RAPIDO HO SCALE
LRC BY BOMBARDIER (LOCO AND COACH)
Please E-mail us at sales@modeltrains.com
or telephone us toll-free at 1-877-867-7686, to order any of these models.
Contact us now to reserve your LRC loco models and take a 10% discount off the list
price of the loco noted below! This discount will be reduced/removed, so don't
delay.
| ITEM |
DESCRIPTION - HO-SCALE |
US$ LIST
PRICE |
CAD$ LIST
PRICE |
STATUS |
RT-
006 |
2 LRC
LOCOS AND A LRC COACH
The locos are both powered, unpainted, a kit to be assembled, and come
with the Via decals, with lights. The coach is a kit which also
includes the Via decals. Additional Amtrak decals can be purchased for
$9.95Cdn for the loco and $6.95Cdn for the coach.
Contact us to reserve now. |
$499.95 |
$549.95 |
2008 |
RT-
005 |
LRC LOCO
The loco is powered, unpainted, a kit to be assembled, and come with the
Via decals, with lights. Additional Amtrak decals can be purchased for
$9.95Cdn for the loco.
Contact us to reserve now. |
$279.95 |
$299.95 |
2008 |
RT-
003 |
LRC COACH
KIT
Unpainted with VIA decals included. Additional Amtrak decals can be
purchased for $6.95Cdn for the coach.
Contact us to reserve now. The first
release was sold out! |
$89.95 |
$99.95 |
2008 |
1) LRC
LOCOMOTIVE
We are pleased to announced the
extremely limited run of the HO Scale Bombardier LRC Locomotive by Rapido Trains
Inc. It is due for release in early 2006. This follows their successful
LRC Coach (see below).
The MSRP on these models is
an unbelievable $499.95US or $549.99Canadian for a 3 car set, of which 2 are
powered units!
Rapido Trains have measured every
detail of LRC-3 Locomotive No. 6921, preserved at Exporail. This includes all
roof detail and, yes - each and every rivet. This will likely be the only model
of the LRC Locomotive ever produced.
The LRC Locomotive will only be available to order until 30 days after the
preproduction photos appear on their web site.
Place your reservation order now, to avoid disappointment.
OUR LRC LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
- One- or two-piece, thin-walled, undecorated resin body
- DCC-ready drive including can motor and flywheels
- Assembled and pre-wired chassis and trucks
- Light bulbs for headlights, marker lights, ditch lights and backup light
- Sufficient ballast weight to haul your LRC coaches
- Accurate proportions and details, down to the roof rivets!
- Correct Dofasco truck sideframes and 36" wheelsets
- Scale size McHenry couplers at the correct height
- Working diaphragms
- Etched, see-through grills
- Full MU and HEP end details
- Etched stirrups with tread detail
- Horn, Sinclair antennae, windshield wipers, uncoupling levers
- Numerous etched and cast details as appropriate
- VIA RAIL LRC LOCOMOTIVE DECALS INCLUDED!
- Amtrak LRC decals will be sold separately
The price for the LRC Locomotive is
$279.95 US.
In order to reserve your locomotive, please
send us an email and tell
us how many you will want. After the preproduction photos are posted on our web
site (March/April 2006), you will need to place a refundable 25-percent deposit.
Please note the price above is in US dollars.
We will only take orders until 30 days after the preproduction photos are
uploaded.
Rapido Trains has planned to do only one run of this model. Please reserve with
us, to place your order and avoid disappointment.
2) THE BOMBARDIER LRC
COACH
The Rapido LRC coaches are widely regarded as
the best resin coaches ever seen - these cars truly bring resin kits to a new
level of quality.
You will now be able to haul your LRC coaches with the new, DCC-Ready
LRC Locomotive
which is due for release in 2006.
People have attempted to produce models of
this unique train, but the efforts have been less than satisfactory. With the
proper research and investment, Rapido Trains Inc. produces a Bombardier LRC
coach that meets the exacting standards of today's model railroader.
You don't have the time or money to invest in poorly designed kits. That's why
our LRC coach is highly detailed and accurate, but does not require weeks to
build or extra detail parts to complete.
The LRC (Light, Rapid,
Comfortable) was a joint project begun in the late 1960s by a consortium of
Montreal Locomotive Works, Alcan and Dofasco. A demonstration train (one
locomotive and coach) could be seen in Canada and the United States in 1973
and 1974. The LRC was the first train to incorporate successfully a banking
system to increase speed and comfort around curves on conventional track.
Bombardier acquired MLW in 1975 and pushed ahead the LRC
production model. Amtrak ordered ten coaches and two locomotives, and the LRC
could be seen up and down the Northeast Corridor in the early 1980s. Up until
the late 1990s, the Amtrak LRC coaches (in VIA paint) worked the
Chicago-Toronto "International" service. In Canada the LRC had a tremendous
impact. The LRC became the hallmark of VIA Rail Canada's improved Corridor
services.
More than 20 years later, the LRC is still state-of-the-art
technology, and one of only a handful of successful tilting trains in
operation around the world.
Today almost all of VIA's original 100 LRC coaches are
still in service.
THE RAPIDO TRAINS LRC
COACH FEATURES:
- One-piece, thin-walled resin body
- Accurate proportions and IMPROVED details, down to the rivet
- Correct LRC trucks and wheelsets
- Scale size McHenry couplers at the correct height
- Window gaskets
- Etched underbody equipment covers with see-through grills
- Etched louvers
- Etched loudspeakers (both styles)
- IMPROVED etched doors and both styles of end gates
- Etched marker light housings
- IMPROVED etched stirrups with tread detail
- MU and HEP end details
- WORKING DIAPHRAGMS
All you need to add is paint and Rapido's own LRC Decals. VIA decals are
available FREE with your LRC kit.
The LRC coach retails for $89.95 US. VIA DECALS AND SHIPPING ARE INCLUDED*
in that price. Amtrak decals are unfortunately not included in the free decals
offer. Amtrak decals are available for $6.95US.
Please E-mail us at sales@modeltrains.com or telephone us toll-free at
1-877-TO-PROTO, to order any of these models.
Last up-date:
April 16, 2008
Canadian Model Trains reserves the right to
change prices without notice. E&OE.
Availability of any of these models is subject to prior sale.
Copyright 2002 Canadian Model Trains Inc.
Last update:
April 17, 2008
