Rapido 42120 HO Scale Norfolk & Western Claytor GE C36-7 #8527 DC/Silent

Norfolk & Western Features:

Delivered in 1978-79

• Adirondack truck sideframes with high brake cylinders and triple-clasp brakes
• 4-grille hood without extended range dynamic brakes
• Late rear with raised numberboards and lower class lights
• Large "silenced" exhaust
• 2-window cab
• N&W-specific lower pilot step
• Firecracker antenna
• Smooth nose
• Large N&W plow
• Class lights

The Rapido HO Scale C36-7 Locomotive features:

• Headlights and rear lights
• Class lights, marker lights, or ditch lights, where applicable
• Step lights
• Lit numberboards
• Full traction motor casing 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
• Sound-equipped units feature ESU Loksound V5 decoders
• Many road specific details

Prototype Information:

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.

In March 1981, GE built the first domestic order of C36-7's – a small order of 6 for Norfolk and Western. N&W received 25 more C36-7's in the "Claytor" scheme a year later in 1982. All of the N&W units featured a slight late-production change in hood doors and seams behind the cab,