Rapido 42015 HO C30-7 (DC): CSX - YN2 Scheme: #7041

Rapido is happy to announce the next in our series of classic General Electric locomotives, the C30-7 in HO scale.

The C30-7 was General Electric’s improvement of the U30C locomotive, featuring a 16-cylinder 3,000 horsepower diesel engine. Built between September 1976 and May 1986, over 1100 units were produced for many of the Class I railroads across the United States for use primarily in heavy-haul freight. A fair number would go on to have extended careers with both short/regional lines and private industrial railroads, owing to the locomotives reliability and pulling power.

It is, perhaps, the most polarizing locomotive from the 1980s and early 90s. The C30-7 was GE's answer to the SD40-2. When one thinks of Powder River and coal, the C30-7 isn't far behind. Burlington Northern owned the most in the States, with just over 240 examples. Santa Fe was a distant second with 157 C30s.

The C30-7 later gave way to the similar C36-7, as well as various unique models such as the Conrail C30-7A and the BC Rail C36-8m, rebuilt from former Conrail C30-7s.

Rapido’s new HO scale C30-7 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

Delivered in 1979

• • Rockwell truck sideframes with high brake cylinders
  • CSX #7036: Rockwell and Adirondack sideframes
  • 7-grille hood with extended range dynamic brakes
  • Late rear with raised numberboards and lower blanked class lights
  • Small early exhaust on CSX 7029, 7031, 7036
  • Late large silenced exhaust stack on CSX 7047
  • 2 window cab
  • Low nose headlight
  • Narrow CSX plow
  • Narrow CSX stepwells
  • Working ditch lights
  • CSX “coupler light” detail
  • Blanked class lights
  • Numerous unit-specific underbody details
  • Step lights