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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prototype Notes ........................................................................................... 4

•  Canadian Pacific  ............................................................................. 4

•  Canadian National  .......................................................................... 5

Break-In ...................................................................................................... 6

Minimum Radius Requirements ....................................................................... 6

Changing the Couplers ................................................................................. 6

Missing or Damaged Parts ............................................................................ 7

Checking and Adjusting Your Locomotive ........................................................ 7

What are all the Extra Bits? ........................................................................... 8

Removing the Shell ....................................................................................... 9

Operation – DC (Silent) ................................................................................. 9

Installing a Silent DCC Decoder ................................................................... 10

Operation – DC (Sound) ............................................................................. 10

Operation – DCC (Sound) ............................................................................11

•  Locomotive Address  .........................................................................11

•  Turn On the Sound .......................................................................... 12

•  Functions  ....................................................................................... 12

•  Functions: More Information  ............................................................ 13

•  Horns & Bells  ................................................................................. 15

•  Sound Volume Settings  ................................................................... 16

•  Factory Reset  ................................................................................. 17

•  More Information  ........................................................................... 17

Limited Lifetime Warranty  ........................................................................... 17

Acknowledgements  ................................................................................... 21

F7B/F9B DCC FUNCTION QUICK REFERENCE

F1

BELL 

F2

HORN

F3

FULL THROTTLE

F4

DYNAMIC BRAKE

 (CN USERS LEAVE THIS ALONE)

F8

STARTUP/MUTE/SHUTDOWN

F9

FRONT HEADLIGHT

F10

REAR HEADLIGHT

F11

BRAKE

F12

DOPPLER HORN − SLOW

This sound-equipped Rapido model features an ESU Loksound 

V5 decoder. For more information, please visit www.esu.eu.

Summary of Contents for Rapido F7B

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Page 2: ...be patient when you send something back When it comes to repairs it s something we don t rush We d rather get it right the one and only time we hope to ever see your model come into our warranty repairs department If you want to know the status of your warranty return you have two options 1 contact us directly and ask or 2 complain about us on an online forum or Facebook One of these methods will ...

Page 3: ...on DCC Sound 11 Locomotive Address 11 Turn On the Sound 12 Functions 12 Functions More Information 13 Horns Bells 15 Sound Volume Settings 16 Factory Reset 17 More Information 17 Limited Lifetime Warranty 17 Acknowledgements 21 F7B F9B DCC FUNCTION QUICK REFERENCE F1 BELL F2 HORN F3 FULL THROTTLE F4 DYNAMIC BRAKE CN USERS LEAVE THIS ALONE F8 STARTUP MUTE SHUTDOWN F9 FRONT HEADLIGHT F10 REAR HEADLI...

Page 4: ... the transition to the F9B production at GMD the last order came equipped with a 48 dynamic brake fan rather than the 36 fans on the previous F7Bs Finally in 1954 with the impending launch of The Canadian the following year CP took delivery of eight F9Bs numbers 1900 1907 to complement their order of 11 FP9As 1405 1415 purchased at the same time These new units came equipped with steam generators ...

Page 5: ... odd numbers of which the last unit was delivered in 1952 Seeing the advantages of using B units more in passenger service than in freight CN placed various orders for steam equipped F9Bs totaling 38 units which were delivered between 1954 and 1958 CN s order made them the last car body B units built by either EMD or GMD Beginning in 1954 CN received their first F9Bs numbers 6600 6612 classified a...

Page 6: ...urves and 4 crossovers If you want to run passenger trains on anything tighter try rapid transit modelling I hear streetcars can go around pretty tight corners Even though our model has sprung buffer plates the F7B F9B very much prefers broader curves especially if coupled to another unit or to a full length passenger car For tight radius curves we include an extra long long shank coupler in the b...

Page 7: ...in transit they are easily reattached with white glue such as Weldbond I can see a new horizon underneath the blazing sky I ll be where the eagle s flying higher and higher We prefer Weldbond over CA because it works just as well for most layout scenarios and is very easy to clean up There is no risk of damaging the paint job just wipe it up with a bit of warm water on a paper towel If any parts a...

Page 8: ...uffer plates should move smoothly and spring back quickly If not there may be binding check for flash or plastic shards that may cause any interference WHAT ARE ALL THE EXTRA BITS Thankfully or not when Josh ended up with the F7B F9B project things were a little bit more organized than the FP7 project of 2019 He still has nightmares about nose ladders Thankfully the B units didn t have noses and o...

Page 9: ...ll of course be happy to send you replacements Go back to your workbench You have to use the CP hand towel for this Everything else is not allowed Lay the F9B on its roof on the towel If you have a Pac Man Multimark logo towel it should be just to the right of the logo If you have any other CP logo towel please send it to us In fact we want the Pac Man Multimark towel too Do you have any CN ones W...

Page 10: ...stall a decoder you will need to open your F7B F9B remove the blind plug and install a 21 pin decoder You must use a 21 pin decoder rather than an 8 pin or 9 pin decoder This is clearly written in Rapido s laws and statutes section 43 subsection 122 paragraph 2175b We recommend the following 21 pin decoder ESU 59619 LokPilot V5 DCC with 21MTC The necessary resistors are included on our motherboard...

Page 11: ...st contact us for assistance then contact the third party controller manufacturer and tell them they wrecked your brand new Rapido F7B F9B Crying is optional but highly recommended to get best results OPERATION DCC SOUND Finding a fully working F7B or F9B with the original prime mover is rather difficult Thankfully the Canadian FP9A we recorded in 2009 has the exact same acoustics and prime mover ...

Page 12: ...from moving until the startup sequence has played out Most of us at Rapido are really impatient so we turned this feature off Refer to a full ESU LokSound decoder manual for more information You can download it from the Support section of our web site If you press F8 when the locomotive is already moving it will skip the startup and the sound will just turn on Press F8 again to turn the sound off ...

Page 13: ... case you have an A unit without sound should you choose to use it F2 Horns These units never had a horn Well they did but not the type you d expect on the roof of a usual locomotive They often had a single blatter horn on one end almost like a truck horn and was used exclusively for marshaling in yards when run solo using the previously mentioned hostler controls Again in the event you have a sil...

Page 14: ...CC system that only allows eight functions you can remap the functions following the guidelines in the ESU LokSound manual which can be downloaded from the support section of our web site Or you can upgrade to a newer DCC system which may be less stressful F9 Front Headlights F10 Rear Headlights Each end of your B unit is equipped with a headlight These were used primarily around yards and when re...

Page 15: ...sting the value of CV 307 Please refer to Sound Volume Settings below before attempting this If you want MORE COWBELL you are in the wrong hobby Note that not all B units have steam generators If yours does not do not use this function Don t make us get mad like we did back in the description for F4 Dynamic Brakes You wouldn t like us when we re angry And we should add that using steam on a freigh...

Page 16: ...too soft in another Fortunately the sound levels can be easily adjusted to best suit your own requirements and we recommend that you experiment with different settings if you don t care for the default levels To set the volume levels go into the program mode on your DCC system refer to your system s manual for instructions on how to do this as each system is slightly different enter the desired CV...

Page 17: ...sing Engine of Love and recite lines from the musical Starlight Express If that happens you have probably lost your mind But don t worry Just sit back grab some popcorn and enjoy the show Yes we mentioned the same song and musical with our FP7 FP9A manual but honestly it s such a good number we couldn t say no AWESOME SLOW SPEED THINGY ELIMINATED This is no longer a thing That s right there is no ...

Page 18: ... how long it will likely be until the Maple Leafs win the cup again that should be 75 years then you are on your own if there are any issues The entire Rapido crew will have hopefully won the lottery and each bought their own private rail cars since Jason set the bar so high himself with our sleeping car Edmundston There are several things that this warranty cannot cover If your F7B F9B arrives wi...

Page 19: ...pe that it gives you the same WOW factor as it did back when it was originally released And since it s been a while since we acknowledged those original contributors we d like to acknowledge them here all over again Special thanks go to the late Gord Hilderman Kevin Holland Don Jaworski Mark Kaluza Jakob Mueller and Brian Schuff As always thanks to Richard Longpre for the French translation which ...

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