On December 20, 1967 the United Aircraft TurboTrain rocketed to an amazing 170.8 MPH on the Pennsylvania Railroad in New Jersey. To this date, this is still the fastest speed ever achieved by a production passenger train in the United States or Canada.

On April 22, 1976 a Canadian National TurboTrain reached a speed of 140.6 MPH between Montreal and Toronto. This is still the Canadian speed record.

This year, Rapido Trains Inc. finally brings you the first ever accurate model of the TurboTrain - North America's fastest train.

Now you can relive your memories of seeing this train roar past. Both engines are sound-equipped, so your TurboTrain will roar at the front and the rear just like the real thing.

Our Ready-to-Run TurboTrain comes in a 3-car, powered set. For speed and reliability, BOTH ENGINES ARE POWERED WITH SOUND. You can order more Intermediate Cars to make a longer train. Several different Coach, Cafe and Club cars are available, depending on your choice of paint scheme.

ACCURATE
We designed our models with the help of two senior designers from the original TurboTrain.

EXPANDABLE
The TurboTrain can be expanded up to nine cars long, just like the prototype. Additional coaches are available with different car numbers for all paint schemes.

For CN and VIA trains, we offer special Turbo TwoPacks - a TurboClub and TurboCafe car together for a reduced price.

OUR TURBOTRAIN FEATURES:

Fully decorated and lettered in six different paint schemes
Two powered Power Dome Cars, each with 5-pole, skew-wound motor, flywheel and SOUND!
One Intermediate Car with accurate windows and interior
Sound can be turned off for silent running
Reliable operation on DC or DCC layouts
Hand-held controller to operate sounds in DC
Minimum 18-inch radius
Different interior and exterior detail for American and Canadian versions of the TurboTrain
Full interior detail and battery-powered interior lighting
Numerous factory-applied detail parts
Constant, directional headlights, Gyralites and tail lights
Full-width, operating diaphragms (24" radius or greater)
Decal sheet with destination signs and optional logos
Illustrated TurboTrain Commemorative Booklet
Additional coach, club and cafe cars available separately

VIA Rail Canada (and VIA-CN before it became an independent crown corporation) ran its Turbos in 9-car trains only. To make a complete 9-car train, you need products 200006, 200601, 200602, 200603 and 200604. The car numbers will be accurate for the 9-car Turbo trainset known as VIA 2. Decals are provided to customize your train, including red CN logos for the nose (used until 1978) and the Montreal 1976 Olympics logo used in 1976.

The TurboCafe and TurboClub cars are different from the TurboCoach cars, and have unique interiors and window arrangements. Also, PDC-26 and PDC-27 are different. All of the Club cars have Club seats while the Coach cars have Coach seats. As you can see... when we say accurate, we mean accurate.

This set includes:

PDC-27 -
TurboCoach Power Dome Car
Car Number 151

IC-30/35 -
TurboCoach
Car Number 251

PDC-26 -
TurboClub Power Dome Car
Car Number 126