on the N scale
ready-to-run
model includes
a green “No
Damage” stripe.
Pricing and addi-
tional details on all Micro-Trains product can be viewed at the
their website.
Rapido Trains
) is accept-
ing reservations
through June
13 for its new
Canadian National GMD-1 diesel locomotive. The prototype was
designed and built by General Motors, London, Ontario. Rapido’s
N scale version will be available with a DC/DCC dual mode ESU
decoder or an ESU DC/DCC/Sound LokSound decoder.
In addition to the original GMD-1 1000-series with the cab inte-
rior configured for operation with the long hood forward, Rapido
will also offer the 1988 rebuilt 1600 series GMD-1A. The rebuild
involved reorienting the cab controls to run short hood forward.
Additional changes included the installation of a chemical toilet
with an access door in the short hood, relocating the batter-
ies, and the addition of anticlimbers, ditch light brackets, and
straight exhaust stacks.
Paint schemes will be Canadian National (green), CN (noodle,
black), CN (noodle, black and red), and undecorated, all with
DCC/Sound at an MSRP of $249.00 each. Models for standard
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