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Fly Away with Rapidos Balloon Top Coaches!

The Balloon Top coaches or Canadian Flyers as they often called by railfans are a series of 50 day coaches built by Canadian Car & Foundry in 1937 for Canadian National, numbered 5180-5229. (An order of 25 additional cars was delivered in 1942, with significant spotting differences.) The 1937 Balloon Tops were transferred to VIA Rail Canada in 1978, and the last car 5186 was finally retired in 1996!

The Rapido Trains HO scale Balloon Top Coaches features:

Scaled from CC&F blueprints and 3D scans of the real cars
Full multi-colour interior detail with separate seats including see-through arm rests
Track-powered interior lighting with capacitor system, operated by magnetic wand
Super detailed, free-rolling 6-wheel Commonwealth trucks with truck-mounted
generator detail
Separately applied grab irons and handrails
Sprung diaphragms with etched-metal end gates
Flush-mounted windows with printed window blinds
Full underbody detail with separate piping
22 minimum radius recommended