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Product Information:
Rapido HO Scale GE B36-7 – Minnesota Commercial MNNR #76 (America 250) – DCC Sound
DC/DCC/Sound: ESU LokSound V5 decoder with the correct 16-cylinder FDL sound file 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 – Minnesota Commercial B36-7, Road Number 76:
- Phase III B36-7 with a 3,600hp 16-cylinder engine
- Correct 16-cylinder FDL sound file for sound equipped models
- Eight tall hood doors for the 16-cylinder engine
- Built as SBD 5884 in 1985, formerly CSX 5884, TTI 5884
- Rear hood has 7-grille arrangement
- Ex-SBD Close clearance walkways
- Raised rear numberboards
- Blanked lower rear class lights
- Blanked class lights on late nose with no headlight box
- Tall bathtub exhaust
- Rockwell FB-2 truck frames
- Rotating Timken bearings
- Front ditchlights
- Numberboard beacons (non functional)
- Roof antennas
- Digital fuel gauge
- Air dryer
- Plow
Most B36-7’s were built from 1981 onwards and feature Phase III specs except 4 early units delivered to the SSW in 1980 (these were essentially B30-7s with B36-7 internals). To celebrate America’s 250th, this release includes Minnesota Commercial #76, which was repainted in an America 250 scheme in late 2025. This B36-7 model comes with all the upgraded features of this project like step lights, walkway lights, rotating bearing caps and correct CSX style step wells.
Artwork and pre-production models are subject to change before final production.
