Rapido Trains 125098 HO Balloon Top Coach Painted Tuscan Unlettered Roadname_F&CC new schemes in the 1950s

new schemes in the 1950s and later brought color back to the American freight train

Many are still plying the rails today

B units and A-B sets were built depending on the intended use

often working for shortline and industrial users

Rapido Trains 125098 HO Balloon Top Coach Painted Tuscan Unlettered Roadname_F&CC new schemes in the 1950sRapido Trains 125098 HO Balloon Top Coach Painted Tuscan Unlettered 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