rapidotrains Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Hi all, The latest North American edition of Rapido News is online. Don't worry! I'll have the first UK edition out in about two weeks. It can be viewed here: http://www.rapidotrains.com/rapidonews61.html Thanks for reading! -Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach james Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Thanks for writing- they are a good read. And no, I am not going to order one of the Cuban BoCo's, as I already have a pair of the far less successful UK ones ! James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2014 Lovely stuff Jason - mind you lots of foreign language in there with big words like F9whatsit but still most enjoyable and I'm looking forward to the English language version Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadman Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Thanks for writing- they are a good read. And no, I am not going to order one of the Cuban BoCo's, as I already have a pair of the far less successful UK ones ! James I probably will. Just have to check my photos and order one which I have seen (or at least photographed). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 22 orders for an FCS-1 hah! Boy that is low. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidotrains Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 22 orders for an FCS-1 hah! Boy that is low. I've been thinking about that, and how you can have two competing models of an oddball UK prototype but can't sell some very common North American models. The answer is actually quite simple: British Rail. Because there was one railway for almost 50 years, anyone modelling that one railway can justify any locomotive on their layout. But if you had 30 different railways and 10000/10001 were made for only one of the 30, you'd never be able to bring one model of them to market, let alone two. That is the problem in North America. Too many railways. Thus an oddball from one railway, even a hugely popular railway like SP or CN, can't be made. -Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted October 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2014 Interesting and Educational about the Reed Sea too Yes I did read it all, they're becoming like films with scenes after the credits Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I've been thinking about that, and how you can have two competing models of an oddball UK prototype but can't sell some very common North American models. The answer is actually quite simple: British Rail. Because there was one railway for almost 50 years, anyone modelling that one railway can justify any locomotive on their layout. But if you had 30 different railways and 10000/10001 were made for only one of the 30, you'd never be able to bring one model of them to market, let alone two. That is the problem in North America. Too many railways. Thus an oddball from one railway, even a hugely popular railway like SP or CN, can't be made. -Jason Could it be Also that with so many railways in North America, that there are far more oddballs to choose from? I guess with the UK being a small island in comparison (sic - let's face it Canada dwarfs Western Europe by a huge margin), the UK too has locos that were really attached to regions, but I guess someone in the UK does not have to go far to see locos that don,t run on their local lines. I am from the south originally and if I wanted to see the big diesels running normally in the midlands and the north, well a trip to see such a loco is often less than 100 km away would. Having visited Canada, the trip would be a lot bigger. So the combination of fewer regions, a dense rail network, and everything being a lot closer, combined with fewer oddballs probably creates a better market for models. Saw CN locos 2727, 4717 and 8894 on my trip. Quite fancy one of those GMDs, but not the Cuban one even if it is really odd being an A1A BO! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Interesting and Educational about the Reed Sea too I'm imagining Pharaoh's army cranking hard-carts behind, only to be engulfed by the Reed [sic] Sea. I sympathize with all the cancelled product lines. That must be frustrating, disappointing, and as a supplier, present gloomy financial prospects as well. Nevertheless, far better that they were 'conditional' models never to see the light of day and they didn't end up manufactured sitting in a warehouse somewhere having consumed a box car load of sunk cost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold John B Posted October 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2014 Best news of the lot was that Via Rail have ordered more F40PH-2Ds. Having missed out on the first order deadline, I've gratefully succumbed to temptation.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Shame CN locomotive 1701 is done by Bachmann instead of Rapido. Would have fitted better with the "next generation" theme! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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