- Multiple road numbers available for each scheme
- Available in singles or multi-packs
- Multi-packs boxed for individual sale
Eleven popular schemes to choose from, which means you can collect all of them! Our favorite is the Buffalo Creek & Gauley.
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NEW VIDEO! Open House-mania 2023
Come along and watch some of the finer highlights of the 2023 Rapido Open House. We all had a blast!
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Shipping and Arrival Updates
LOTS of new items are arriving soon! What could they be? Let's find out:
As always, items will be shipped upon inspection. Shipping times may vary.
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The D10 Ten Wheelers look great in all-black or maroon. | |
Check out that high mounted headlight above. The traditional boiler mount below. | |
The scheme variations of Procor. Below are the end cage details. | |
High level of detail on the walkways. Below is the unlettered version. | |
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We’ve heard the requests. We know there is aN elephant in the room.
We quite frankly misread the market and that’s on us, not you. It’s time to look inward. A prime example of this is our recent VIA/CN sets that were cancelled due to low orders. As well as being a bit niche for the average N scale modeler, we realize now that it was simply too much train for too much money. Lesson learned!
Additionally, we’ve reassessed our entire N scale strategy and have decided to shift our focus going forward. Our freight car offerings have been very hit-or-miss, so we’ll be moving away from that side of the market and concentrating on what has generally done well overall - locomotives and passenger equipment.
That said, we’ve decided to tie up some loose ends and just push forward with the Procor 5820 pellet hoppers. We’ve sent the purchase order off to the factory and plan to make extra inventory should interest in this car pick up down the road.
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The RR56 reefer, however, is simply unprofitable at this point and will be shelved for the time being. Apologies to those who were anxiously awaiting them, but at the end of the day we’re a business that employs many people in multiple countries and would like to continue to do so!
Another thing we’ve heard you loud and clear on is our level of detail. Things like cut levers and separate grabs aren’t what most N scalers seem to want, so we’re planning to simplify things a bit. What’s important is overall dimensional accuracy, crisp paint and lettering, and most critically of all, operational reliability; properly running trains are the best trains!
So hang in there guys, more N scale is coming soon. We have something awesome planned for Christmas, with more good stuff to follow in 2024.
Onward!
Jeremy
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This wraps up November's off-the-press news. We would like to stand up and applaud all who have given for Remembrance and Veteran's Day. "All gave some and some gave all."
Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving, we'll see you next month to kick-off the Christmas season. Gobble gobble!
Bobby Allard
Don't burn that turkey...
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