Rapido 27067 HO Scale Boston & Maine As Delivered EMD SW9 #1224 DC/Silent

HO Scale EMD SW9 Locomotive

Introducing the Rapido HO Scale EMD SW9 Locomotive — a museum-quality model of one of the most successful diesel switchers ever built. Roadname-specific details, smooth drive and razor-sharp paint and printing.

Features

• See-through metal etched parts
• Diecast gear boxes for added weight
• Rapido Semi Scale metal couplers
• Full LED lighting, including operating beacons/flashing lights where appropriate
• DC/Silent (21-pin DCC Ready) or DC/DCC/ESU LokSound
• Featuring the Rapido MoPower capacitor
• Hancock 4710 air whistle (without reflector)
• Plain bearing Flexicoil trucks

Overview

Rapido Trains Inc HO 27067 DCC Ready EMD SW9 Locomotive Boston & Maine 'As Delivered' B&M #1224

Boston & Maine B&M-specific features:

• Delivered in 1952
• "Trash can" style spark arrestors
• Deck mounted side handrails
• Hood mounted number boards (road number specific)
• Working double Pyle headlights

The Rapido Trains HO scale SW9 locomotive features:

•  Highly detailed cab interior
• See-through metal etched parts
• Many road specific details
• Heavy diecast frame 
• Diecast gear boxes for added weight
• Rapido Semi Scale metal couplers
• Full LED lighting, including: operating beacons/flashing lights where appropriate
• DC/Silent (21-pin DCC Ready) or DC/DCC/ESU LokSound**
• Featuring the Rapido MoPower capacitor

**Lombard Hobbies Recommendation - As modelers ourselves we highly recommend ONLY running DCC on DCC systems and DC on DC systems, regardless of 'Dual-Mode' capability. This gives optimum performance and safeguards the unit from possible damage from running on a different system than originally intended and from any inexperienced operator errors.

Prototype History:

The SW9 locomotive continued Electro-Motive Division's excellence of small, compact "switcher" engines for yard and local service. From November 1950 to December of 1953, nearly 800 SW9s were built in the LaGrange production facility. Meanwhile, in London, Ontario, GMDD rolled out 29 for Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. The SW9 was outfitted with the popular 567B prime mover, while a handful received the upgraded 567BC motors that would later be the power of the SW1200 series. A staggering 69 railroads (industrial, short lines and class one roads) would purchase the SW9! The Illinois Central received 70 SW9s, which was the largest order of the production run.

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