Great locomotive! Rapido definitely have set the bar for future steam locomotives! One thing James missed in his review which I think is a MAJOR advancement for HO steam is the drive system. That fact that ALL the drive wheels are driven!!!

The Royal Hudson's must be among the most beautiful steam engine's of all time!

Very nice review of the Locomotive, James! Helluva model as well! Only thing is ... of the list price - almost $700.00 - it should come equipped with a smoke unit. Overall though, a very neat little Steam Locomotive!

Awesome work as usual James! I love the attention to detail Rapido gives.

Lol I almost died when it played the national anthem!😂

I got mine already and it’s my favourite train so thank you for reviewing it, and it still was Canadian Pacific when it was painted for the royal train

Finally a review ive been waiting for weeks (aka 3 weeks)

That is one great looking locomotive there! Great review!

I love that, James. It is amazing. Great review.

Great review, another beauty from Rapido trains !!!

Finally another upload love your videos.

Nice job JLWII2000, very beautiful locomotive and looks very impressive!😉 Just a note I am leaving for Scotland with my brother and father for three weeks and for my 18th birthday on July 5th, so I may note see all your videos but I will try to watch them when I have some time. Great job again, you always do an awesome job. Hope you have a good night.😊❤️🌙👍🏻👍🏻

Beautiful beautiful beautiful steam locomotive I think this is the best product not just for repito but for the best model in 2019

Hello! very nice locomotive and Canadian Hymne good idea. Thanks JLWII for the video.

At 18:02 is rapido’s hidden sound feature that they add to every locomotive.

I bought the BC Rail 2860 variation, but unfortunately had to send it back as a few bugs cropped up in the first days of running. Thankfully, Rapido has outstanding customer service and they stand behind their product. For their first steam locomotive, I'm honestly impressed despite the problems I experienced. I plan to make a review of my own of this splendid model in the near future. Thanks and well done on another great video, James!

Nice Loco, Looks Awesome a lot hard work went into making that loco.

Awesome video James! I just remembered that you were next to me in Chattanooga when 630 & 4501 left. I didn't realize it was you till now 😂

Hey james this is taylor Baggarley good fan of u my papa ran this down for world fair in Spokane 1974 expo this one love have

That is a seriously beautiful locomotive

Always nice to see some Canadian power

Always great presentations

Good review there! I fell like pointing out a thing or two; not to put down your review in any way, just one or two things I have yet to hear in video reviews about the loco and that I think other viewers might be interested to know. For one thing, it's actually got two separate speaker set-ups. You've got speakers in the tender for a louder sound, but you can flip a switch on the underside of the tender and the sound (albeit quieter due to technical limitations) will actually come out of the smokebox! How's that for prototypical? :P And to round out Rapido's inclusion of Easter Egg/Silly sounds, they also included a recording of King George VI giving a speech during his Canadian visit. One final thing, that I think few people in the Western Hemisphere know: the Royal Hudson is in fact Rapido's SECOND steam loco! Their first one is a British loco, the Stirling Single built for Locomotion Models. Again, good review, and hope you like yours as much as I'm liking mine!

very nice,thank you James

At 18:02 you must have hit F17 referred to as "Silly Sound". What you here is the Canadian National Anthem. I have another Rapido that plays the theme to the cartoon Hercules. My belief is that this is this is the result of Jason's sense of humour.

Great review. I think the bar has been raised for other manufacturers

A real beautiful locomotive

*OH CANADAAAA! MY HOME AND NATIVE LAAAAAAND!*

It’s definitely nice, I’m just waiting for the u4-a/u4-b

Awesome locomotive!

How odd that the default whistle is the worst sounding of the bunch. Thanks for doing the others James. Love what Rapido is doing. I hope they do US steam.

but what does the under side look like?

My favorite Canadian locomotives, the CPR 4-6-4 and 4-8-4. I am torn what to do now to own one of the Hudsons. Do I buy one of these Hi-Tech plastic models? Wait for a good higher end old brass version and convert to DCC? Or spend a year to scratch build one to my specifications? Tough decision. One thing - CPR's 12 wheel tenders look odd to me without the locomotive attached due to the trucks extending past the end beams......

I just bought mine recently, and want to know which function activates the "this is Canada calling" Canadian anthem Easter egg.

I'm drawing a royal Hudson in this livery, just wondering does it have a black or blue smoke box and what colour are the wheels. it's a bit hard to tell!

Nice video and locomotive

great Vid James on Rapido's first steam loco the royal version that crossed the country pully the king and queen of England. I was wondering though with scale trains in the future will they do the CSX 911 and 1776 units?

Gorgeous engine. Thanx. 😎😎

The model does look gorgeous, Sadly after some items in OO then the Hudson, but one day though :D But you could count the Stirling Single for Locomotion Models / NRM and Model Rail for the J70 Tram engine as others they have done for contracts.

Can You Do A Review On the now out of stock Atlas Articulated autoracks, and when the multimax autoracks come out can you please review those? I would Greatly Appreciate it ! Also Nice Review!

Will you be at the train show in eau Claire wi

Really want one now

I’ve always wondered are these your personal locomotives or do the companies send them to you for reviews and you have to send them back just curious because you have an awesome collection?

First NORTH AMERICAN steam locomotive

I have been on a train pulled by One, 2860, I have seen CPR Empress (2816) in action in 2008 but my favorite loco of all time is the Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 Selkirk ... I just wish they had still working examples of the class. The sad part is they are so heavy they cannot operate west of Revelstoke BC. (Ok for their designed job of being Pushers based out of Field to push trains over the rogers pass) but it means that I would never be able to see one in person without travel even if there were working examples. (as I live West of Revelstoke)

sweet loco

That is the Canadian National Anthem. They put the theme from Hockey Night in Canada in one of their other units...I think it was the C40-8M cowl unit.

Can you have the engines in the future go a bit faster so we can hear them at speed?

Nice engine, I love mine.

While I appreciate all your attention to detail, you did not show if the tender light was illuminated on reversing manouveres. Does it light up?

This is a special livery indeed. It’s the locomotive HRH Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip travelled on when they did their Royal Tour of Canada in 1959.

everyone loves a little beaver up top...

Was just wondering, were the number boards lit on this locomotive? In real life that is.

Great new loco! Looking forward to getting my BCR version. But why on earth are your boxes growing ever bigger? The RDC boxes were already huge. It takes a HUGE amount of space just to store those bloody boxes. A little more modest packaging would be truly appreciated!!!

Would be awesome to see that released in N scale...please Rapido

Great video but Rapido's first steam engine model was the amazing GNR Stirling Single 4-2-2 No.1

Wow that looks like a neat and attractive locomotive with plenty of good things in it. How much is it, I wonder? *goes to check* $480... Guess I won't be grabbing that anytime soon.

Are those extra features accessible with a Bachmann E-Z command DCC controller?

One interesting fact All of the royal Hudson’s are I believe the only locomotives outside of Europe that has been given the “Royal” status after the cpr 2850 was painted royal blue and pulled I think a monarchs special train when the family toured Canada so that’s why no matter which one of the royal Hudson’s they have the clown on the running board Don’t take my word for it though

Nice

Finally it's come Sadly I'm not getting one But maybe in the future

Got 2850 last week, just waiting on the pwrs version to ship out. Pricey but totally worth it in the long run I like the packaging though I'll probably leave the sleeve off so it won't wear out early

I'll take 2 !

Are the camera's and alarms to keep your kids out lol

lol @Rapido...Canadians would xD gotta love em for it, eh?

It's a beautiful engine. A bit pricey though. A smoke unit would have gone down well with it. Thanks for the review.

Rapido set the bar to an even higher level! Hey Rapido, do you interested in making the PRR S1? : P

Shoveling coal? I doubt anyone can really keep up with that Hudson's firebox with a shovel. Hopefully it has a stoker.

I just wish I had money/time/space to have a layout of any sort

WOW. I feel an assault on the credit card coming on...

They should paint the real one like that

The O’Canada is the icing on the cake

A $700 model?! I paid less than that for my Broadway Big Boy! And it has smoke!

Canadian Pacific 2816 'Empress' 4-6-4 would be great.

I’ll be impressed if Rapido makes a Canadian National 2-6-0 line or 0-6-0 line. I already have two road numbers in mind respectively. I’d also instal Tsunami 2, and take the Loksound out.

All that and no smoke.

Cool Video, jlwii2000.

Nice engine, price not so much. Yeah, it has outstanding detail, but that's still high.

I wanna rapido royal Hudson but I’m poor lol $600 is something I don’t have

People are not having good luck with these in one of the MR forums, decoders getting real hot and dying

Why don't you get a Amtrak surfliner

Hey this might be a dumb question but here I go. Why is O gauge becoming so popular? I remember HO being king

Y live in canada and work at exporail and we have the real 2850 in big

I hope this is cheap and my name is not Riaz Khan im Ayaan Khan

Just found you; pity we're all in 00 gauge here in the UK. It will look too small on my layout...............Mike in Cardiff...find me on YT under.......MikeWilcock

Kind of annoyed. You didnt give a view of the inside of the lit cab and there appears to be an inspection light I would have liked to have seen a close up of. Detailed model deserves a more detailed shots of it in action. Sorry, was disappointed with this video...

Wtf - Ads every couple of minutes now. KZfaq is becoming unwatchable..

I thing we do not care about the box and spending so much time looking at every side. No doubt the engine without the box and paperwork would only cost us about $400 !

this is Canada calling. * Plays the Soviet union anthem * *p e r f e c t i o n*

Sound is great. pity no smoke for the price. it has the looks of a toy train. Rapido should do better.

Thumbs down: I was expecting to see the ACTUAL Royal Hudson. Sorry.

Too shiny. Looks like s toy... 🤔😏