of the equipment was decorated in a dramatic paint scheme
designed especially for the train. To help signal the presence of
the train, the locomotive horns were tuned to replicate the
opening notes of “Oh, Canada.”
Rapido
) has announced plans to produce an
HO scale version of Canada’s Confederation Train. In addition
to the unique paint scheme, the locomotives will be equipped
with dual-mode ESU LokSound decoders that replicate the “Oh,
Canada” horn notes. Rapido will require a minimum of 300
reservations in order to proceed with this unique project. For
complete details visit the above website.
Red Caboose
will release its
Tropicana 57’
mechanical refrig-
erator car in several paint schemes late this year. There will be
eight variations of the white car and four of the orange car.
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MRH-Jun 2014
