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RTI-1836-7
OPERATING MANUAL
B36-7
DIESEL-ELECTRIC
LOCOMOTIVE
R A PIDO
T R A INS

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  • Page 1 RTI-1836-7 OPERATING MANUAL B36-7 DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE R A PIDO T R A INS...
  • Page 2 GE B36-7 LOCOMOTIVE PRODUCT GUIDELINES Thank you for purchasing this model of the one of the most under-appreciated locomotives of the 1980s, the GE B36-7. This is the first time this locomotive has been released in a ready-to-run model, and it is also Rapido’s first modern-ish US freight locomotive too.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Prototype History....................4 Break-In ......................4 How to Hold your B36-7 ..................5 Checking and Adjusting Your Locomotive .............. 5 Missing or Damaged Parts .................. 6 Additional Features .................... 6 Removing the Shell ..................... 8 Operation – DC (Silent) ..................9 Installing a Silent DCC Decoder .................

  • Page 4: Prototype History

    PROTOTYPE HISTORY Replacing the “Universal Series” U36B in the GE catalogue, the first prototype B36-7 locomotives were built at Erie, Pennsylvania in 1980 for the St Louis SouthWestern, otherwise known as the Cotton Belt. Initial orders were hampered by the recession of 1981-2;...

  • Page 5: How To Hold Your B36-7

    out any jerky operation in a new motor. We suggest that, after reading this manual, you put your B36-7 on a test loop and just let it run in each direction for an hour or two. Fast and slow. Don’t have it pulling anything either while you’re breaking it in. There already should be enough grease in the gearbox so you don’t need to add any.

  • Page 6: Missing Or Damaged Parts

    • Check to see that all wheelsets are correctly in gauge using an NMRA RP-2 Standards Gauge. Should any of the wheelsets be out of gauge, then remove the affected wheelset from the truck by prying off the bottom lid of the gearbox with a small flat screwdriver and then spreading apart the sideframes.
  • Page 7 Seaboard fans, we’ve got nothing for you). With that said, let’s have a look at what some of the special B36-7 features are: STRATOLITE BEACON Everyone likes twinkly lights, and Santa Fe knew what they were doing when they put a rotary beacon on the roof of many locomotives. But it wasn’t a true rotary.

  • Page 8: Removing The Shell

    two fold: New York State required lit markers on all trains day or night (even for light engine moves) and Conrail was also a user of tail-end pushers (or helpers) on several lines, so the need for the red markers was understandable. SOUND BAFFLES When the B36-7 was designed and tested, engineers probably didn’t expect the upgraded units to put out as much noise as they did.

  • Page 9: Operation - Dc (Silent)

    recommend pulling the cab straight up, since there are channels on the long and short hoods which the cab slides into. You can tilt it a bit forwards or backwards in order to get the clips free, just not too much. Patience will be key here.

  • Page 10: Installing A Silent Dcc Decoder

    If you use a train set throttle or a throttle designed for large scale trains, your locomotive’s circuitry may end up looking like a TV dinner forgotten in the microwave after you accidentally punched in an extra digit into the timer. In such situations, we’ll try our best to fix it for you, but it may be beyond salvaging.

  • Page 11: Operation - Dc (Sound)

    OPERATION – DC (SOUND) To operate your sound-equipped B36-7 locomotive on a DC layout, just give the throttle some juice. The engine will start up once sufficient voltage has been reached (around seven volts). See the note above (in Operation – DC (Silent)) about using train-set or large-scale throttles.

  • Page 12: Operation - Dcc (Sound)

    OPERATION – DCC (SOUND) We go to extreme lengths for accuracy, in sounds as well as in looks. Our sound decoders are LokSound V5 decoders by ESU, with Full Throttle functionality, programmed with correct sounds from a real GE B36-7. So you can rest assured that the sounds are bang-on accurate.

  • Page 13: Functions

    feature off. Refer to a full ESU LokSound V5 decoder manual for more information. You can now download it from the Support section of our web site. The feature is called the “Prime Mover Startup Delay” and is Section 13.2 on Page 89 of the ESU LokSound V5 manual.
  • Page 14 F1 Bell Probably one of the most difficult sounds to master is the bell, because it’s such a noticeable feature and no matter what, chances are they all had their own unique tone to them, whether they were air operated or electric. So it really is up to the user to chose a bell to their liking.
  • Page 15 the horn using F2, the ditch lights will flash until a few seconds after the audio stops. If you are using the Doppler horn, you need to press F16 to start flashing your ditch lights and F16 again to stop them from flashing. And BC Rail customers, due to Canadian regulations, your ditch lights don’t flash at all.
  • Page 16 F10 Brake F10 works just like the brakes on a real engine. Press F10 and you put on the brakes. Turn off F10 and the brakes come off so you start moving again. ESU’s Drive Hold feature has made the brake function more popular, so we’ve moved it up to F10 to match the ESU standard.

  • Page 17: Custom Sound Settings

    to-run model for once. Press F13 to enable these and press F13 again to turn them off. These were installed to improve visibility in the mountainous regions of the BC interior and could be found on almost anything BC Rail owned. Didn’t their vans (that’s “caboose”...

  • Page 18: Sound Volume Settings

    The default horn on your model is a Leslie S-3L-R. We have zero scientific justification for doing this other than it sounded nice during a blindfold test with our secretary without her permission. You can change the default horn by changing the value of CV 163.

  • Page 19: Sound Volume Settings Chart

    — VERY IMP ORTAN T — Before you manually change any of the volume control CVs, you must set CV 31 to 16 and then CV 32 to 1. CV 31 and CV 32 are used as index selection registers and if you don’t set them first, unspeakable things may happen to your unit.

  • Page 20: Awesome Slow Speed Thingy

    We also don’t know how to change the play-by-play voice to Pat Summerall either, so just sit back, grab some pretzels and enjoy the game. By the way, pay no attention to the person breaking into your layout room attempting to steal your Rapido B36-7 because they misread the instructions on Page 4.

  • Page 21: More Information

    MORE INFORMATION While addressing the features that most modelers will need for normal operation, these instructions have covered just a small number of the many customizable features of your ESU LokSound decoder. For advanced users who want to more fully explore the capabilities of the decoder we suggest downloading the ESU LokSound V5 decoder manual.

  • Page 22: Acknowledgements

    French version of this manual which he so eloquently wrote, it’s only available on our website rather than being an additional 20-ish pages of this manual. Sorry Richard, maybe next time. CONTACT US! Rapido Trains Inc. Tel. (905) 474-3314 500 Alden Road, Unit 21 Toll Free 1-855-LRC-6917 Markham, Ontario Fax.
  • Page 23 Transkentucky Transportation B36-7 #5815, which was measured and 3D scanned for the Rapido B36-7 Project.
  • Page 24 RTI-1836-7 R A PIDO T R A INS...

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