The original “Comet” cars built for the E-L were designed strictly for low platforms, but evolution of the car design by Pullman and later Bombardier evolved the “Comet” design to support both high- and low-platform boarding, on-board washrooms, accessible seating and, after 1990, a wide center door for high-level platform boarding.

Rapido brings its experience with passenger car models to this long forgotten fleet of cars used for commuter travel across major cities in the United States and Canada. The Rapido cars will feature the same great attention to detail you’ve come to expect, including free-rolling wheels, detailed underbodies, interior lighting and more.

The Rapido N and HO scale Comet cars feature:

• Controllable interior and cab car lighting
• Full underbody and interior detail
• Correct inside-bearing trucks with metal wheelsets
• Accurate painting and lettering
• Tinted windows
• Constant interior lighting in DC and DCC
• Metal side grab irons