The difficulties of preserving old railway equipment
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ค. 2018
- This documentary tells the story of an emotional visit to our preserved VIA/CN Pullman-Standard sleeping car, Edmundston.
To find out more about our restoration efforts, click here: rapidotrains.com/edmundston/
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Never before have I heard of a model train company as EPIC as Rapido! Keep truckin’ on with railways preservation guys!
Thanks!
You're doing a good thing, hold the course, its worth it.
Thanks!
Dear Mr Shron, Ive watched this video 3 times now and it moves me every time. I agree with you 100% about saving our railway history. I am so pleased to know that with every Rapido product I buy, a small fraction of its cost is going towards the Edmunston restoration. You have my word I’ll be putting my name down for an HO Edmunston car for my layout too. And thank you for the great Rapido products. If only the coach was closer because I’d love to volunteer my time with the restoration being semi-retired now.
Thanks for your support!
Ill take one too!!!!!
You DON'T see any other (model) train manufacture CEO (EVER!) that has such passion for the railroad/train on the internet (or anywhere else for that matter!) and this is why RAPIDO is such a incredible company to invest in when buying serious model trains/cars. BTW, Each VIA Rail car has a Canadian city name given to it... EDMUNSTON, in this case is a city here in New Brunswick. Good Stuff!!
Thanks for your kind words, Will!
Reminds me of a couple VIA coaches that reside down here in Nashville and my want to preserve NJT 4109 when it inevitably gets retired
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Expensive as it may be. This car will make many more memories for you and all those who see it. Good job on achieving your goals.
I wish to ride in a coach like Edmunston keep up the good work of restoring Canada's railway heritage
I've been buying Rapido products for some time. I can tell by the quality and detailing of the equipment the passion that is at hand. Top tier! Top notch! Top of the line!
For me, Rapido Trains is pretty much a dream come true. From making models I've always wanted to preserving the real thing. Taking model railroading to the next level...and beyond. I can't wait to see what they do next :)
Thanks a lot!
There's a huge amount of emotion in memories, how we attach to them and hold on. Don't lose sight or get side tracked along the way of the main goal boys. Great video.
Thanks, Dave. Really appreciated.
Been following the progress of this car since I met Jason when he first came to Georgia to look at the car... then that summer of 2015. I helped Mark with the COTS after Ted had to head back north. I Learned a lot about air brakes from Mark that I still use today. So that’s my connection with Edmundston.
I love sleeping cars! They're so cozy! Reminds me of my childhood when we travelled by train.
Emotional to watch this Jason. Please stay the course. You and I will not be here forever but once restored, This car will live on for another 1-2 hundred years or more. Your great-grandchildren can brag about all the work you and the team put into preserving THEIR as well as our railroad history.
If you decide to make an HO Edmunston model to help fund the restoration, count me in for at least one or more. I think they would make wonderful gifts for those of us who care about the clickity-clack past. Cheers, Danny
Keep the pacing , it's a great car , it ran over northern Quebec til' late 90's. I see this type of car some many time during my youth. Please don't give up Jason, Dan ' and Chris , you are the dreamteam for this project.
Thanks, Paul, We aren't giving up.
This made me shed a tear 🥲. Beautiful video
Glad you enjoyed it!
I volunteer with the TRHA and every weekend I'm down their trying to help in what way I can with preserving our nations railway, I think its great what you guys at Rapido with Edmundston and 6133, I know its not easy but keep up the hard work eh
You are right Jason, there is definitely an emotional connection with trains. Great video.
Keep up the work on preserving some of Canada's Railway and transit bus history. Also keep up the work on making some of the finest model trains out their.
Woa nice! Hey Edmundston ins the name of my home town!
Neat! It is indeed named after the same place!
Much respect to you and the crew Jason. You are following your passion which is far more than most of us do. Hang in there and this will get done. If I was rich I'd already have written you a cheque to pay for it all. In the meantime, I did buy 7 SW1200RSs. Hopefully it helps a bit.
What a journey, thanks for sharing one of your passions with us. Keep the vision and take small steps, one day you’ll be able to look back and say, I persevered..
I bought it sight unseen. The story of our lives.
Unbelievably a fantastic video, keep up the awesome work, wish more model railroad companies were like you guys. Then we would have even more great stories such as this..
Thanks!
I had some tears coming out towards the end of this video. Definitely emotional.
It was very hard to make the video, but it was worth it.
Fantastic! Lots of love and emotion. Can't top that!
Keep up the good work !
Very well done! The emotion you feel comes across clearly. Follow the dream. If we didn't dream we wouldn't be human.
You guys do great stuff. Keep it up!
I have great respect for all of you for the effort involved to persue this overwhelming restoration. It takes the determination of all involved to pull this off. My hats off to everyone!!!
Thanks very much!
Nice work in saving this great peice of railroad history.Keep up the good work.Hope to see more progress on this sleeper.😊
Thanks! We're glad we could save it from the scrap yard. She's in the good care of the Via Rail Historical Association now which we are also involved with.
Amazing work Jason and crew!! Thank you.
Thank you recommendations!
Glad you liked it!
I wish you all the best luck with this venture!
A wonderful video guys. I totally understand and am rooting for all of you guys that are putting SO much effort into Edmunston. I wish i could find some continental via cars myself. But short of that,ill look forward to seeing you ride in her once more. See you in saskatoon soon in your own railcar shron family.
Keep up the great work all of you.
And ill take an edmunston in ho please when you have them for sale.
That was a very heart warming video, great job!
Thanks!
Jason, I FEEL for you and your love of this VIA car. I personally am a CN Turbo man I can understand your love and I will be setting up a " Save Jason's car " fund and when I have a enough I will be sending it to you to see your dream come true, it may take awhile but I will do it for you !!!!
Thanks, Warren. I was born too late to save the Turbo, unfortunately. -Jason
Jason, you HAVE saved the Turbo just a smaller HO and now N scale size, those ARE the real sounds... So THANK YOU for all you have/WILL be doing !!!!
F to pay respects. For Edmundson.
A few years ago I drove passed that car and love and was going to buy it but I'm glad you bought it thanks for sow many memories
what a great video.
Gotta give you guys a lot of credit. Your doing something that most shy away from. Please keep up the good work on both your models and your restorations. It something that most find out when getting into restorations that cost is normally more than initial estimates. Trust me I know with a car restoration the cost issue. Hold the course, it truly shows your passion in what you do.
Thanks for the support!
It saddens me that the car was tagged after being repainted.
It bothers us too. The first thing Chris did when we got it to TMC is remove the graffiti. Two hours of solid scrubbing.
Very nice video!!!
i totlely agree we need to preserve our rail haritige and history
I will always support Rapido Trains!
your compassion makes me want to order more products from Rapido!
Any update? Love what your doing.
Thanks for your kind words! We're still slogging along. Right now we're cleaning up the interior of 6133.
Wow.
Bravo. I'll DEFINITELY be buying Rapido products, 'cause if this is what you spend some of your profits on, you're my kind of people. I've been restoring automobiles for most of my professional life, and I get it. I'm retiring shortly, so next time you guys get into a project like this, maybe I can give you all a hand.
Thanks a lot for the kind words! And we can use your help on the car whenever you are able.
very cool.
I saw this car and it brother the Entrance on Ozark Mountain Railcar sale on the net. Hopefully I will get the twin..
When it comes to preserving the past, you're never in over your head. Shron, have you considered making a model version of this sleeper where the funds are donated straight to the repair? Becase I would buy at least 2.
Thanks for your support! We will do a model eventually. We would have to retool it as our moulds are worn out.
Go Jason Go !
Rapido, you guys should buy and persevere a British Passenger coach as you do produce british stock to. You could then send it to be looked after at the bluebell railway in East Sussex
We're pretty busy already with our Pullman sleeper and RDC, but thanks for the suggestion!
@@rapidotrains Maybe for the future??
The railcar whisperer?
Seems that way!
I know it's been awhile now, but are there plans to rerelease any more of the old blue and yellow cars like the daynighter coach, sleepers like Edmunston, diners, cafe bar lounge, baggage etc? Would be nice to get them now that I am old enough to afford them.
It's definitely possible!
Great work, I think what you guys are doing is awesome, and most of your customers would probably agree.
I know that you guys already said no to this in the past, but it would be awesome if you made another run of ex CN VIA cars (maybe if we keep begging it might happen, who knows).
Can't wait for my CP SW1200RS, any news on their arrival? Oh and Nice ringtone Jason. A K3LA would be pretty cool too, although more as an alarm for waking up!
Thanks! The CP SW1200RS is arriving tomorrow. We would need to retool the ex-CN cars but we may do that for the E Sleeper.
i wish you guys would set up shop in edmonton or st albert i would be thilled to join the team at rapido trains inc and share my passion for trains with the whole crew
A similar rule to restoring automobiles - it will take twice as long and cost 3 times as much as your best estimate.
I also rode that car in my youth. Just sayin, thanks.
If you made this car in HO I'd buy it no hesitation.
Luke Hatje if I’m not mistaken I think they did way before rapido bought the car (or that series)
@@gmcnewlook Rapido did, But like most of the other manufacturers, they painted their cars in railroad paint schemes that never used this particular pullman sleeper, which I found to be iritating.
Have a look at Andrew Martin's "Night Trains" about European sleepers! Great video, and good luck!
It's been two years since this video was released. What's the current status on Edmundston's restoration?
Still a long way to go...
2023 now, has the progress been on that, and the 6133?
I think I rode on that car too once or twice when I was very young. That one or a different E sleeper.
Any chance you could repaint it in the old CN black and light grey? I LOVED that colour scheme.
We love that scheme too. Maybe at some point. But VIA is almost completely unrepresented in museums, so we want to honour the VIA scheme.
Wow. Really sad news ;( Great Video! Thumbs Up!
Greetings from Poland! :)
I,m gotta by a b36-7 from you guys. :)
How much does it cost in total to get it up and running?
If I had a million dollars, I'd wish I had two million because I'd be fine with one and I'd give you the other. Your heart goes forth and your goals are met. It'll happen, Jason, it'll happen because you believe it. You put your faith in it... if only the faith of a mustard seed. And I know you have more than that.
Thanks for your very supportive comments!
Has Edmunston progressed after this video? I'm about to get into railcar repairing work so would love to see how it has progressed.
The railcar that I am going to repair is being prepared for the move via road. Although I don't have any money on me. It will wait for me in the forest. Alone.
What kind of equipment is underneath the coach, as I plan on restoring one someday!
We suggest you pick up a Rapido model and turn it over. There is way too much to go over in TH-cam comments!
Ok, BTW, I saw Edmundston on the sold page of Ozarkmountainrailcar.com
When you first got Edmundston, it must have had some mildew and/or mold. How much of that was found?
Very little, actually. Some surface residue which just wipes off. The major issues were in the bathroom walls, which we pulled out.
Seeing the car freshly painted, in hit with graffiti is like a slap in the face to all that work! I love graffiti on rolling stock but that is almost sickening to see that someone tagged up the ends on a brand new paint job.
I will have to watch it again to Understand . Is Rapido a Museum and where is this rebuild located ? I like the video thank you .
Rapido Trains Inc. is a model train manufacturer. We are based near Toronto, Canada. We are restoring this train for love rather than for profit.
Thank you This all makes sense now . Nice that you saved that Car . Keep plugging away bit by bit . We used to Go up to Oshawa years ago .
Craigellachie!!!
Is edmundston still under restoration or is it all complete as I would like to volunteer in the restoration. ( p.s I’m near Orangeville)
Oh I just read the update on the website and watched the rest of the video.. well then. It’s gonna be harder for me to get to Toronto, but maybe I can
Ok I know where the via tmc is, I went there when I was young with my friends grandpa and we drove a locomotive around the yard.
I can't believe someone tagged it! Disgusting!
The joys of 21st century railroading. Fortunetly Chris was able to remove all the graffiti.
10:39 is that a tag on new paint..?
Yes. Chris took it off the next day.
@@rapidotrains Good to hear. Beautiful car by the way.
How's via rail RDC 6133 doing
Tootling along...
rapidotrains have you ever thought of an lrc style cabcar that way some via rail trains can be in push-pull mode in my opinion that would be cool.
can you do the car as an HO model the profits to restore the car
We have done E sleepers in the past but the tooling is worn out. We will have to retool it, which is quite an investment.
I just noticed the car is exBAR.
It was very briefly BAR. They bought it in a job lot, and then Blue Ridge bought it in a job lot. It was built for CN in 1954 and transferred to VIA in 1978. It was retired in 1996.
BAR bought quite a few, 2 coaches and a dining car are currently owned by CMQ up here in Maine. Last I knew all 3 were for sale for $1.00 as long as the owner can move them.
When it's done, VIA and Amtrak probably won't touch private cars.
Of course someone sprayed paint on the car in the end. Sad how people have no respect.
2:10 i know where that is. you are driving to the mcmillan yard. the bet place to go railfanning there is beside reptile world.
Nope, it’s the via yard, it’s where trha stores it’s lrc and rapido stores it’s rdc along with Edmundston
Oh..BTW...I have MANY Rapido products :)
The Edmonton was also in Via Rail, Marlboro Red, and a couple of other schemes, look, You are not the only person to do this, look at all the members of the AARPCO, The American-Association-of-Private-Railcar-Owners. How about the guy in Las Vegas who has a wood-burning steam locomotive in his garage, Or the guy who built out of wood a locomotive mock-up that is animated in his backyard, You're not crazy.
Maybe not crazy, but certainly overwhelmed. We don't have limitless resources, unfortunately.
@@rapidotrains I don't subscribe to it, But the Newsletter/Magazine of the AAPRCO has practical articles and resouces you can look into, even if you are on a tight budget, I remember there was a new owner of a heavyweight pullman who was doing his own cleaning of the car, by himself. Not all car owners have disposible incomes, The Publication is Private Varnish, ( I get back issues on eBay).
Thanks!
Your welcome, I only wish I could afford your product, heck, even on eBay it is hard to afford your passenger cars, I wanted to make, as close as possible some of the trains I was too young to remember.
Very sorry to see that after the car got that beautiful paint job some talentless idiots graffiti'd it
End of the video, new paint on the car, and it's already tagged...
It was tagged when it was moved to TMC, but Chris cleaned it off before we shot the daytime stuff.
Bought it sight unseen??? Are you nuts?
Bonkers, not nuts..... 😆
Close enough.
Tagged in its Rapido paint. This graffiti vandalism has to be put down.
Should have bought BUDD mfg car....Stainless Steel..
The Budd cars are all still in service up here in Canada. We want to preserve the ex-CN cars which have long been retired.
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The difficulties of preserving the old railway equipment is that it is made by a bunch of hili-billies on state government loan.
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Friend 1 Calls friend 2 i got a great old train car for sale let you have it cheep $500 it's yours friend 2 yea ok I'm in how much to move it? Friend 1 abt another 500 friend 2 500 what dollars friend 1 yea $500k see you Friday click. Friend 1 wait what did you say 500K hello hello you there hello oh man my checkbook
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Did someone really need to graffiti that car? 😡😡😡
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