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  • Page 2: Read This Bit First

    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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    If you want to be really clever you can build a cassette so you can roll your train on and off the layout without uncoupling it or trying to pick it up. Your cassette should be four feet long to fit the entire APT-E. (Canada went metric back in the 1970s but Canadians ignore that when convenient.

  • Page 4: Checking And Assembling Your Apt-E

    APT-E DCC FUNCTION QUICK REFERENCE HEADLIGHT (ON/OFF) GAS TURBINE UNIT (TURN ON THE SOUND) TWO-TONE HORN LOW-PITCHED HORN HIGH-PITCHED HORN HYDRO-KINETIC (HK) BRAKING DOOR SLAMS DALE DIESEL RANDOM AIR PURGE CAB INTERIOR LIGHT ADDITIONAL GAS TURBINE START ADDITIONAL GAS TURBINE START OPEN CAB STEPS TILT PUMP SPEED-DEPENDENT DETONATORS...
  • Page 5 Checking your APT-E: • Remove both Power Cars and both Trailer Cars from the packaging. Check for any loose bits, especially the HK brake hoses on the bogies. Some of these may have come loose in transit. If little brake pipe-shaped thingies are floating around the packaging, then they have come loose.
  • Page 6 • Assembling your APT-E is truly a knack. Once you’ve got the knack, you can do it in sec- onds. But the first couple of times are very, very tricky. Doubtless people are going to com- plain on RMWeb about how inconvenient it is to assemble this train. It took us two years to develop this method, which allows for tilting, spreading apart on #2 radius curves, and running ten wires between each carriage.

  • Page 7: Running In

    • If you are having a panic attack, please visit our YouTube channel. We plan to upload a video showing how to assemble and disassemble your train. If it’s not there, please let us know. www.youtube.com/rapidotrains • If the APT-E power cars try to move in opposite directions, it means one or more of your inter-carriage plugs is misaligned.

  • Page 8: Opening Up Your Apt-E

    If the loose item is a nose or HK brake pipe, then it can easily be glued on with a dab of PVA. We always recommend PVA as it will not ruin your model should you make a mistake. It is also reversible by dabbing with warm water.

  • Page 9: Installing A Silent Dcc Decoder

    Some train set throttles put out a very high maximum voltage that is not suitable for scale model trains. The maximum recommended voltage is 15 volts DC. Similarly, controllers designed for large scale trains put out a much higher voltage than your APT-E can handle. If you use a train set throttle or a throttle designed for large scale trains, your locomotive’s circuitry may end up looking like some really nasty spag bol.

  • Page 10: Operation - Dcc (Sound)

    In DC, you cannot turn on any of the user-controlled sounds in your model. If you like operating models with advanced sound and lighting features, you might want to think about upgrading to DCC. In our North American product manuals it is at this point that we usually make some condescend- ing comments about DC control being to model railroading what the Robin Reliant is to the mod- ern automotive industry, but we’ve decided to leave those out lest we offend anyone.

  • Page 11: Dcc Functions

    If you change your mind and want to turn the turbine startup delay back on, give CV 124 a value of 21. If you completely mess up and the train starts to do weird stuff, see Factory Reset below. DCC FUNCTIONS Directional head and tail lights Gas turbine unit Two-tone horn (low-high)
  • Page 12 There were 10 gas turbines in total. Originally, four in each driving car were used for traction power and a fifth for auxiliary power (making ten in total in the train). The fifth turbine in each driv- ing car was converted to provide additional traction power and the aforementioned Dale diesel was added in its place to provide auxiliary power.

  • Page 13: Sound Volume Settings

    SOUND VOLUME SETTINGS The sound volumes on your decoder have been pre-set at the factory to levels suitable for exhibi- tion use. You will probably find the train WAY TOO LOUD for use at home or in your shed, unless your home or shed is next to an active quarry or atomic test site.

  • Page 14: Factory Reset

    FACTORY RESET On your APT-E, you perform a factory reset by entering a value of “8” into CV 8. Note that this will cause all of your new address, volume and motor settings to be lost, so you will need to reprogram any settings that you want to keep.

  • Page 15: Acknowledgements

    Bayer have written. All fans of the great experimental era of BR in the 1970s (like us!) owe Kit a huge debt of gratitude. He is undeniably a living legend. Rapido Trains Inc. • 500 Alden Road, Unit 21 • Markham • Ontario • L3R 5H5 • Canada Tel. 001-905-474-3314 • Fax 001-905-474-3325 • Email trains@rapidotrains.com...
  • Page 16 RAPIDO MAKES OTHER STUFF TOO, YOU KNOW. FOLLOW US ONLINE AND NEVER MISS ANOTHER NEW PRODUCT rapidouk.com facebook.com/rapidotrains youtube.com/rapidotrains...

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