Any one have a source for modern powered light rail cars in HO. i have seen an add in one of the magazines and can’t find it again. Here in Calgary they call it the LRT. thanks Mike
Try Imperial Hobby Productions…they’re challenging kits.
Calgary’s LRT are made in Germany, maybe have better luck looking on a German web, for model LRT’s.
Although they are a Siemens product, the Calgary SD160s have a carbody which is unlike any LRT vehicles running in Europe, so none are currently available as models from European manufacturers such as Hödl or Halling.
http://www.hoedl-linie8.de/HTML/PRODUKTE/TRAM/TRAM.HTM
http://www.halling.at/modelleisenbahnen/index.php
However, IHP currently offer a kit for the SD160s, it’s listed here:
http://ihphobby.tripod.com/instock.html
Calgary also has Düwag U2s in service. IIRC, MTS produced brass models of the U2s, although I don’t know whether they produced the Calgary version. They’re also planning models of the San Diego SD100s, which are similar in appearance to the Calgary cars.
Cheers,
Mark.
(As an aside, I have a few of the trams made by Hödl, and I can thoroughly recommend them, they are beautiful little models!)
The CTS U2’s are monsters, old technology, millions on updating them and twice as many as the new acquisitions, also new colours from the blue and white, now red-white-grey, but what in heaven’s name are those goofy looking large boxes on the roof? did they forget to add them at construction then decide to bolt them to the roof? are they heaters? A/C? overhead luggage bins? or did they want people to think someone left a bunch of large parcels on the roof? talk about not using a designer.
Utilitarian, easy to get at stuff is in those boxes.
David B