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Rapido Trains Inc HO 37535 DCC/ESU LokSound V5 Equipped Alco FA1-FB1 Locomotive Set Pennsylvania Railroad 9603A / 9603B

Rapido Trains Inc HO 37535 DCC/ESU LokSound V5 Equipped Alco FA1-FB1 Locomotive Set Pennsylvania Railroad 9603A / 9603B

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Rapido Trains Inc HO 37535 DCC/ESU LokSound V5 Equipped Alco FA1-FB1 Locomotive Set Pennsylvania Railroad 9603A / 9603B

Single Stripe, Brunswick Green

Rapido’s new HO scale FA-1 and FB-1 feature:

  • Correct nose and windshield contours
  • Flat or angled number boards as appropriate
  • Dynamic and non-dynamic brake versions
  • Air- or water-cooled turbo exhaust stacks
  • Etched side and fan screens
  • Heavy, die-cast chassis
  • 5-pole motor with dual flywheels
  • Operating headlights, class lights and back-up lights
  • Full underbody piping and conduit
  • Separate free-standing grab irons and handrails
  • Many railroad-specific details installed or included
  • Full, multi-color cab interior
  • DC/DCC/Sound (featuring ESU LokSound)**
  • Accurate sounds

**Lombard Hobbies Recommendation - As modelers ourselves we highly recommend ONLY running DCC on DCC systems and DC on DC systems, regardless of 'Dual-Mode' capability. This gives optimum performance and safeguards the unit from possible damage from running on a different system than originally intended and from any inexperienced operator errors.

Prototype Information:

Between January 1946 and October 1950 a total of 440 FA-1s and 240 FB-1s were built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCo) and their Canadian subsidiary, the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). They were originally sold to twenty-five railroads in the US, Canada and Mexico. The FA-1 (and its matching booster, the FB-1) was rated at 1500 horsepower and was designed primarily as a freight hauler.

In a market that was becoming dominated by EMD products, the FA-1 came in a distant second due in part to reliability issues with its rushed-to-market 244 prime mover. Still, they were popular with several roads and could be found at the head of freights into the late 1960s.

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