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- Page 1 ENGLISH 1600 HP FREIGHT-PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE • RAPIDO TRAINS INCORPORATED MARKHAM, ONTARIO...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
We suggest that, after reading this manual, DO NOT try to pull a 40- car freight extra over the Appalachians. Instead, put your FA-2 or FPA-2 model on a test loop and just let it run in each direction for an hour or two. Fast and slow. - Page 8 The Rapido FA-2 and FPA-2 locomotives are provided with the correct details to match the units when first painted in their respective paint schemes. No two roadnames are alike with differences in grabs, horn, anticlimber, MU hoses, wind deflectors, winterization hatches, rear back up light and sill details.
- Page 10 Sinclair Antenna Canadian National and Canadian Pacific units were later provided with Sinclair radio antennas on the roof behind the horn. The two holes for this part are located inside the shell. Nose Access Grab Irons Around 1960 the Federal Railroad Authority (FRA) in the USA mandated that all cab units should have fixed access to the top of the nose for cleaning.
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Page 16: Sound Volume Settings
You can also adjust the relative volume levels of the different elements of the sound recordings. If you are the type of guy who wants his FA-2/FPA-2 bell heard in the next province or state, you have lots of room to increase its volume. Ours is set at level 65 of a possible 128. -
Page 17: Factory Reset
FACTORY RESET On your FA-2 or FPA-2, you perform a factory reset by entering a value of “8” into CV 8. Note that this will cause all of your new volume and motor settings to be lost, so you will need to reprogram any settings that you want to keep. -
Page 18: Acknowledgements
1” wide brush and house paint, adding realistic weathering by leaving your FA-2 or FPA-2 on a windswept shore for seven years, or any other damage caused by Acts of You that we haven’t mentioned 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...