expected to be in the range of $3,000.00. Contact a PSC dealer
for additional information.
Rapido Trains
has
released its long-
awaited HO scale
37’ wood side
reefer that is based
on a prototype General American Transportation Corporation
built between 1937 and 1941. To insure adherence to the pro-
totype Jason Shron, owner of Rapido, employed an impressive
group of freight car experts that included Ed Hawkins, Richard
Hendrickson, Frank Peacock, Jerry Stewart, and Pat Wider.
The wood sheathed body and roof give the car the look of an
earlier era, but the reefers were entirely modern for their time.
They were constructed on a steel underframe of similar con-
struction to boxcar underframes of the period and featured
AB brakes and Barber S-1 trucks. Steel ice hatches with unique
latches and Equipco brake wheels and gear housing contrast
with the tongue and groove body sheathing and wood run-
ning board. To see MRH’s exclusive 360° Click-n-Spin view of the
model go to
A
detailed study of the prototype is included in Railroad Prototype
Cyclopedia #14 available at
When new, the prototypes were typically painted yellow-orange
with the roof and ends painted boxcar red. Rapido’s initial
release follows this pattern, with the exception of a Swift car
from the 1950s decorated in distinctive red livery (above).
According to Rapido, the Swift car is actually a 1936-built car
