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car, Edmundston. The rest of us have also retired but probably don’t have the luxury of
our own private rail car. And we’re not bitter at all. Really.
There are a number of things that this warranty cannot cover. If your RS-18 arrives with a
couple of loose grab irons or underbody bits, there is a very good chance that you can
effect a repair in less time and effort than it would take to contact us. Don’t be afraid to
do some model railroading! White glue, such as Weldbond, works wonders for securing
all sorts of parts and will not mar or damage your paint. However, if parts are missing
that is another story – call us or send us an email and we’ll send you some replacements.
Of course, damage caused by running your locomotive at full speed around a 15”-radius
curve along the edge of your layout, modifying your locomotive to work off diesel fuel,
somehow adding a performance exhaust system to really make it sound like an old
MLW, pouring fuel on it and lighting it on fire to make it smoke like an old MLW, or any
other damage caused by you that we haven’t been able to cover here is not covered by
the warranty. However, if catastrophe does strike and your locomotive gets damaged,
please give us a shout and we’ll do our best to help you out. Yes, even if it was your fault
we will try our best to fix your locomotive for you. Don’t be shy.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The RS-18 project was one of those born from devotion and passion, right from the
beginning. The RS-18 has long been one of those locomotives that just screams “I am
Canadian” and whenever a locomotive can say that, we go the extra mile to ensure that
it’s been given the Rapido treatment from start to finish. Of course to do so means that
we have to call upon some experts for their input.
Thanks go to: Dan Dell’Unto, John Eull, Ken Goslett, John Eull, Ken Goslett, Kevin
Holland, Don Jaworski, Mark Kaluza, Neal Keirn, Steve Lucas, Greg Martin, Dave
Minshal, David Monte Verde, John Morris, Jakob Mueller, Luc Nowlan, Railview Model
Railway Club, John Riddell, Brian Schuff, John Slean and Normand Thibodeau. And
a special thank you goes out to the men and women of the Depew, Lancaster and
Western Railroad and the Falls Road Railroad Company, both part of the Genesee
Valley Transportation Company.
And we have Richard Longpre to thank once again for yet another attempt at
understanding the English language. We often don’t give him enough credit for translating
this manual word for word, letter for letter, but somehow he manages to do it. In the
event there’s an error in here, it is entirely the fault of Richard and certainly not the fault
of the person trying to copy and paste his translation into this manual. No, certainly not.