RTL Turboliner 5-Unit Train - Sound and DCC -- Amtrak #152, 173, 174, 175, 153 (Set #2, Phase III Late; white, red, blue)

The Rapido Trains HO Scale RTL Turboliner is based on passenger train sets built to improve service and equipment on key corridors. Following the success of the French-built RTG Turboliners in the mid-1970s and used in the Midwest, Amtrak turned to Rohr Industries in California to build modern Turboliners for use along the Empire Corridor out of New York City. The sleek new trains entered service in 1976 and their success brought passengers back to the busy corridor. Equipped with third-rail shoes, they offered passengers a one-seat ride into the all-electrified Grand Central Terminal. West of the electrified zone they switched to gas-turbine power. They worked on most corridor runs and occasionally ventured to Montreal, Detroit and Toronto. In 1994 one set was refurbished into an RTL-II. The rebuild included new turbines, remodeled interior and a new paint scheme. It operated in service into 2003, but the rest of the fleet was not rebuilt and the fleet was retired i