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A Limited Edition Rapido Trains GE C30-7 Locomotive painted for freelance model railroad Virginian and Ohio!
The GE C30-7 by Rapido Trains is the very first Home Shops locomotive offering! We worked very closely with Brad and Brady McClelland on this historic Virginian and Ohio project. You can now add V&O motive power to your collection to pull your freelance rolling stock!
The legendary Virginian and Ohio is the well known freelance model railroad created by Allen McClelland. It requires very little introduction as it has been published in many places over the decades.
The late CSX version was selected as the core model for the Home Shops Virginian and Ohio locomotive as the simple details are in-line with what Allen's vision of a V&O Locomotive would have been.
This small-batch factory-painted locomotive is available in three road numbers, each in both DC/DCC/Sound and DC/Silent versions.
The Rapido Trains HO scale GE C30-7 general locomotive features:
- Correct nose and body contours
- High or Low headlights, as appropriate
- Correct Rockwell or Adirondack trucks, as appropriate
- Full traction motor casings details
- Heavy, die-cast weight for heavy hauling
- 5-pole skew-wound motor with dual flywheels
- Operating headlights and rear lights
- Operating roof-top beacons and class lights, where applicable
- Detailed underbody piping and conduit
- Separate grab irons and handrails
- Sound-equipped units feature ESU LokSound V5 decoders
Virginian and Ohio Specific GE C30-7 features:
- Delivered in 1979
- Rockwell truck side frames with high brake cylinders
- 7-grille hood with extended range dynamic brakes
- Late rear with raised number boards and lower blanked class lights
- Late large silenced exhaust stack
- 2 window cab
- Low nose headlight
- Narrow V&O plow
- Narrow V&O stepwells
- Ditch lights in poly bag for era upgrade
- V&O “coupler light” detail
- Blanked class lights
- Numerous unit-specific underbody details
- Step lights