HO Scale Osgood-Bradley Lightweights -
Deluxe Coaches

NEW BODY STYLE!!!

SSW Dayligh c oach

New Deluxe Coach Body Style!!!

1934. Worcester, MA. Pullman-Standard's Osgood-Bradley plant begins construction of one of the first true lightweight coaches for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of these famous passenger cars, Rapido Trains Inc. is delighted to officially introduce the Osgood-Bradley Lightweight Project, now expanded to include two of the most popular body styles!

In 2010 we delivered the New Haven and Boston and Maine 10-window coaches. Now we are please to announce our second Osgood Bradley lightweight body style - the Deluxe Coach. These cars were built for the Cotton Belt (SSW), Kansas City Southern and Seaboard Air Line, adn went on to see service on the Southern Pacific.The major exterior spotting difference between the two car types are teh rearranged window at one end behind which an enlarged wash room was located for the comfort of long distance travelers.

Our cars will feature all new bodies, roofs and interiors, both with and without interior partitions as apprpriate. Cars will be availabel fully skirted as well as without skirts to accurately match the prototypes.

Coming Mid-2011

HO Scale Osgood-Bradley Lightweights -
10 Window Standard Coaches

NEW PAINT SCHEMES!!


Osgood-Bradley's first lightweight cars were delivered to the New York, New Haven & Hartford, Boston and Maine and Bangor & Aroostook. These cars were used in both long distnace and local service and many lasted to see service on the Penn Central in the 1970's. Additionally, the Boston and Maine's cars were sold to the Long Island Railroad where they servid in New York City commuter service into the 1980's

Second Run Paint Schemes:

OUR HO SCALE OSGOOD-BRADLEY PASSENGER CARS FEATURE:

  • Accurately scaled from original blueprints
  • Correct tubular cross section with flush windows and painted frames
  • Full underbody detail with separate air, steam and electrical lines
  • Stunning 41-E trucks with prototype-specific journals and metal wheelsets
  • Full interior detail including bulkhead mirrors
  • Full skirts, partial skirts, or no skirts as appropriate
  • With or without roof hatches as appropriate
  • With GE or Frigidaire AC equipment as appropriate
  • Operating diaphragms with end gates
  • "Easy-Peasy" battery-operated interior lighting
  • Separate grab irons, factory-installed
  • Several car numbers available per paint scheme
  • Minimum radius for skirted cars is 24"

For clarity's sake, let's get the nomenclature right. Due to copyright issues, we're not allowed to call these cars by their popular name. The popular name for the cars, named after an A.C. Gilbert S scale model in the 1940s, was coined by Arthur Dubin in his book More Classic Trains in 1974. In the interests of historical accuracy, let's return these cars to their original name: they are Pullman-Standard's lightweight Osgood-Bradley coaches, or Osgood-Bradley coaches for short.



COMPLETE, CORRECT INTERIOR

END GATES, BRABS, HOSES - THE WORKS.


ALL THE UNDERBODY PIPES AND TANKS

ALL-NEW TRUCKS - YES THOSE ARE CHAINS!