Dear HO Scale Customers;

Rapido is thrilled to announce the Comet Cars 2026 Run

Photo courtesy: Bobby Allard

The “Comet Cars” might be the most recognizable commuter rail car in North America. The original Comets were designed by Pullman-Standard for NJDOT (Erie-Lackawanna operated commuter services). In the early 1980s, Bombardier acquired the rights to continue building these cars with an order for NJ TRANSIT, successor to the NJDOT and E-L. Followup orders were placed by Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA), Metro-North and Connecticut Department of Transportaion (CDOT). Most of these cars are still in service today, nearly 40 years after rolling off the assembly line.

MBTA has wrapped a few cars for Operation Lifesaver, Massachusetts' 250th anniversary honoring the Revolutionary War and for use on their laser train.

Many commuter agencies use similar-like rail cars. These schemes have adapted very nicely to the Comet car design!

• New schemes and roadnumbers including Boston's popular MBTA
• Serving commuter rail operations for over 40 years
• Match them with the P32AC-DM and F40PH locomotives

HO Scale Comet Cars Features:

• Operating ditch lights on appropriate models per era
• Dual or single cab car windows per prototype
• Free-rolling, highly-detailed inside-bearing trucks with roller-bearing axles and metal wheelsets
• Full underbody and unrivaled interior detail
• Accurate painting and lettering, both inside and out
• Prototypically accurate tinted windows
• Metal side grab irons
• Constant interior lighting in DC and DCC
• Controllable cab car lighting in both DC and DCC
• MoPower capacitor for uninterrupted DCC lighting
• Suggested minimum radius: 22”

Order Due Date: January 15, 2027

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