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Rapido Trains RDC 6133 Operating Handbook

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  • Page 1 Français au verso.
  • Page 2 Hang on – if you’re reading this you’ve probably done that. Congratulations! You’re spared! As it’s now 2073, there is also a very good chance that Rapido Trains Inc. has not been dealing with model trains in some time, and is now managing and operating...
  • Page 3 For goodness’ sake, what is giving you these ideas? You can come visit any time, safely and securely. CONTACT US! Rapido Trains Inc. Canada: 500 Alden Road, Unit 21, Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5 USA: PO Box 796, Higganum, Connecticut 06441 Email: trains@rapidotrains.com...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS What’s New ...................... 5 Break-In ......................6 Caution: Applying Decals ................... 6 Changing the Couplers ..................6 Missing or Damaged Parts .................. 7 What Are All the Extra Bits? ................8 Interior Lights and Number Boards ..............10 Checking and Adjusting your RDC ..............

  • Page 5: What's New

    WHAT’S NEW? This run of RDC features a number of improvements, mentioned in more detail throughout these instructions. They include: • Interior lights and number boards can be turned off using a Rapido Lighter • Compressor sounds have been lowered so it stops thumping in your ear •...

  • Page 6: Break-In

    • Ran 6215 through all notches to check operation on its own power. All this just to get accurate recordings for one roadname (though it is our biggest-selling roadname!). These are the lengths we go to at Rapido! Thanks, Chris and John! BREAK-IN Every powered model needs a break-in period, and this is especially true with your RDC as it has not one but TWO motors.

  • Page 7: Missing Or Damaged Parts

    destroying the surrounding details, especially the really thin trapezoid-thing (we don’t know what it’s for either) that is liable to spring off into oblivion. Ping! Whooaaa!! There it goes. Snap the lid off the coupler box, replace the coupler, and snap the lid back on. Slide the coupler box back in and replace the screw.

  • Page 8: What Are All The Extra Bits

    WHAT ARE ALL THE EXTRA BITS? Like any real train, the RDCs went through several changes over their operating lives. We can’t represent every possible variation on the model, but we can certainly include a bunch of goodies for you to customize your model to match a specific era or photo- graph.
  • Page 9 • Front window grilles. These protect your locomo- tive engineers from debris caused by the clueless pickup driver who ignores the flashing lights and drives in front of your RDC. In the northeast, they also protected the engineer from concrete blocks suspended on ropes from bridges.

  • Page 10: Interior Lights And Number Boards

    move the shell before drilling. The ditch light LEDs are immediately behind the carbody and even the slightest punch through will damage them, and then you’ll need to contact us about repair options. If you already read the note about the Gyralite above, this is your second warning.

  • Page 11: Removing The Shell

    tory, but if the QC inspector spent all night at the barber there may be a couple of bugs. Doing a quick pre-service check will solve most operational glitches. • Check to see that all wheelsets are correctly in gauge using an NMRA RP-2 Stan- dards Gauge.

  • Page 12: Operation - Dc (Silent)

    OPERATION – DC (SILENT) If your RDC is not equipped with a sound decoder, it should function like most other HO scale locomotives. Put it on the track. Give it some juice. Watch it go. In DC, the following lights work: •...

  • Page 13: Operation - Dc With Sound

    write the function mapping to the 54615 decoder. If you don’t have a LokProgrammer, you can adjust CVs in the usual way. You know, if you want silent DCC it’s a heck of a lot easier to just order the sound model and turn off the sounds.

  • Page 14: Operation - Dcc With Sound

    OPERATION – DCC WITH SOUND We recorded a real RDC in service on the Conway Scenic Railroad back in October 2015. We also recorded a Cummins-powered RDC in 2018, but that wasn’t as lovely of a trip as it was just down the street. (You can watch our RDC videos at youtube.com/ rapidotrains).

  • Page 15: Functions

    LokSound Select decoder manual for more information. You can download it from the RDC page in the Support section of our web site. The feature is called the “Prime Mover Startup Delay” and at the time of writing it is on page 35 of the ESU manual. If you press F8 when the RDC is already moving, it will skip the startup and the sound will just turn on.
  • Page 16 F2 Horn The default horn recording is an M3H. If you have a VIA RDC, the default is a K3L. Choosing a default horn was a tough decision as there are so many horns used. You can change the default horn using CV 48. The complete list of included horns is below.
  • Page 17 F6 Ditch Lights (where applicable) F6 turns on the ditch lights. If your RDC does not have ditch lights, the LEDs are still there, and turning them on will make your RDC glow like it’s possessed. The ditch lights are directional.

  • Page 18: Sound Volume Settings

    F13 There is no F13 F14 Doppler Horn – Single Blatter The RDCs were delivered with a variety of single blatter horns, such as the A2 and its deeper cousin, the S2. We had a heck of a time finding clean Doppler recordings of any of these.

  • Page 19: Factory Reset

    RDC SOUND VOLUME SETTINGS DEFAULT DEFAULT FUNCTION RANGE YOUR VALUE (Detroit) (Cummins) MASTER VOLUME 0-192 DIESEL VOLUME 0-128 HORN VOLUME 0-128 BELL VOLUME 0-128 F5 DOPPLER VOLUME 0-128 F11 DOPPLER VOLUME 0-128 F14 DOPPLER VOLUME — 0-128 F15 DOPPLER VOLUME —...

  • Page 20: Motor Hum

    bell (press F1). We’ll say this again: Make sure you have plenty of room in front of and behind your RDC and it is not headed for an immovable obstacle or vertiginous drop in either direction. MOTOR HUM If you run your sound-equipped RDC with the sounds muted, you will notice a distinctive hum coming from the motors.

  • Page 21: Acknowledgements

    minutes with a toothpick and some white glue. Of course, damage caused by attaching real jet engines to the roof of your RDC (That’s right NYC modelers, we’re calling you out!), using it as a javelin (hey, practice makes perfect!), trying to put real people in the seats, strapping a pair to your shoes to use as HO scale roller skates, or any other new and usual damage caused by Acts of You that we haven’t mentioned here is not covered by the warranty.

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