What makes Rapido’s E8 and E9 models different than every E8 or E9 that has come before? Simple – we’re doing it right. Every E8 model out there is a “best guess” as to the nose, roof and windshield contours of the real thing. At Rapido we don’t believe in making guesses. That’s why we commissioned a 3D laser scan of Union Pacific E8 #942 at the Southern California Railway Museum. A 3D scan ensures that we get those impossible-to-guess contours bang-on accurate. Our engineers trace the scan and shrink it down to HO scale.

Below is a list of just SOME of the road-specific detail parts that we are producing:

• Four different sand filler hatch styles
• PRR Train Phone antenna
• Southern rooftop air tanks
• Southern large-capacity water tanks
• UP snow shields
• Cab-side walkways (2 styles)
• Pilot MU hoses
• ATS shoes
• PRR Nose lifting lugs
• Three different radio antenna
• Six different headlight/warning light inserts
• Various bug screens, mirrors, and wind deflectors
• Numerous grab iron configurations
• Several horn styles (in brass)
• And probably more that we’ve forgotten!