Goose Extra Features !

The model includes a DCC friendly Printed Circuit board with the NMRA 10 pin DCC connector for ease in adding a DCC decoder of your choice. (Decoder is not included in the basic price of the model.)

We are also very excited to tell you that the SoundTraxx Company is making a Plug 'N play DCC decoder for this model that will INCLUDE SOUND for the Galloping Goose as it rolls down your track.

Just imagine it now, this neat little railbus drifting down the track on your layout, honking at the bystanders, bell ringing at crossings, and all with the rumble of a small gas engine in the background. (Well, maybe that is a bit overdone, but Model Railroader Magazine was so impressed they added an animated version of the Goose Sound to their Website for viewing!)

Price of DCC w/Sound decoder not included with basic price of the Goose. If you do not want "Sound" you can buy a DCC decoder with fewer functions for speed control only and it will work just fine also.

Railbuses had their origins in the 1920's and 1930's when mail and passengers had to be delivered to remote branch line areas. On "slow" business days or in the off-season when business was light they took the place of an expensive steam locomotive and crew.

Many railroads had Railbuses in one version or another. They were used on both the branch lines of the major railroads and on the local smaller railroads and narrow gauge lines.

When Con-Cor decided to do research for a model of a Railbus, we found that some of the most famous of all Railbuses, the Rio Grande Southern's "Galloping Geese" were still around and some are still running in tourist service.

Our model of the Galloping Goose is a faithful representation of the original freight and passenger version of Goose #5, which first hit the rails in 1933. Number 5 was virtually identical to Geese #3 and #4 which were built a bit earlier. Goose #5 presently lives in Dolores, Colorado, and is in full operating condition. Other Geese can be found in Telluride, Colorado, at Knott's Berry Farm and at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden Colorado. Other Railbuses can be found in train museums around the U.S.A. such as the one in St. Louis.

This model is fully ready-to-run, and comes with a factory-installed PC board meeting NMRA standards so that it will be easy to install the DCC decoder of your choice.

HO Versions:  Retail Price $189.98
 (Check on availability, 2nd run came in early 2004,but is selling out quickly.)

0001-004100	Undecorated((Silver, No Lettering) 
0001-004101	Rio Grande Southern #5
0001-004102	Denver & Rio Grande Western
0001-004103	Santa Fe
0001-004104	Pennsylvania
0001-004105	Great Northern
0001-004106	Union Pacific
0001-004107	Southern Pacific
0001-004108	New York Central
0001-004109	Maintenance of Way


HOn3 Versions:  Retail Price $189.98

0001-004120	Undecorated ((Silver, No Lettering)
0001-004121	Rio Grande Southern #5
0001-004122	Denver & Rio Grande Western