Rapido Trains FL9 Manuallines - Contact Us!
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FL9 LOCOMOTIVE PRODUCT GUIDELINES
Thank you for purchasing the first accurate models ever produced of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad’s unique passenger locomotive, the EMD FL9. This
has been one of the most sought-after New Haven locomotives, as its extended length
requires all-new tooling and can’t be modified from existing F-unit molds. We at Rapido
have gone to great lengths to do justice to this iconic locomotive. We hope you will be
pleased with the results.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us should there be anything wrong with
your model. Whether you have a warranty issue (missing parts, depleted uranium acci-
dentally left in the fuel tank, etc.), a question (“Why won’t this go around my 12” radius
curves? What a ripoff!”) or a comment (“The nose is wrong.”) please give us a shout.
More warranty information is available towards the back of this manual.
If you really do think the nose is the wrong shape, please bear in mind that it was scaled
from original EMD F-unit nose blueprints, including cross sections every inch up the nose
from pilot to roof. The windshield area dimensions were double-checked on a real F-unit
cab using a depth gauge and the results traced into our computer designs. If this makes
some of your other model locomotives look bad, you can make up for this by buying
more Rapido models.
You can reach us by email: trains@rapidotrains.com, by phone (1-855-LRC-6917 or
+1-905-474-3314) or by snail mail at the address below.
Please do not send any models back to us without first speaking to us to get authoriza-
tion. You’d be amazed at how many models arrive at our location with no documenta-
tion whatsoever. And if models get sent to one of our old addresses, they might as well
have been beamed into the mouth of a wormhole as we’ll never see them.
If you’ve finally got around to opening this model after your retirement in 2042, you’re
on your own. Sorry.
CONTACT US!
Rapido Trains Inc.
P.O. Box 796
Higganum, CT 06441
Tel. (860) 554-5281 - Toll Free 1-855-LRC-6917
Fax. (905) 474-3325
Email. trains@rapidotrains.com