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 1074013 is an HO scale GE B23-7 in the Lhoist North America scheme, road number #4021 — DC/Silent (21-pin DCC-ready). Road-specific details: high short hood and ditch lights.
GE's Dash-7 line arrived in late 1976 with dozens of internal updates over the Universal series — every Dash-7 has the wider hood section ahead of the radiators and the protruding radiator wings. Rapido's Phase III B-Boats are a first in HO with the correct details and dimensions: B23-7, B30-7, B36-7 and the unmistakable cabless B30-7A that Burlington Northern ordered in 1982 and 1983.
- Phase III Dash-7 details, correct contours and road-number-specific equipment
- Full LED lighting — lit number boards, step and walkway lights; ditch lights, beacons and tri-colour class lights where applicable
- Insane underbody piping, wiring and conduit detail, metal brake chains, rotating bearing caps
- FB-2 or AAR-style trucks as appropriate, full traction-motor casing detail
- Heavy die-cast frame, semi-scale metal couplers; suggested minimum radius 18"
- 21-pin DCC-ready socket — add your own decoder