Rapido Trains 128539 HO Scale Comet Coach MARC 7718 Roadname_Sounder - SDRX 51 embossed roof ribs

51 embossed roof ribs

Small “wedge” antenna mounted on the cab roof

This batch of GP9’s was initially assigned to priority transcontinental freight service but they were bumped to less glamorous work when higher horsepower units arrived on the system

Trailing arm

Rapido Trains 128539 HO Scale Comet Coach MARC 7718 Roadname_Sounder - SDRX 51 embossed roof ribsRapido Trains 128539 HO Scale Comet Coach MARC 7718 Introduced by Pullman Standard as a replacement for aging commuter cars, the soon nicknamed Comet cars were first built between 1970 and 1973 for the Erie Lackawanna Railroads services out of New Jersey. Given their success with the E L and then New Jersey Transit, the use of the Comet car quickly spread to other commuter agencies. Bostons Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority received their first cars