Summary of canadian
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FranÇais au verso.
Page 2: Contact Us!
2 the canadian product guidelines thank you for purchasing the canadian by rapido trains inc.! Almost 60 years after its introduction in 1955, it is our honour and privilege to present the first-ever accurate model of the canadian. We started the canadian project in 2007. Almost five years of work h...
Page 3: Table of Contents
3 table of contents what is a typical consist? .................................................................................3 minimum radius and swapping the couplers .......................................................4 adding the steam connectors ...............................................
Page 4: Adding The Steam Connectors
4 minimum radius and swapping the couplers your model of the canadian is capable of running out of the box on curves as tight as 28” radius and through #6 crossovers without difficulty. It can handle 24” radius curves, but not 100% reliably with the medium-shank couplers installed at the factory. If...
Page 5: Powering The F9B Locomotive
5 pipe, and the bottom of the “v” should be directed toward the centre of the car; i.E. The steam connector is directly below the coupler box. The preferred adhesive is mi- croscale’s micro prep and micro bond system. This is the only commercially-available glue that will adequately glue these parts...
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6 to hear when picking up a model train. This is especially true for sets that have been shipped outside of canada, as it has passed through more hands and been used in more games of package ping pong by shipping departments around the world. If the corners of the shipping box are squished, chances ...
Page 7: Opening The Passenger Cars
7 • checktoseethatallwheelsetsarecorrectlyingaugeusingannmrarp-2stan- dards gauge. Should any of the wheelsets be out of gauge, remove the affected wheelset from the truck. The wheelset can be regauged by grabbing each wheel and twisting. If an f9b wheelset is too tight, remove the affected wheelset...
Page 8: Removing The F9B Shell
8 at the ends. At this point, the underbody and interior of the car is almost free from the shell. Spread the sides apart (you can do so by pulling outward on the sides with your fingertips or by using toothpicks wedged between the shell and the underbody) and the underbody and interior will slide o...
Page 9: Acknowledgements
9 of course, damaged caused by trips to the basement floor, running your train around 18” radius curves at ridiculously high speeds, throwing a model to your friend across the room, picking up a passenger car with ectoplasmic goo on your hands, or any other damage caused by you that we haven’t been ...
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11 the fp9a a nd c a n adia n models are dedic a ted t o g abriel a g ar cia an d sar ah peters tw o ir repl a ceable w omen who will be missed al w a y s. Les modèles de l a fp9a et du c a n adien sont dédiés à g abriel a g ar cia et sar ah peters deux femmes ir rempl açables. Elles nous ma nq uer ...