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Product Information:
Rapido HO Scale GE B23-7 – Santa Fe ATSF #6408 – DC Version
DC/Silent: 21-pin DCC Ready (no decoder or sound installed). Mo-Power capacitor system for uninterrupted operation in DCC.
HO Scale B23-7, B30-7, B30-7A Locomotives features:
- “Phase III” details for the wide variety of Dash-7 4-axle models
- Headlights and rear lights
- Tri-color class lights (where applicable)
- Ditch lights (where applicable)
- Lit numberboards
- Walkway Lights
- Step lights
- Full traction motor casing details
- Rotating bearing caps
- Metal brake chain on engineer’s side
- Detailed underbody piping and conduit
- Separate grab irons
- Rapido’s innovative dead straight metal side handrails with plastic stanchions
- Detailed cab interior
- Lighted control stand
- Heavy, die-cast weight for heavy hauling
- 5-pole skew-wound motor with dual flywheels
- Sound-equipped units feature ESU LokSound V5 decoders
- Many road specific details – see table
- Suggested minimum radius: 18"
Road Specific Details – Santa Fe B23-7, Road Numbers 6405 - 6418:
- Phase III B23-7 with a 2,300hp 12-cylinder engine
- Correct 12-cylinder FDL sound file for sound equipped models
- Six tall hood doors for the 12-cylinder engine
- 6405-6418 built in 1984, ATSF’s final B23-7 order
- Rear hood has 7-grille arrangement
- Raised rear numberboards
- Lower rear class lights
- Front class lights
- Tall bathtub exhaust
- AAR trucks
- Rotating Timken bearings
- Anticlimber, plow
- Rooftop A/C unit
Prototype photo: Santa Fe 6414 (same 6405-6418 order), El Paso, IL, 1985 – public domain (CC0) image via Wikimedia Commons. Artwork and pre-production models are subject to change before final production.
