Reply To: Rapido Budd Dome car

[Bill Pollard]

The Canadian domes, which are the ones actually modeled by Rapido, did (do) operate long end/vestibule forward, and interior seating is arranged accordingly. Rapido’s MP painted passenger cars are not known for absolute fidelity to MP practice — again, the cars are Canadian cars with US paint to sell a few more cars. That was less of an issue with some of their other cars, but with the dome, it does result in an undesirable compromise with either all of the seats facing backward or the car itself running backwards when operated per MP or other US railroad practice.

Bill Pollard