Rapido Trains Inc - The United Aircraft TurboTrain - Late Amtrak (1973-1979) (Fall 2006 release) (SKU 224-200004)
Available On: October 1, 2006
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.
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
In this paint scheme, Amtrak ran its TurboTrains in 4-car and 5-car configurations. To make a complete Amtrak TurboTrain, you will need one of each product 200004, 200401 and 200402. The car numbers are accurate for the 5-car train. The numbers are different from the early Amtrak TurboTrain so you can accurately run both trains on your layout.
Our extra Intermediate Cars have the correct window arrangements and interiors for the additional TurboCoach cars which make up the complete 5-car train. They are different from the TurboCafe-Coach included with the TurboTrain. As you can see... when we say accurate, we mean accurate.
This set includes:
PDC-28 -
TurboCoach Power Dome Car
Car Number 52
IC-29 -
TurboCafe-Coach
Car Number 74
PDC-29 -
TurboClub Power Dome Car
Car Number 53