Dear HO Scale Customers;

Rapido is pleased to announce the EMD GP-39 Locomotives with DC/DCC/Sound!

• FIRST TIME IN PLASTIC — THE GP39 AND THE SWMT SLUG — ALL POWERED!
• VERSATILE LOCOMOTIVE OF THE 1970s INTO THE MID-2010s
• GP39 MOTHER+SLUG SETS AVAILABLE IN UNIQUE SCHEMES

Rapido Trains is proud to present the EMD GP39 locomotive in HO scale! Following the highly successful GP38 and GP40 models, the GP39 brings the same high-end, road-specific details with a powerful motor and those razor-sharp graphics you’re accustomed to from us.

The EMD GP39 locomotive was unique in that it featured a 12-cylinder, turbocharged 645E3 prime mover — 4 less than its GP38 cousin. The largest purchaser of the GP39 was the Chesapeake & Ohio, ordering 20 locomotives. Upon the Chessie and Seaboard merger, the GP39s continued in local and yard service for CSX Transportation. While some locomotives and slugs would wear a variety of patchout or early CSX Y schemes, most of the fleet was repainted into the YN2 scheme and eventually the current YN3 scheme.

The EMD GP39 Locomotive and SWMT Slug features:

• Road-specific details for each model
• Rapido’s innovative dead straight metal side handrails with plastic stanchions
• Incredible underframe detail including traction motor cables, air filters and a whopping amount of separately-applied parts
• Road-specific battery box doors
• Separate grab irons and handrails installed at the factory
• Operating headlights, rear lights, white class lights AND 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
• Powered SWMT Slug — A first in plastic!
• Separately applied wire grabs
• Cannon and Company licensed fans
• Multiple dynamic-brake hatches and air filters
• DC/Silent (21-pin DCC Ready) or DC/DCC/ESU LokSound
• MoPower capacitor system for uninterrupted DCC power

Order Due Date: March 15, 2025

Anticipated Delivery Date: January 2026

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