mdvle Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) Rapido Facebook Live - January 27th - 2h15m Jordan, Dan, Bill, Josh, Matt, Jason participating discussion of the GP38 by Matt working with people who have reached out since announcement to improve the model barrel ore cars and NH EP-5 container scheduled to arrive at Prince Rupert BC today Caprice, N scale New Look buses in a container in China waiting for a ship MLW 420 (Dan) BC Rail (conditional) - needs to sell about twice as many as the CN 3500's to be viable, currently they are about the same (so anyone wanting BC Rail or any of the related conditional models need to encourage orders) P&W version - hardly any orders Alco PA production almost finished but didn't get out before Chinese New Year (CNY). Expect half to ship in March, half to ship in April F59PH left before CNY CP H1 a/b Hudson (Bill) orders strong 2816 order equals the combined numbers for all other offered versions CN H6 - no update, will likely wait until D10 is out and people can see that to make a final push replacement F40 shells - arrived Monday, they will start the swaps once the X-72 boxcars are shipped out (they also arrived this week) - the F40 shells are for F40 units that didn't ship from Markham due to issue. E8 biggest selling loco ever for Rapido, PA 2nd biggest Bill shows samples of the UTLX 3 tank car, NE caboose (CNJ, LV, Reading, and WM versions) Matt shows RR56 sample, in production soon, and the coal load sample for the AutoFlood 3 AutoFlood 3 biggest selling freight car, 2nd is the USRA single sheath boxcar, 3rd GP20 tank car quickly shows U25B samples that are back from a custom painter discusses some mods being done to the U25B tooling Jordan shows photos of the samples of the trailers, they note they have another trailer yet to be announced trailer sales are outselling cabooses trailer order deadline March 15th, there will also be new SKU's for the trailers in a undecorated silver finish Metrolink Bi-level samples shown discussion about the issues of factories making unauthorized changes, or trying to get authorization for changes factory thinks will make model better - example factory that suggested a "better" orange colour to replace CN orange... likely hiring another product manager this year working on other CN/CP switchers when discussing potential of more SW1200RS models NH County cars in tooling, samples after CNY if new website launches soon enough probably 7 products announced in February. Edited January 30, 2022 by mdvle 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mdvle Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 Bachmann has done a video highlighting some of the items from their 2022 range Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mdvle Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 Broadway Limited has posted a video featuring a sample of their upcoming PRR E6 Atlantic - starts at about the 3 minute point with an interesting historical tidbit about an E6 pulled train. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mdvle Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 Rapido updates. BC Rail and P&W M420's - all the tentative paint schemes met their minimum order amounts to allow for the new/unique tooling to happen - these items can still be ordered. Order deadlines April 14th - Canadian bulkhead flat car May 16th - U25B, New Haven County Cars, Budd Slumbercoaches, 2nd run Horizon cars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Rapido Facebook Live - April 7th - Jordan, Bill, Jason loco projects continue to face delays from supply chain issues with circuit boards/decoders 2 extensive unannounced loco projects going into tooling soon, 1 US focused other Canadian EMD BL2 - maybe, some interest in pursuing it in the future Mexican freight cars - some interest, biggest problem is getting photos/research, interested in anyone who can provide extensive photos of prototypes Superliners - something to discuss possibilities in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mdvle Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 2 things of potential interest. 1) Kadee - their June email and their website state that there isn't a June car release due to "labor shortage" 2) Rapido is having a big live announcement on Monday at 4:30 EDT on Facebook with "three new announcements incorporating four new products" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 ScaleTrains have provided an update on their acquisition of HO items from MTH. Likely first to be released are 5 items to be put in the kit classics line - a caboose, 2 boxcars, a gondola and a hopper (images can be seen at link below). They also explain projected release dates for other items. https://www.scaletrains.com/mth-acquistion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mdvle Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 Rapido - Facebook Live event - June 13th highlights noted by me, video embedded below 08:00 - C30-7 goes into tooling in about a month HO Turboliner sales were 30% higher than Jason predicted 27:00 - more Geeps possible, Jason rather do US Geeps than CP Geeps Dalek is Rapido's HR department 30:50 - possible hint of an OO Routemaster 32:00 - H16-44 - errors discovered in drawings, the source data wasn't good enough, they will soon do a 3D scan show a production sample of Amtrak E8 4316 - should leave the factory in about 3 weeks E8 - best selling Rapido model ever, the limited edition of 4316 that was supposed to be 500 units actually sold in multiples of 500 40:00 - Manitoba grain boxcars? yes Manor and Baggage - factory handling this is slow, order given in September 2021 paint samples only recently arrived, hope for end of July leaving factory D10 - working on solving issue with the chuff sequence between the model and the decoder H6 - still waiting, hoping sales pick up after D10 arrives Sweeps? won't say never, but likely would need to be a conditional announcement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mdvle Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 Rapido bi-level video. Important for DCC users - Josh demonstrates how to replace the DC chip with the included (in a bag) DCC chip to allow for cab lighting to be used (or alternately how to put a DCC decoder in). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 Athearn did a Q&A session tonight with product designers Janek and Jon regarding the California Cars: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mdvle Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 Atlas - at their booth at the National Train Show they are previewing 2 new freight cars to be announced later this year. 1) CNCF 5000 Boxcar - CAD images shown, built in Mexico in the 1970s with almost 1500 ordered by US railroads. Atlas Facebook post - CAD images - https://www.facebook.com/atlastrains/photos/a.10150173527835110/10160485481940110/ Atlas Facebook post - 3D print - https://www.facebook.com/atlastrains/photos/a.10150173527835110/10160485508380110/ 2) Portec 3000 Covered Hopper - 3D prints shown at the Atlas booth. Atlas Facebook page post - https://www.facebook.com/129250295109/posts/pfbid0iAmQqeHRHRhXUBgFPqAR5nrJaMed4ikm4qMKrYJThKGTLfGRvv284KUDnWT32K7zl/?d=n Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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