**CANCELLED PROJECT** PREORDER Rapido HO 197006 Northern Pacific pullman Plan 7509 Day-Nite Coach, Northern Pacific #591

These three Canadian Pacific FP7’s joined their roster in the Fall of 1952. They were purchased to help complete the dieselization of the Calgary, Alberta to Revelstoke, British Columbia portion of their transcontinental mainline. Overview PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO EMD F-units were a line of diesel-electric locomotives produced between November 1939 and November 1960 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors-Diesel Division. Final assembly for all F-units was at the GM-EMD plant at La Grange, Illinois and the GMDD plant in London, Ontario, Canada. They were sold to railroads throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The EMD FP7 was a 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW), B-B passenger-hauling diesel locomotive produced between June 1949 and December 1953 by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel. Final assembly was at GM-EMD’s La Grange, Illinois plant, excepting locomotives destined for Canada, in which case final assembly was at GMD’s plant in London, Ontario. The locomotive contained an auxiliary water tank and steam generator to supply steam heat to the trailing passenger cars. This necessitated a longer body and frame. Although intended for passenger service, these locomotive still were regularly assigned into freight locomotive pools as well. F-Unit SERIES LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES: Coupler cut levers Trainline and MU hoses Windshield wipers Lift rings Wire grab irons Sanding lines Cab Interior Lit signal lights and/or beacons, if equipped Bell placement & type per prototype Detailed Blomberg-B trucks with prototype-specific wheel bearings Directional constant lighting Headlight brightness remains constant Separately-applied photo-etched metal and injection molded detail parts Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, breather pipes & retention tanks Speed recorder unless noted See-through cab windows and full cab interior Etched metal fan grilles Body-mounted McHenry® scale knuckle couplers – Kadee® compatible DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more Accurately painted and printed paint schemes Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track LED Lighting for realistic appearance Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power Packaging securely holds for the model for safe storage Minimum radius: 18” — Recommended radius: 22” CPR FEATURES: Freight style pilot Water tank Winterization hatch Steam generator exhausts CP style grilles with extra trim piece for the yellow stripe behind the cab doors SOUND-EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE: Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound Dual cube speakers for optimal sound quality Sound units operate in both DC and DCC Individual sound boards installed in both A and B units (sound units only) Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC Some functions are limited in DC All functions NMRA-compatible in DCC mode Excellent low-speed operation Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights Lighting effects such as beacons, Gyralight where prototypically accurate Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes CV chart included in the box