Description
It all started in 1951, when the Toronto Transit Commission contracted the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in the UK to build the cars for Canada’s first subway. The original line ran under Yonge Street from Union Station in the south to Eglinton Avenue in the north, opening on March 30th, 1954. This line is still in service today as the southern half of TTC’s Line 1.
The Rapido Trains HO Scale Rapido Toronto Subway Features:
The models can be purchased in three different options:
- Four-car set
- Two-car set (“married pair”)
- Display featuring an unpowered two-car set, with a recreation of the original 1954 St. Clair station platform
Each Rapido Toronto Subway Features:
• Design created from original factory drawings and field measurements
• Fully detailed interiors including seats, hand holds and lighting
• Working lights: headlights, rear marker lights, destination sign
• Fully detailed underbodies
• Wire grab irons
• DC/DCC ready or Dual-Mode DCC/Sound (Display models are unpowered)
• Display models include lighting powered by an included 12V DC power supply
• Ages 14 and up. This is not a toy.