The Tempo cars' third career, on Ontario's most scenic excursion train: this Rapido Trains Hawker Siddeley Tempo Coach wears the maroon-and-silver Algoma Central scheme of the Agawa Canyon Tour Train, and comes as two numbered, named cars.
What sets this model apart is Rapido's signature prototype fidelity. Built by Hawker Siddeley in 1968 for CN's intercity services, the Tempo cars went to VIA Rail, then to the Rio Grande Ski Train from 1988. After the Ski Train ended in 2009, they were bought by Canadian National and redeployed, along with the F40PHs, on the Agawa Canyon Tour Train, originally operated by the Algoma Central Railway. Renumbered into the AC 5700 series and named after the region's rivers and lakes, they still run out of Sault Ste. Marie. The model features a full multi-colour interior with individually installed seats, track-powered “Easy-Peasy” interior lighting operated by magnetic wand (included), and a fully detailed underbody.
Features
- Hawker Siddeley Tempo Coach in HO scale, Algoma Central (Agawa Canyon) scheme
- Cars offered: #5706 “Batchwana River” and #5708 “Ogidaki Lake”
- Full, multi-colour interior with individually installed seats
- Track-powered “Easy-Peasy” interior lighting and working marker lights operated by magnetic wand (included)
- Capacitor installed for flicker-free lighting over dirty track
- Complete underbody with separate piping and conduit
- Detailed diaphragms with etched-metal end gates
- Super-detailed, free-rolling trucks and wheelsets
- Separate grab irons installed at the factory
- Ready-to-run model
- HO scale
- Suggested minimum radius: 22"
- Made by Rapido Trains
The Tempo cars' third career, on Ontario's most scenic excursion train: this Rapido Trains Hawker Siddeley Tempo Coach wears the maroon-and-silver Algoma Central scheme of the Agawa Canyon Tour Train, and comes as two numbered, named cars.
What sets this model apart is Rapido's signature prototype fidelity. Built by Hawker Siddeley in 1968 for CN's intercity services, the Tempo cars went to VIA Rail, then to the Rio Grande Ski Train from 1988. After the Ski Train ended in 2009, they were bought by Canadian National and redeployed, along with the F40PHs, on the Agawa Canyon Tour Train, originally operated by the Algoma Central Railway. Renumbered into the AC 5700 series and named after the region's rivers and lakes, they still run out of Sault Ste. Marie. The model features a full multi-colour interior with individually installed seats, track-powered “Easy-Peasy” interior lighting operated by magnetic wand (included), and a fully detailed underbody.
Features
- Hawker Siddeley Tempo Coach in HO scale, Algoma Central (Agawa Canyon) scheme
- Cars offered: #5706 “Batchwana River” and #5708 “Ogidaki Lake”
- Full, multi-colour interior with individually installed seats
- Track-powered “Easy-Peasy” interior lighting and working marker lights operated by magnetic wand (included)
- Capacitor installed for flicker-free lighting over dirty track
- Complete underbody with separate piping and conduit
- Detailed diaphragms with etched-metal end gates
- Super-detailed, free-rolling trucks and wheelsets
- Separate grab irons installed at the factory
- Ready-to-run model
- HO scale
- Suggested minimum radius: 22"
- Made by Rapido Trains