Specifications

The Rapido Trains HO scale EMD SD7, SD9 and SD10 Locomotive features:

• Measured from a living SD9
• Road-specific details for each model variant
• Separate grab irons and handrails installed at the factory
• Operating headlights, rear lights, white class lights AND beacons (where appropriate).
• Highly detailed cab interior
• Correct fuel and water tank arrangements per road
• Multiple styles of stepwells
• See-through, etched steps
• High short hood and modified chopped short hood where appropriate
• Appropriate cab or nose headlights
• Multiple dynamic-brake hatches
• DC/Silent (21-pin DCC Ready) or DC/DCC/ESU LokSound
• And much, much more!

Ever experience a loss of power? Experience it no more with the all-new “Mo-Power” capacitor. Designed by Rapido with the guidance of ESU LokSound, this handy electrical component, which is integrated with the main PCB board, ensures you run uninterrupted from a momentary loss of track power. It will provide anywhere from two to five seconds of juice, depending on the Rapido locomotive. Bessemer & Lake Erie – Unique “B&LE” style sand fill door hatches – Long hood forward operation – Extra large pilot step and corresponding additional stepwell step (First time done on a plastic model!) Denver & Rio Grande Western – Correctly replicated side sill reflectors – Short hood forward operation Southern Pacific – Steam generator equipment details on short hood – Correct Mars style ‘ash can’ light on both ends of the locomotive Baltimore & Ohio – Correctly oriented cab interior for long hood forward operation – Single fuel tank (First time done on a plastic model!) Burlington Northern – Former CBQ units (Phase IV, first time for a plastic model!) – Correct 5-step, BN walkway Chicago, Burlington & Quincy – Phase IV (First time for a plastic model!) – Higher short hood with a corresponding cab height – Cornered-off section on the long hood behind the cab – Two 48″ radiator fans as opposed to the normal (four) 36″ fans – Conduit pipes were removed from the top of the radiator – No ladders on the short hood end Chicago & North Western – Rebuilt at the Oelwein Shops with chopped down nose – a first in HO Scale! – Modified panels on side sills of locomotive – Modified/plated over details of dynamic brake blister (Smooth plating over where grilles once were) Milwaukee Road – SD10 model designation given by Milwaukee Road for their capital rebuild program of their old SD7s and SD9s – A first in HO Scale plastic models – Single fuel tank Chopped short hood and modified cab – Later style Horst air intake – Rotary beacon SOO Line – Ex-MILW units / same features Dakota Minnesota & Eastern – Ex-SOO, nee-MILW units – same features ** Please note that the SOO Line and Dakota Minnesota & Eastern SD10 Locomotives are Conditional Releases This means these will be produced only if we receive enough preorders for them. Download the Sales Pack Become a Master The SD7/ SD9/ SD10 Master Class showcases the owners, and history, detailing variations of and changes to the various locos over their service lives. SD7/ SD9/ SD10 Masterclass