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- Page 2 N SCALE TURBOTRAIN PRODUCT GUIDE Thank you for purchasing the first accurate N scale model ever produced of the United Aircraft TurboTrain. The Turbo, as it was usually called, is a particular favourite of us folks here at Rapido. You can honestly say that the Turbo is why we exist. Jason created Rapido to, in his words, “increase the number of TurboTrains in the world.”...
- Page 3 TurboTrain on their model railroad they will be thanking you for making it happen. This one’s for you, buddy. Jason Shron President Rapido Trains Inc. August 2018 CONTACT US! Rapido Trains Inc. 500 Alden Road, Unit 21...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Putting Your Train on the Track ................. 5 Break-In ........................ 5 Prototype Information ....................6 Nomenclature ......................6 Train Length and Arrangement ................. 7 Clean the Wheelsets ....................8 Traction Tires ......................8 Removing the Shell ....................9 Extra Parts ...................... -
Page 5: Putting Your Train On The Track
PUTTING YOUR TRAIN ON THE TRACK When putting your TurboTrain on the track for the first time, we advise having the power off to avoid causing a short circuit which could fry your train’s guts. On the bottom of each car is an arrow and a number. When assembling your train, the arrows MUST be facing the same way. -
Page 6: Prototype Information
PROTOTYPE INFORMATION The TurboTrain was designed and marketed by United Aircraft Corporate Systems Center (later Sikorsky Aircraft) as a gas turbine-powered, high-speed intercity train. Each train was powered by four or five Pratt & Whitney ST-6 gas turbine engines, with an additional gas turbine providing auxiliary power. -
Page 7: Train Length And Arrangement
The engine thingies are called Power Dome Cars, or PDC for short. The intermediate cars are appropriately called Intermediate Cars, or IC for short. Power is provided by a Dual Axle Truck at either end, and the intermediate trucks are called Single Axle Trucks. Each PDC and IC received a code according to its function and layout. -
Page 8: Clean The Wheelsets
Canadian Turbos operated briefly as seven-car trains: PDC-26 – IC-33 – IC-35 – IC-34 – IC-31 – IC-30 – PDC-27 The trains were rebuilt between 1971 and 1973, re-entering service as nine-car trains: PDC-26 – IC-33 – IC-33 – IC-35 – IC-31 – IC-34 – IC-30 – IC-31 – PDC-27 We did not tool IC-34 as it almost identical to IC-30 and IC-35. -
Page 9: Removing The Shell
REMOVING THE SHELLS First off, you should know that removing the shell may void your warranty. If you scratch or break an IC or PDC while trying to remove the shell, you are on your own. If you still want to continue, read on… •... -
Page 10: Installing Silent Dcc Decoders
DC-powered train set, please contact us before operating your TurboTrain as it may not be safe (for your engine and/or your wallet) for you to use your controller. Some train set throttles put out a very high maximum voltage that is not suitable for scale model trains. -
Page 11: Operation - Dcc With Sound
TurboTrain destroyed by a 1300 or any other “train set” DC controller. “Train set” DC controllers should not be used with sound-equipped models. MRC is really cheesed off that we include the above note in our manuals. Other MRC DC power packs are no problem, and we use them at our office. But please keep the 1300-series controllers away from your TurboTrain, cheese or no cheese. -
Page 12: Turn On The Sound
on that below. Once you have verified that the train is responding you should assign it a unique address before going any further. Both PDCs must have the same address. You need to program both PDCs together, at the same time. This can be done either on your programming track (recommended) or on the main if your system supports programming on the main. -
Page 13: Canada/Usa
CANADA/USA The default sound set on the Turbo model is Canadian. That’s because we sold more Canadian Turbos than American Turbos. To change to American sounds, press F17. If you are in the USA and your DCC system only has eight function buttons, you will need to learn French. - Page 14 F3 Gyralite The Gyralite was always on unless the Turbo was meeting another train, pulling into a station, or switching in the yard. F4 Throttle This is a modified version of ESU’s Full Throttle feature. If you want to give the Turbo some extra roar without increasing the speed, press F4 and give it some juice.
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Page 15: Sound Volume Settings
F18 Switching Mode When the Turbo was moved between Spadina and Union Station in Toronto, between the Turbo Bay and platform 12 at Central Station in Montreal, or around the yards in Providence, the front and rear headlights would be lit and on dim. Pressing F18 does this. -
Page 16: Sound Volume Settings Chart
TURBOTRAIN SOUND VOLUME SETTINGS FUNCTION DEFAULT RANGE YOUR VALUE MASTER VOLUME 0-192 TURBINE VOLUME 0-128 HORN VOLUME 0-128 BELL VOLUME 0-128 DOPPLER HORN VOLUME 0-128 ALL ABOARD VOLUME (PDC-26/28 ONLY) 0-128 TORONTO/NEW YORK VOLUME 0-128 MONTREAL/BOSTON VOLUME 0-128 GUILDWOOD/NEW HAVEN VOLUME 0-128 KINGSTON/PROVIDENCE VOLUME 0-128... -
Page 17: More Information
Set CV 54 to a value of 0. Then get out of programming mode and turn on the bell (press F1). We’ll say this again: Make sure you have plenty of room in front of your Turbo and it is not headed for the layout edge and the basement floor!!! Your Turbo will quickly take off at full speed and then stop rather suddenly while the decoder reads the motor responses. -
Page 18: Acknowledgements
your DCC settings and can’t fix it, we will be pleased help you. But depending on the nature of the problem we may have to charge for the repair. Of course, damage caused by running your Turbo off an N scale cliff, operating your Turbo on a British layout with low bridges, using your Turbo as a hair curler, attempting to install a real gas turbine inside it, weathering it with latex house paint, or any other damage caused by Acts of You that we haven’t mentioned here is not covered by the...