STAY UP TO DATE! CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR MAILING LIST and you will receive the Rapido Telegraph, The Irregular and Irreverant Bulletin from Rapido Trains Inc. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE LATEST ISSUE (APRIL 16, 2008). CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PREVIOUS ISSUE (FEBRUARY 29, 2008). LATEST NEWS MAY 2, 2008 Just a little bit of housekeeping. We also have a Turbo update - Click Here to read it. MAY 1, 2008 The worst-kept secret in model railroading has been revealed - yes, we are doing a Steam Generator Car! Click here to find out which roadnames are being offered in the third round of Baggage-Express car paint schemes! APRIL 9, 2008 We will be offering a special edition car later this year for the 75th annivarsary of Model Railroader® magazine. Click here for more information. FEBRUARY 28, 2008 We are pleased to announce the launch of TurboTrain: A Journey by Jason Shron. Click here to find out more about the launch. We have uploaded a video showing the installation of our upcoming "Totally Wired" Telephone Poles - click here to see it! We are pleased to announce new "Easy-Peasy" SHORTY Passenger Car Lighting Sets! And finally, more info on our General Steel Castings 41-N-11 Inside Swinghanger trucks can be found here. FEBRUARY 21, 2008 The Turbo book has arrived! As well, a new video sample now online! Click here to see it. JANUARY 25, 2008 We have updated the roadnames that we still have in stock. JANUARY 22, 2008 We have a quick Turbo update and a more substantial Passenger Car update as well. We have started to receive our latest roadnames! JANUARY 3, 2008 We have put up the product numbers of our second batch of Baggage-Express car paint schemes. We have also had some more paint schemes delivered. DECEMBER 21, 2007 Major website revamp! Introducing our latest product - "Totally Wired" Telephone Poles!. Please click here to read about our latest LRC update. We have also updated the availability of the café-bar-lounges and 10-5 sleepers, and have a small Turbo update here. NOVEMBER 27, 2007 We have an update in Passenger Car News. NOVEMBER 21, 2007 We have added some photos of the test samples of our upcoming Baggage-Express cars and "Dayniter" Leg-rest coaches. As well, our Canadian National Railways 1954 scheme cars have arrived! TRAINFEST 2007 We had a great time at Trainfest 2007 in Milwaukee this year and it was a great pleasure to meet many of you there! We displayed our most recent TurboTrain preproduction samples as well as preproduction copies of our upcoming book, and our two newly announced cars, the Baggage-Express car and "Dayniter" leg-rest coach. Below are some pictures from the show. Click on a thumbnail to enlarge. OVERVIEW OF THE BOOTH BAGGAGE-EXPRESS AND LEG-REST COACH SAMPLES ON DISPLAY LATEST TURBO SAMPLES 3-CAR TURBO SLIPS PAST A VIA THE TURBO ZOOMS PAST A TRAIN ON THE SIDING RAPIDO TRAINS INC AFTER A SUCCESSFUL SHOW OCTOBER 23, 2007 Even more café-bar-lounge and 10-5 sleeper deliveries! We have also officially unveiled our next two cars, a Baggage-Express car and the 'Dayniter' leg-rest coach! Come visit us at Trainfest in Milwaukee, November 10-11, 2007. OCTOBER 9, 2007 A couple of small updates throughout the site, including some more café-bar-lounge and 10-5 sleeper deliveries. We also have a new Rapido Telegraph! OCTOBER 2, 2007 We have finally updated our catalog! Click here to download it. SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 We have updated the deliveries of our café-bar-lounges and 10-5 sleepers. AUGUST 13, 2007 Just some miscellaneous small updates throughout the site. AUGUST 10, 2007 Click here to see our latest Turbo update. We have also pushed back the delivery dates on our café-bar-lounges and 10-5 sleepers: click here to see why. THE 2007 NATIONAL TRAIN SHOW The National Train Show in Detroit was a resounding success this year and it was a great pleasure to meet many of you there! We displayed our latest TurboTrain test castings as well as the latest releases of our Super Continental Line passenger cars, and the response was phenomenal. Below are some pictures from the show. Click on a thumbnail to enlarge. OVERVIEW OF THE BOOTH 5-CAR TURBO ON DISPLAY SOME NEWER PRODUCTS VIA ON THE WAY... ...AS GTW PULLS IN Thanks to Ian Deck for the use of his photos A NOSE ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE PRODUCTS | TELEPHONE POLES | TURBOTRAIN | PASSENGER CARS | STEAM GENERATOR UNIT READY-TO-RUN LRC | "Easy-Peasy" LIGHTING | DETAIL PARTS DOWNLOADS | CATALOG | DESKTOP THEMES | SAMPLES INFO | LATEST UPDATES | OUR COMPANY | CONTACT US | HOW TO ORDER | INFO FOR DEALERS CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR MAILING LIST