Trainfest Milwaukee 2015

[Puddington]

Rapido will be at Trainfest; our new Product Development man; Dan Darnell (ex of George's Trains) and Matt will be there with a bunch of stuff, including our new GMD-1's, the upcoming baggage express pre production samples; the pre production Osgoode Bradley car (I think, we don't remember if we packed it....    ) and some of our new, and soon to be in stores N scale reefers..... (after all; we have to provide something to be slammed for..... )


(pre production photo)

Drop by and say hi.... and talk N scale; Matt is a closet N scaler......

[sirenwerks]

...the pre production Osgoode Bradley car (I think, we don't remember if we packed it....    )

Um, if it's still in the office then you didn't.

[Puddington]

... um..... I'm afraid that given my recent bad luck I haven't been to the office so...... 

[sirenwerks]

Call, text, email, Skype, Twit, whatever someone back there and ask. 

[Puddington]

Call, text, email, Skype, Twit, whatever someone back there and ask. 

Nah..... we'll just wait and see what's in the box...... more fun that way....

[Santa Fe Guy]

Photos and videos please for all of us who cannot attend.
Rod.

[jmlaboda]

Photos and videos please for all of us who cannot attend.

What's that old saying...  Photos or it didn't happen???

[basementcalling]

(pre production photo)

Drop by and say hi.... and talk N scale; Matt is a closet N scaler......

A photo BEFORE we can make a production over it?  Nah.

[milw156]

Ed,you could start with the fall set.I've thought about that as well.

Skibbe corn V1:broom straw cut to length and "frayed" for lack of better word, then PAINstakenly planted

[milw156]

Dispatcher says there will be some Private varnish operating over the Modutrak sub, with visitors from Lowell Smith lines and southern Alberta Rail among others. Photographic evidence to follow.

[RockGp40]

Hmm. Fields of corn stubble are usually indicative of modern practices, "modern" meaning roughly after mid-1970 (tho' some experimentation from 1950-on). It used to be turned-under right after harvest for the organic matter to decompose in the soil. With the advent of large-scale agricultural chemistry and eventually seed drills specialized for the practice, it became more beneficial to favor soil conservation with no-till techniques.

I can say that both practices, tilling versus non-tilling, are still done from my observation chugging down the rails.

[C855B]

I can say that both practices, tilling versus non-tilling, are still done from my observation chugging down the rails.

Yes, absolutely. No-till corn costs big money in chemicals and special equipment, and not everybody is convinced the return is worth it, especially in the current down market. Then 8-10 years down the road, depending on soil type it is sometimes necessary to install drainage systems - thousands of feet of that black corrugated tubing.

[Mark5]

So .... nuttin new?  (besides finally learning about the Kato SDp40F)

[peteski]

and some of our new, and soon to be in stores N scale reefers..... (after all; we have to provide something to be slammed for..... )


(pre production photo)

You're right Puddy - the paint is nicely done but the engraving on the sides/roof is still way too deep and too wide. This photo actually show that quite prominently.  The engraved gaps between the boards seem as wide as the boards themselves.  If you were to look at a MT 40' wood reefer, they are a good reference of what is a good compromise: the gaps between the boards are slightly oversize and too wide, but they don't look as exaggerated as the ones in the Rapido's pre-production photos.  The engraving on these reefers reminds me a bit of the 40-year-old old-timer Bachmann boxcars.

[milw156]

Saw these at Athearn, thinking those bilevel racks will be expensive to populate with vehicles!


Then visited Intermountain to look at these

They look pretty nice, but appear to be prone to derailments or maybe the unitrack is not properly gauged! The handrails are getting beat up, but the other details are holding up to being "gently" handled by the public