Rapido Trains Inc. HO H1a 4-6-4 Hudson DC Locomotive CPR #2803

Designed by Chief of Motive Power & Rolling Stock Henry Blane Bowen, Canadian Pacific’s H1a and H1b classr4-6-4 Hudson locos were state-of-the-art steam power when delivered. A total of twenty locos were deliveredrin two batches of ten each. The first batch, numbers 2800-2809, were delivered in 1929 and classified H1a. Thersecond ten, numbers 2810-2819, were delivered in 1930 and were classified H1b. These locomotives were usedron mainline passenger trains across the CP’s system. So success full were they that CP used their design as therbasis for its “Royal Hudsons” seven years later, which were designated as class H1c through H1d. Both classesrsurvived intact until the end of steam, with the first retirements not coming until 1957..Rapido’s H1a/b HO scale models are based on their hugely successful Royal Hudson. Rapido is offering severalrdifferent detail variations which allow you to model these locos at any point throughout their service life,rincluding the preserved 2816.