In 1975 Bombardier teamed with Toronto?s GO Transit to design a bi-level commuter coach capable of carrying 130 passengers. Two years later, the first of these cars went into service and GO Transit continues to have the largest fleet with over 300 cars. In 1989, Tri-Rail, serving Miami, began service with leased GO cars and later bought 26 cars. That same year a set of GO equipment made a demonstration tour. The tour was a success as Southern California's Metrolink started service in 1992 and has the second largest fleet of 122 cars.

Since then, San Diego's Coaster, West Coast Express in Vancouver, BC., Altamont Commuter Express in California, Seattle's Sounder, and Trinity Railway Express serving Dallas and Fort Worth have all acquired fleets of the cars. In addition, two Sounder train sets have been leased to Virginia Railway Express.

Features:

• Fully assembled, including separate handgrabs
• RP25 profile machined metal wheel sets
• Razor sharp painting and printing
• Weighted for optimum performance
• McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers
• Full window glazing and interiors

Reservations Due By: November 18, 2010

Expected Release: May 2011