railroadbill Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 On the other hand, perhaps you'd prefer a half-pint? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=41653 For a very short line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Actually the 'mistake on the lake' was the old Exhibition Stadium where the Blue Jays and Argos played before moving to Skydome. Veering back on topic, well railways anyhow, Spadina was a nice place to visit as long as you checked in an signed a release first. You were then given a hard hat and allowed to wander about. Mind you, this was all back in the '70s so a very different attitude. Interesting to note the Ontario Northland FP7a and the special Tempo Train RS 18 in the picture plus the MLW S13 and the FPA4s in both CN and VIA schemes. Those were the days, sigh.... Cheers, David A few more pictures in post #15 here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/23279-a-few-canadian-pictures (Jason already has copies of these) Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 If you have been around US modelling for a while, you may remember Oscar and Piker! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted June 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2014 If you have been around US modelling for a while, you may remember Oscar and Piker! The Piker was mu first "craftsman" kit -- over 50 years ago. I've got an Oscar in my partly done, someday collection. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Just looked on ebay.us and found these after all this time http://www.ebay.com/itm/Walthers-UP-Oscar-and-Piker-/231263064014?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item35d85a4fce#ht_48wt_1105 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadman Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Let's just say I need a lot of them for my layout. -Jason Great picture. Have travelled on a few Budd's (2 Cuba and a meter gauge one in Brazil) had a brief drive of 2305 in Cuba on main line once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 There must be at least 8 in the TMC at Toronto at present - a choice of subjects to scan before someone at VIA decides to scrap them. Does graffiti scan? CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Well Chris, the latest rapido newsletter should have made you a happy man. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Yes, Jason needs a few for his layout: Note that Rapido has done/announced everything else in the photos. Adrian Edited January 24, 2015 by Adrian Wintle 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2015 Note that Rapido has done/announced everything else in the photos. Adrian I missed the announcement of the turntable! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted January 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2015 We will need a couple of full size RDCs if we can get possession of the Cape Breton line here in Nova Scotia! Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidotrains Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I missed the announcement of the turntable! When I get to the structures stage of my Kingston Sub layout, I plan to do most of them on a laser printer. And once you're doing one.... So yes, we will eventually sell the turntable. And the roundhouse, to boot! -Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 It's quite a big turntable: Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Well Chris, the latest rapido newsletter should have made you a happy man. I think I've missed something.........goes off in search of Rapido newsletter. (It usually comes by e-mail but my e-mail account is currently being messed around by a certain Knighted, beardy bloke's media company.) CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) All these urban RDCs around Toronto are all very fine, but a 'branch line' RDC is even better. Of course, the E&N (Esquimalt (promounce it like its spelt, NOT 'eskimo') and Nanaimo (E&NR) on Vancouver Island is actually a main line but even in 1976 it looked worse than the average English Colonel Stephens branch line. Despite its decrepit state it still took until 2011 for the RDC service to be withdrawn because the track was unsafe for 40mph and below that speed, the VIA couldn't do the round trip in a working day. This picture was my first-ever sight of ANY Canadian train. My first visit to my sister's place at Shawnigan Lake in summer 1976 and the railway was just a short distance away, so within hours of arriving I was down by the line to see what's known on the island as simply 'The Dayliner'. A couple of days later I rode it for the first time - it was still CP Rail then and I have the ticket, issued on board (Shawnigan Lake station was an unstaffed halt - a flagstop where you stuck your hand out to stop the train, just like a request stop for a bus. In those days The Dayliner would stop anywhere 'on flag'. As a huge fan of all things branchline, especially autotrains, AC Cars railbuses and Class 121 railcars, the Budd RDC fitted perfectly into my list. I have a superb 'O' gauge model in the 'hockey mask' livery, of unknown parentage alongside me in my study as I write this. So, Jason, you'll need to put me down for: RDC-2 CP Rail hockey mask (because I saw it/rode it) Original PGE orange/green (because I love it) RDC-1 or RDC-3 (I need to check) in BCR 'dogwood' (because I rode it) RDC-1 or RDC-3 (I need to check) in BC Rail blue/white (because I rode in the cab from Lillooet to North Van) A series 1 car in CN green (because that's what I need for my layout) I hope that helps! I've started a Budd RDCs thread in the USA/Canada section, mainly for photos of the cars. CHRIS LEIGH Edited January 25, 2015 by dibber25 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 26, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2015 I believe that the pit from the turntable from Spadina still exists; it's the visitors shower room at (whatever it's called nowadays) doomed stadium. Jason, set your phaser to "Scan". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 All these urban RDCs around Toronto are all very fine, but a 'branch line' RDC is even better. Of course, the E&N (Esquimalt (promounce it like its spelt, NOT 'eskimo') and Nanaimo (E&NR) on Vancouver Island is actually a main line but even in 1976 it looked worse than the average English Colonel Stephens branch line. Despite its decrepit state it still took until 2011 for the RDC service to be withdrawn because the track was unsafe for 40mph and below that speed, the VIA couldn't do the round trip in a working day. This picture was my first-ever sight of ANY Canadian train. My first visit to my sister's place at Shawnigan Lake in summer 1976 and the railway was just a short distance away, so within hours of arriving I was down by the line to see what's known on the island as simply 'The Dayliner'. A couple of days later I rode it for the first time - it was still CP Rail then and I have the ticket, issued on board (Shawnigan Lake station was an unstaffed halt - a flagstop where you stuck your hand out to stop the train, just like a request stop for a bus. In those days The Dayliner would stop anywhere 'on flag'. As a huge fan of all things branchline, especially autotrains, AC Cars railbuses and Class 121 railcars, the Budd RDC fitted perfectly into my list. I have a superb 'O' gauge model in the 'hockey mask' livery, of unknown parentage alongside me in my study as I write this. So, Jason, you'll need to put me down for: RDC-2 CP Rail hockey mask (because I saw it/rode it) Original PGE orange/green (because I love it) RDC-1 or RDC-3 (I need to check) in BCR 'dogwood' (because I rode it) RDC-1 or RDC-3 (I need to check) in BC Rail blue/white (because I rode in the cab from Lillooet to North Van) A series 1 car in CN green (because that's what I need for my layout) I hope that helps! I've started a Budd RDCs thread in the USA/Canada section, mainly for photos of the cars. CHRIS LEIGH Thought you'd be posting on this, Chris, when I saw the Rapido newsletter! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 B*ggr. Stuffs my modelling budget again this year. Anyone interested in a Triang RDC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I believe that the pit from the turntable from Spadina still exists; it's the visitors shower room at (whatever it's called nowadays) doomed stadium. Jason, set your phaser to "Scan". A "doomed" stadium David? Do you know something we don't know about the attempt to convert Skydome to real turf? Cheers, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross34 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I was fortunate to ride on all three RDC 1s delivered to Commonwealth Railways of Australia...so am looking forward to this release - I could even buy the whole fleet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidotrains Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 We're having an enjoyable time in New Hampshire, recording the sounds on the real thing. But honestly... this thing sounds exactly like a Voyager. I'm not kidding. -Jason (We also got to run Jim Abbott's 1:8 scale layout. Now that was fun!) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocoach Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Why I ordered the SP-10 version without sound. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippel Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 That 1st photo - reminiscent of Jon Voight in 'The Runaway Train'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Sounds like a Voyager? Budd cars usually sound like they are ticking over, with loads of power in reserve. Voyagers - truly AWFUL trains that only the British would tolerate - sound like they are having the guts thrashed out of them, even when idling. If the Budd car is the Rolls Royce of DMUs (alright, the Cadillac) then the Voyager is the Skoda and the Pacer is the Trabant. (CJL) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 But will Rapido be producing a Budd Light? - http://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/mediadetail/7247592?offset=26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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