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HO TurboTrain

Rapido Trains Inc. brings you the first ever accurate model of the TurboTrain - North America's fastest train. Now you can relive your memories of seeing this train roar past. Both engines are sound-equipped, so your TurboTrain will roar at the front and the rear just like the real thing.

Our Ready-to-Run TurboTrain comes in a 3-car, powered set. For speed and reliability, both Power Dome Cars are equipped with a 5-pole skew-wound motor and flywheel, and sound. You can order more Intermediate Cars to make a longer train. Additional TurboCoaches and Turbo TwoPacks (TurboClub + TurboCafe) are available separately.

MSRP $499.95
Additional Cars $39.95
Turbo TwoPack $69.95
NOW AVAILABLE!

2009 TURBO UPDATE

We have redesiged our TurboTrain gears and motors for better slow-speed performance. We will make the new power trucks, drive trains and motors available to TurboTrain owners at our cost. We are expecting the new gearboxes to arrive in April, and we will announce how to get the Turbo upgrades in a future newsletter. Click here to sign up.

Some of the features of the TurboTrain include:

•    Accurately scaled from original production blueprints
•    All prototype-specific variations included
•    Fully sound equipped, sampled from some of the only surviving recordings of the train
•    Works on DC and DCC layouts, and includes a remote control to operate sounds in DC mode
•    Sprung single-axle trucks and full-width operating rubber diaphragms
•    Flush tinted windows, full painted interior and constant interior lighting
•    Operating headlights, Gyralites, and tail lights
•    Additional Intermediate Cars available to make up to a 9-car train.
•    Free 136 page book "TurboTrain: A Journey" included in every set.

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