English 1600 hp freight-passenger locomotive • rapido trains incorporated markham, ontario.
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3 table of contents quick reference .............................................................................................................3 break-in .........................................................................................................................3 prototype history ......
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8 the rapido fa-2 and fpa-2 locomotives are provided with the correct details to match the units when first painted in their respective paint schemes. No two roadnames are alike with differences in grabs, horn, anticlimber, mu hoses, wind deflectors, winterization hatches, rear back up light and sil...
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10 sinclair antenna canadian national and canadian pacific units were later provided with sinclair radio antennas on the roof behind the horn. The two holes for this part are located inside the shell. Nose access grab irons around 1960 the federal railroad authority (fra) in the usa mandated that al...
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16 sound volume settings the sound volume settings have been designed to be layout friendly. That means that they will not sound particularly loud if you are accustomed to other manufacturers’ locomotives blasting at full volume out of the box. They will also not sound particularly loud if you are g...
17 factory reset on your fa-2 or fpa-2, you perform a factory reset by entering a value of “8” into cv 8. Note that this will cause all of your new volume and motor settings to be lost, so you will need to reprogram any settings that you want to keep. You did keep notes, right? You can not lose all ...
18 there are a number of things that this warranty cannot cover. We’ve already gone over the bit about reattaching loose parts yourself – don’t be afraid! The worst thing that can happen is that you ruin a gorgeous $325 locomotive and have to give it to the neighbour’s dog as a new chew toy. If part...
