Rapido 042132, HO GE C36-7, Standard DC, Union Pacific #9036, 1988 Reletter

Model Features:

• Operating headlights, class lights, marker lights or ditch lights where applicable
• Operating step lights and numberboards
• Correct Rockwell or Adirondack trucks, as appropriate
• Full traction motor casing details
• Four window, four window (modified) or two window cab
• 4-grille, 7-grille, or late 7 grille hood
• Dynamic brake “hump” (MP, UP, NS)
• Early rear (flush numberboards) or later rear phases (raised numberboards)
• Early or late (silenced) exhaust
• Road specific battery box doors on both sides
• Close clearance stepwells (NS)
• Four-step stepwells (CR)
• Low-height dropsteps (NW)
• Road-specific horns and cab details
• 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
• MoPower capicitor equipped
• Sound-equipped units feature ESU Loksound V5 DCC & Sound decoders

Prototype & Model Overview: The C36-7 was General Electric’s higher-horsepower six-axle Dash-7 offering, with a 16-cylinder 3,600 horsepower or 3,750 hp rating (compared to the C30-7's 3,000 hp.) Built between July 1979 and February 1989, over 599 total units were produced. Of those, 129 were domestic orders for Conrail, Missouri Pacific, Norfolk & Western, and Norfolk Southern. Another 40 were made for Ferrocarril del Pacifico and National de Mexico.