Rapido 200001 New Haven/Department of Transportation TurboTrain, HO

• Accurately scaled from original production blueprints

• All prototype-specific variations included

• Fully sound equipped, sampled from some of the only surviving recordings of the train

• Works on DC and DCC layouts, and includes a sound transmitter to operate sounds in DC

• Sprung single-axle trucks and full-width, operating rubber diaphragms

• Flush tinted windows, full painted interior and constant interior lighting

• Operating headlights, Gyralites, and tail lights

• Additional Intermediate Cars available to make up to a 9-car train

• Both Power Dome Cars are equipped with a 5-pole skew-wound motor & flywheel

• Recommended min radius: 24 inches (for use with diaphragms)

• Recommended min radius: 18 inches without diaphragms

Many New Haven fans do not actually know that the TurboTrain was, in fact, a New Haven initiative in the same vein as Train X in the previous decade. The bulk of testing of the TurboTrain was on the New Haven, and the TurboTrains were maintained in Providence, Rhode Island.

The TurboTrain would make an interesting addition to your New Haven-themed model railroad.