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CP F9B #4475. It's really, really RED!

 

 

 

 

 

• Canadian F9Bs have unique ends with no roof overhang
• CN F9Bs have only two port holes with a louver in the middle and more louvers everywhere you look.
• CP F9Bs have weird skirty things beside the steps for the water filler hatch.
• Many CP B-units have very strange grilles.
• The trucks say "DOFASCO" as in "Dominion Steel" as in "Made in Hamilton, eh?"
• Canadian steam generator details are very different because it's really cold up here.

 

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Per Rapido Announcement: 

We had good reasons for cancelling the Rapido Trains Inc. HO Scale Canadian Pacific F9B project earlier in 2017.  The molds that make the locomotive were found to be unusable over two years, and with no prospect of re-cutting the metal we felt the honest approach was to the cancel the project rather than keep you hanging on.

The response from our customers was appreciated. Most of you who took the time to get in touch were disappointed but recognized the tricky position we were in.  Rapido is a small model train manufacturer by the standards of the hobby and our pockets are only so deep.

However, since we made that difficult decision we’ve been trying to find a way to resurrect the project!  The catalyst for our change of heart was the launch of the HO Scale GMD FP7, which reminded us that no manufacturer had ever made an 100% accurate Canadian F7B B-unit. 100% accurate GMD B-units Canadian construction of the F7B took place at London, Ontario, between April 1951 and May 1952 with 43 units built (CN - 18, CP - 25) while the 46 strong fleet of F9B locomotives were delivered between January 1954 and July 1958 (CN - 38, CP - 8).  CN and CP both used them on passenger and freight service and the majority of the fleet lasted well into the classic 1970s era of all dominant Sergeant stripes and Multimarks. Over a third of the survivors transferred to VIA Rail towards the end of the decade. CP retired its final operational examples in 1983, while several units in the VIA fleet were still active into the early 1990s.

Last word in accuracy:  When originally released in 2012 as part of Rapido’s landmark The Canadian trainset, the F9B was widely regarded as being the last word in B-unit accuracy. Our Canadian GMD F9B was designed from the ground up as a Canadian GMD F9B. In the first run of the CN F9B there were five versions with the unique single louver in place of the centre porthole (this second run includes two variants), while the CP versions feature their equally unique body style with three portholes per side and 48” dynamic brake cooling fans, as well as CP winterization hatches, CP grilles, CP cooling coils, CP end details, CP steam genny details, and of course CP’s unique skirting beside the steps that no other F9B model has.

Insane levels of detail: Our F7Bs and F9Bs feature unmatched levels of detail that border on the insane, such as all-separate piping under the frame, hanging rerailers with chains holding them in place, and fuel and water tank vents sticking up out of the roof – still only available in Rapido’s F-unit models! The body sides feature our unique “No-Warp Grilles.” Each grille is a C-channel pressed into the shell that won’t warp no matter what humidity and temperature changes it is subjected to. We also offer the CP/VIA and Ontario Northland FP7 locomotive in HO scale.

Conditional announcement:  We need a miniumum of 1,200 orders by the order deadline (April 30, 2018) for this project to proceed. If the numbers fall short, it won’t be made and we’ll never try to relaunch this again!