RMweb Gold Vistisen Posted January 8, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2015 OK so how long do we have to wait to find out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Patriot87003 Posted January 8, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2015 The picture looks like the 'B' end of Birmingham New Street .... under the currently out-of-use footbridge ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phixer64 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Class 91 perhaps, does anyone recognise the station? Birmingham New Street Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted January 8, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2015 The APT picture was a smokescreen remember... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagboi Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Since Jason just said wheels, not rails, I'll vote for it being the Queen Mothers Daimler DS420. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Now the dirty great lump of cylindrical metal sticking out of the front just above track level has got to be recognisable surely ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 8, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2015 please tell me it will be a class 175, the plastic link......they are known as "hippos" which stands for hopelessly impossible plastic piece of sh!t Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidotrains Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 OK so how long do we have to wait to find out? Quite a while. We'll give more clues as work progresses. We're still working out the best way to launch this. It will depend on what our partners plan to do. Most of Rapido's UK releases will be done in partnership with UK firms. This makes things a lot easier for shipping to the UK and for handling customer returns. -Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsp3970 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 As Jagboi noted it runs on wheels, not rails, so thinking of where Jason is from, Canada, and what time of year it is, winter, and that parts of the UK recently had bad snow I suggest this. http://www.busdrawings.com/coach/brewster/snowcoach/1996/542.jpg Shape looks about right and you will be able to get through the snow just fine! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Vistisen Posted January 8, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2015 Quite a while. We'll give more clues as work progresses. We're still working out the best way to launch this. It will depend on what our partners plan to do. Most of Rapido's UK releases will be done in partnership with UK firms. This makes things a lot easier for shipping to the UK and for handling customer returns. -Jason I think there is a bit of space in Margate, The was apparently a rack with some very heavy moulds that you might be able to something about :-) http://www.Hornby.com/news/simonsays/a-very-apt-occasion/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
srihaggis Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I seem to recall reading (or watching a video) that Jason said their next release has nice buffers? Also, is the train you've scanned the one that is in the photo or is that just to make us guess for ever so nobody guesses? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Henriksen Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Some points to consider. The train in the picture and/or the black blob hiding the train may or may not be related to what has been scanned. Example, look at this picture Jason posted to tease the Amtrak F40PH - http://atlasrescueforum.proboards.com/thread/3106/rapido-coming-chicagoland - and note the blob has a pantograph. While it is true that most of what Rapido produces is stuff Jason likes, he does (at least once) allow his co-conspirator choose a model hence the steam era meat reefer. Of course said co-conspirator does like kettles (hence the trip to Cornwall), so while a kettle may be a long shot I don't think it can be entirely ruled out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Falls foul of the "The prototype was or is very widely used and not restricted to one region" statement. The same goes for the 87 / 91 or APT-P. I never said what is behind the blacked-out image is a Class 86 or Class 89. Just made a statement regarding what I hope Rapido will do someday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowlander Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I'm going to guess at either a class 20/3 or a class 25. My reasons are the models haven't been updated for years, but could be about to be upgraded by Bachmann. They were/are go anywhere locos, that covered all regions eventually(I think). And this would make them appealing to retailers across the country. Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I'm going to guess at either a class 20/3 or a class 25. My reasons are the models haven't been updated for years, but could be about to be upgraded by Bachmann. They were/are go anywhere locos, that covered all regions eventually(I think). And this would make them appealing to retailers across the country. Stephen The class 25 bit would be logical, I have 2 Bachmann ones on my workbench at the moment that are having the cabs replaced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 The Class 442 wouldn't have worked on more than one region I'd have thought the 170s, 320/321/322 could be discounted by the been done before in plastic but not for a very long time clue. Bachmanns 170s are current and Bratchell has recently had the 320/321s out. From the tilting clue I wondered Class 91s and Mk4s, the coaches at least were built to tilt but never have. But would working on more than one region include just Eastern and Scottish regions? Interesting!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hmm could it not be ATP-P? Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2015 Quite a while. We'll give more clues as work progresses. We're still working out the best way to launch this. It will depend on what our partners plan to do. Most of Rapido's UK releases will be done in partnership with UK firms. This makes things a lot easier for shipping to the UK and for handling customer returns. -Jason So who is the partner on this one? Is the ski reference is there for a reason rather than a random comment? No idea why, but if anyone can think of a loco that has some loose connection with skiing (name etc) it might help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danim Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 could be a scottish loco that operates the highland line up to the cairngorms Could it be the Scottish Sleeper Service as that was last done by Hornby early 2000's and is multi region also travels up to the highlands thus incorperating the ski element or could it be a loco that is built in Switzerland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Now the dirty great lump of cylindrical metal sticking out of the front just above track level has got to be recognisable surely ?? It looks like an air horn to me, but I can't match it to any prototypes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2015 It looks like an air horn to me, but I can't match it to any prototypes. If it is an airhorn (and that is the actual outline of the model of course) it wont be a 175 as they are in the roof on those, much to the annoyance of the drivers when they first came out (very very loud and right above your head!!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2015 I reckon the 156 fits the list of conditions better than almost anything else (except possibly the dreaded 142 Skipper/Pacer). The "done before in plastic but not for a long time" alone rules out most of the other suggestions. Also, I think the ski reference might allude to the original Sprinter branding which (at least to me) always looked more like a skier than a runner. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arran Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Charlie says ???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom J Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 A 158. In 'N'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaneofFife Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I thought the same but didn't rise to the bait publicly I would hope Jason wouldn't be so far fetched as to trick us by stating powered instead of the more certain motorised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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