Re: [CBQ] types of gallery cars

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As many of you likely know, the Rapido Budd commuter cars are in.  As are the BN E's.

 

I am pleased to note that Rapido corrected the major mistakes noted on the original offering of the BN 3-car sets.  The (model) 802 was produced without the nameboard.  And the one non-toilet car was replaced with a toilet one (with different number, of course).  Customers should be very pleased about that.

 

All in all, I like the train a lot (One E pulling the two three car sets).  Wish it weren't so pink, but I can live with that.  I hope.

 

Not mentioned in any Rapido sales documents (that I can remember), but the cab cars come with a speaker and a 21 pin plug for a decoder.  I DO like sounds to come from the proper place, so it's my intention to install same.

 

Which leads to a couple of questions:

 

What horns were used on the E's and on the cab cars?  I can see on the E that there's a single horn and a paired horn.  I assume they were "played" separately.

 

And for the bell(s):  What kind of bell was on the E's?  What kind was on the cab cars?  Maybe electronic????

 

 

Only other mod I have in mind is to replace the couplers with Sergents.  That should close the spacing between cars up a bit.  As it is, it's quite presentable, though to me it appears maybe 6-10 scale inches too much.  Rapido DOES include longer shank couplers--very thoughtful.

 

Rapido also includes what I take to be inter-car MU and power cables, in a little bag.  No directions at all.  But I figure a person could figure it out.  For myself, I intend to leave them off, as I am Free-mo, and don't have a permanent layout where they can be setup as a "unit train" for long periods.

 

 

If possible, please let me know about the horn and bell sounds--I'd like the sound to be as correct as possible.  Oh, yeah.  The E does come with the generator sound, over on F15--there are 28 functions listed.

 

And another "Oh, yeah":  To me, the car lighting looks GREAT.  My other Rapido passenger train is made up of their New Haven cars, and the lights are obnoxiously bright.  These look MUCH better.  To me.

 

 

Ed

 

Edward Sutorik

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