None of the four cars being offered by Rapido as part of the Canadian Pacific Executive Fleet is a heavyweight car. The 101 "Dominion" and 102 "E.S. Smith" are both ex-CN/VIA CC&F 1954 streamlined coaches. The 110 "H.B. Bowen" is an ex-CN/VIA E-series Pullman-Standard streamlined duplex sleeper. The Dome-Lounge 3605 "Selkirk" is an ex-Amtrak/Southern Pacific car, originally built by Pullman-Standard in 1937 and completely rebuilt by SP in 1954-55.
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The Athearn cars look like they could be reasonable stand-ins for CP heavyweight equipment. They aren't prototypically accurate for CP cars, but this may not matter much for a display layout.
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David Bedard's Bedarail 3D printing operation may soon be coming out with accurate HO scale versions of various CP heavyweight and streamlined passenger cars. He has been doing impressive work in N scale and is apparently getting a new 3D printer big enough to do full-length HO scale passenger cars.
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Regards,
Andrew Jeanes
Kingston, ON
