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Rapido Trains has announced the new N Scale Baggage-Express car:

 

http://rapidotrains.com/panbe.html

 

Available in VIA, Amtrak (Ph.3), B&O, BCR, Burlington, CN (1954), Central of Georgia, Erie, GN, Milwaukee Road, MOPAC, NYC, NP, Ontario Northland, SP, and undecorated.

 

While I welcome any new N-scale items and I expect this will be very nice, this is not what I would call earth-shattering, nor do I think it will sell that well. 72'-73' Baggage cars are a fairly well-covered staple item already. Kato has at least six five varieties (PS smoothside, (CB&Q) Budd/SSZ Budd, CZ Budd, ElCap Budd, Super Chief ACF), ConCor has done the CZ Budd one, and Walthers has done a PS one. As well, Kato, Centralia, and ConCor have done longer (85') smoothside ones. A lot of roads never had lightweight ones and made do with heavyweights which have been done by Wheels of Time (3+ varieties), MicroTrains, and Rivarossi.

 

Edit. The old Kato CB&Q Budd car (from the four-car sets) and the Silver Streak Zephyr car are the same (as they should be, they are the same prototype)

Adrian

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While I welcome any new N-scale items and I expect this will be very nice, this is not what I would call earth-shattering, nor do I think it will sell that well. 72'-73' Baggage cars are a fairly well-covered staple item already. Kato has at least six varieties (PS smoothside, (CB&Q) Budd, CZ Budd, SSZ Budd, ElCap Budd, Super Chief ACF), ConCor has done the CZ Budd one, and Walthers has done a PS one. As well, Kato, Centralia, and ConCor have done longer (85') smoothside ones. A lot of roads never had lightweight ones and made do with heavyweights which have been done by Wheels of Time (3+ varieties), MicroTrains, and Rivarossi.

 

Adrian

This. I would much rather they brought out the stainless steel NH coaches than this baggage car. Although the Amtrak livery is appealing to me, but again KATO already does it. 

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