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APT-E PRODUCT GUIDELINES
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THE “READ THIS BIT FIRST” BIT BELOW BEFORE
YOU TAKE THE MODEL OUT OF THE BOX.
If it’s too late and you already took it out of the box, then we’re so, so sorry.
Thank you for purchasing this exclusive APT-E model produced by Rapido Trains Inc. for Locomo-
tionmodels.com’s
National Collection in Miniature
series.
This may be Rapido’s first British outline model but it is by no means our first model. Rapido has
been producing museum-quality model trains for the North American market since 2005.
You, our fine customer, are likely located in the United Kingdom. We, the producers of this fine
model, are located in a suburb of Toronto, Canada. We’re currently buried under 13 feet of snow.
It finally melts by August 20th when the next season’s snowfall starts.
Should you have any problems with your APT-E, our unique geographical arrangement means that
you can’t just pop by our office to bring it in for repair. Well, you can – but you would need to be
parachuted in with a pair of snow shoes strapped to your back.
Please refer to pages 7 (missing or damaged parts) and 14 (sending in your APT-E for repair).
Please don’t just send the model back to Locomotion. Get in touch first and we’ll see how we can
solve your issue. We actually have a handy-dandy authorized repair guy in Yorkshire, ee by gum!
If it is the year 2075 and you’ve finally decided to open your APT-E, then I’m afraid that most
of us at Rapido are probably pushing up the daisies. Should you have an issue with your train,
you can try contacting our grandkids but they will either laugh at you or call the police. Actually,
Rapido Dan’s probably still alive. You can reach him at Shady Maples Nursing Home in Moose
Jaw, Saskatchewan. He’s the 90-something guy dozing by the entrance, drooling into a bib with
the Toronto Transit Commission logo on it.
If the previous few paragraphs have upset you in any way or caused you to shake your head and
mutter to yourself about people not taking things seriously any more, then you are really not going
to like the rest of this manual. Please find a friend with a good sense of humour and ask him or her
to read it and fill you in with the relevant bits about how not to break your train.
READ THIS BIT FIRST
Before operating your APT-E, please be aware of the following important pieces of information.
1. The articulated bogies and plugs connecting the carriages are extremely fiddly for the un-
initiated. If you don’t read the instructions first, you can easily break the connecting plugs
while assembling your train.
The section of the instructions that explains how to inspect and put your APT-E together for
the first time begins on page 4. We actually suggest that you try your darnedest to leave
your APT-E coupled together at all times. If you have to move your APT-E by hand, picking
up your complete four-car train
WILL RESULT IN DISASTER.
Please at least separate it
into two halves before using manual labour to move it.
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