Description
Pre-order — delivery date to be announced by Rapido. A 25% deposit is charged when you order; the balance is due when the item arrives and is ready to ship.
The Rapido 1017522 is an HO scale Santa Fe CF7 with the square cab in the Reading & Northern scheme, road number #1503 — DC/DCC/Sound with a factory-installed ESU LokSound 5 decoder. Pennsylvania's Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern operated CF7s in its early years, in a dignified dark green with yellow lettering that long predates the road's modern diesel fleet.
Santa Fe's Cleburne Shops rebuilt 233 tired F7 cab units into CF7 road switchers between 1969 and 1978 — one of the most successful locomotive rebuild programs of all time. Sold off to regionals and short lines in the mid-1980s, CF7s are still earning their keep today in California, Florida, Texas and beyond. Rapido's 2026 run adds ditch lights on appropriate road names and covers five cab and two hood variations with road-number-specific details.
- Square-cab CF7 with the correct open or closed sill assembly for this road number
- Working headlights, ground lights, number boards, beacon and ditch lights (where appropriate)
- Separate metal grab irons and handrails, etched grills and steps
- Full multi-colour cab interior with lighted gauges
- Incredible underbody detail — piping, draft gear, sand lines
- Heavy die-cast chassis; suggested minimum radius 18"
- ESU LokSound 5 DCC/Sound decoder with MoPower capacitor for uninterrupted power