Product Information:
In the early days of Amtrak, efforts were made to improve passenger services along key corridors. Following the success of the French-built RTG Turboliners in the mid-1970s in the Midwest, Amtrak turned to Rohr Industries in California to build modernized Turboliners for use along the Empire Corridor.
Further redevelopments and improvements of the fleet into the RTL-IIIs was never fully realized, and all were retired from active service in 2004. Conventional equipment has since been utilized on the Empire Corridor services in place of the once mighty Turboliners.
The Rapido Trains N scale Rohr Turboliner features:
- Accurately designed using original blueprints and field measurements
- Tinted windows, interior details and flicker-free interior lighting
- Separate factory installed grab irons
- Highly-detailed trucks including third-rail shoes
- All wheel electrical pickup
