Rapido 42626 HO Scale Union Pacific GE C36-7 #2609 (DCC/Sound)

Union Pacific #2609 wears Armour Yellow with harbor mist gray and a red stripe, lettered for the 1996 renumbering, on Rapido's HO scale General Electric C36-7. This release carries an ESU LokSound V5 decoder plus Rapido MoPower.

• Armour Yellow with harbor mist gray and red stripe, road number 2609, 1996 renumbering
• Tooled variations: four-window, modified four-window or two-window cabs
• 4-, 7- or late 7-grille hoods, early or late rear phases, early or silenced exhaust
• Correct Rockwell or Adirondack trucks
• Operating headlights and class, marker or ditch lights where applicable
• Operating step lights and numberboards, detailed cab interior
• Heavy die-cast weight, five-pole skew-wound motor with dual flywheels
• ESU LokSound V5 decoder and Rapido MoPower

The C36-7 was GE's higher-horsepower six-axle Dash-7, powered by a sixteen-cylinder 3,600 or 3,750 horsepower diesel engine. Just over 599 were built between July 1979 and February 1989, including domestic orders for Conrail, Missouri Pacific, Norfolk & Western and Norfolk Southern.