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Issues with "The Canadian" turned me off. I would love to have that train on my layout, but given that price point and all the issues discussed on The Railwire - no way.Sad! It looks so nice, but trains should roll without the consumer having to rework anything for that price.eja
So are they just going to trash all their existing tooling? Their Autoflood III is a beautiful car, and it is critically important for modern coal train modelers. Losing it and the new centerbeams would be devastating.
They should sell tooling to Scaletrains...
I can add lights to Kato's and still be about half the cost, and they can navigate harsher curves while being close coupled while being backed up a 10% grade! OK I'm exaggerating a little on that last bit...
They’ll probably sell it to Atlas or Scaletrains in a few years like everyone else seems to do
For the most part it seems like Scaletrains is printing money with their N Scale releases and acquisitions.
They did an excellent job on the Turbo Train. Just needs a keep-alive added to be perfect.
If Rapido can't sell an overdetailed>overpriced model in N scale , how is me (Atlas or Scale Trains) buying the tooling assets going to make the models sell better?
I received Rapido’s Turbo Train offering in 2018, full dcc/sound, but was so troubled by derailments that I ended up returning it for a full refund. That layout has since been dismantled, and getting rid of the Turbo became one of my biggest regrets.
Fifty years ago, as a 16 year old N scaler (near the dawn of 1:160), I had the Bachman Turbo Train. I spent unfathomable hours trying to make it run better, to no avail, but I was forever enamoured with the white CN livery (I still have that set).