ARRIVED!!! New Upgrade Rapido Trains EMD/GMD GP40

Charls Gendron
3 days ago
1 min read

The GP40 series were considered the gold standard of four-axle locomotives, with over 1,000 examples built for 30 different railroads in North America.

NEW UPGRADE ANNOUNCED!

Features

Measured from a real GP40
Road-specific details for each model
EMD, GMD variants as well as rebuilt GP40Rs
Rapido’s innovative dead straight metal side handrails with plastic stanchions
Incredible underframe detail including traction motor cables, air filters and a silly number of separately-applied parts
Road-specific battery box doors
Dynamic and non-dynamic brake options
Separate grab irons and handrails installed at the factory
Operating headlights, rear lights, class lights, ditch lights and beacons (where appropriate)
Highly detailed cab interior
Correct fuel tank sizes per road number
Multiple styles of stepwells
See-through, etched steps
Appropriate cab or nose headlights
Multiple truck side frames tooled
Different, prototype specific dynamic-brake hatches and air filters
DC/Silent (21-pin DCC Ready) or DC/DCC/Sound (ESU LokSound) options
Mo-Power capacitor system for uninterrupted operation in DCC