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Model Railroading > Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPMDate: 06/22/25 08:19 Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: dmaffei Yesterday at BAPM, Rapido displayed their newest SP passenger car addition. Two versions and incredible under body detailing. The SP Dome cars were on display and mind blowing as well. What a time to be a SP passenger modeler! Thanks for rolling out the baggage car at BAPM guys!
Dave Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/25 08:20 by dmaffei.    Date: 06/22/25 08:28 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: dmaffei BZ posing with a Dome like a proud father. Thanks Bob for a amazing clinic on these historic cars.
 Date: 06/22/25 08:34 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: sp8234 Nice. Hopefully an Automatt is next.
Tim Hanesworth Santa Rosa, CA Date: 06/22/25 08:37 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: gandydancer4 the new "brass"..better details, cheaper, easier to make, more prolific. Just Better. What's next?
Date: 06/22/25 10:20 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: BoilingMan Are those the promised SP cabooses there on the table? Any word on them?
SR Date: 06/22/25 10:48 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: TomG Those are amazing econo baggages. If I were a Espee modeler I'd be mumbling mail train in my sleep.
Date: 06/22/25 11:02 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: ssloansjca Yes, an automat please.
Steve Sloan San Jose, CA Date: 06/22/25 11:13 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: dmaffei BoilingMan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Are those the promised SP cabooses there on the > table? Any word on them? > SR SR Yes sir. Look here ... Do you have a photo of the economy baggage that sat in Colfax for storage for years? https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?3,6037783 Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/25 11:17 by dmaffei. Date: 06/22/25 11:21 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: BoilingMan Very nice (I’d missed this post).
Any word as to when I might expect to see them in my PO Box? SR The Domes look fantastic ( I’ll be hanging close to my PO Box come August!) Date: 06/22/25 11:25 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: inyosub So does that mean I should unload my brass ones?
Nope Nope Never Just buy more. Econobags are kewl PS. I like the Automat suggestion. ALOT ! I just ordered my Divison Point DH643 ouch! Date: 06/22/25 11:52 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: CPR_4000 Didn't Rock Island also have these?
Date: 06/22/25 12:04 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: PHall CPR_4000 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Didn't Rock Island also have these? They had some that were simular to the SP's but they had their own Rock Island "flair". Date: 06/22/25 14:00 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: funnelfan Nice, I could use one as a MOW car in the 1980s
Posted from Android Ted Curphey Ontario, OR Date: 06/22/25 14:22 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: SPDRGWfan I've been eyeing the brass econo baggage over the last couple years but around $500 pop, but they seem to have largely sold now. But if Rapido is offering them, I'll be in for one, maybe two. It would be cool if Rapido did more SP passenger cars.
I preordered a dome, so looking forward to that too. Cheers. Jim Date: 06/22/25 14:57 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: Rapidobill He should be!
Posted from Android Date: 06/22/25 15:21 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: wpdude Beautiful underbody detail, but I fear much of it goes unseen on an operating layout :-(. Just my crummy opinion.LOL
Date: 06/22/25 18:13 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: Topfuel PHall Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > CPR_4000 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > > Didn't Rock Island also have these? > > They had some that were simular to the SP's but > they had their own Rock Island "flair". ACF built 50 for the Rock Island in 3 different lots, delivered in 1955 and 1956. They were very similar to the 1962 Pacific Car and Foundry SP Economy baggage cars. I have wondered if PC&F didn't purchase the rights to the design from ACF, as by 1962 ACF had wound down passenger car production (even though these Econo bags were more of a box-car style). Date: 06/22/25 20:34 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: SP4360 Missed that too. Looking forward to the six pack of them I ordered.
dmaffei Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BoilingMan Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Are those the promised SP cabooses there on the > > table? Any word on them? > > SR > > SR > Yes sir. Look here ... Do you have a photo of the > economy baggage that sat in Colfax for storage for > years? > https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?3, > 6037783 > Date: 06/22/25 20:42 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: BoilingMan Apparently the folks from Rapido visited the Niles Canyon Railway to collect measurements from their 6700 baggage car. The word was the Econo Bag and Caboose were about a year to a year and a half out.
SR Date: 06/24/25 17:29 Re: Rapido rolls out SP economy baggage at BAPM Author: Notch16 The Golden Gate Railroad Museum has an example with all its steam and air lines (harder and harder to find); Rapido also used a couple hundred images from a shoot and measuring session I did some years back. And Michael Humbert, who developed the CAD, scanned a car in the way North of NorCal. It's so nice to have living examples of these artifacts to work with; even better when they have their original equipment in place!
Rapido is clearly moving passenger cars into the freight car detail territory -- at long last!! ~ BZ    |