Guaranteed Pre-Order Deadline is January 15th, 2027After closing, you may still place a pre-order and we will attempt to acquire one for you.Estimated Delivery Date Is: TBA
Product Information:
Rapido HO Scale GE B30-7 – CSX CSXT 5565 – DC VersionDC/Silent: 21-pin DCC Ready (no decoder or sound installed). Mo-Power capacitor system for uninterrupted operation in DCC.
HO Scale B23-7, B30-7, B30-7A Locomotives features:
- “Phase III” details for the wide variety of Dash-7 4-axle models
- Headlights and rear lights
- Tri-color class lights (where applicable)
- Ditch lights (where applicable)
- Lit numberboards
- Walkway Lights
- Step lights
- Full traction motor casing details
- Rotating bearing caps
- Metal brake chain on engineer’s side
- Detailed underbody piping and conduit
- Separate grab irons
- Rapido’s innovative dead straight metal side handrails with plastic stanchions
- Detailed cab interior
- Lighted control stand
- Heavy, die-cast weight for heavy hauling
- 5-pole skew-wound motor with dual flywheels
- Sound-equipped units feature ESU LokSound V5 decoders
- Many road specific details – see table
- Suggested minimum radius: 18″
Road Specific Details – CSX B30-7, Road Numbers 5561 – 5580:
- Phase III B30-7 with a 3,000hp 16-cylinder engine
- Correct 16-cylinder FDL sound file for sound equipped models
- Eight tall hood doors for the 16-cylinder engine
- Built as C&O 8279-8298 in 1981
- Rear hood has 4-grille arrangement
- Raised rear numberboards
- Blanked lower rear class lights
- Blanked class lights on nose
- Tall bathtub exhaust
- Adirondack or Rockwell FB-2 truck frames
- Rotating Timken bearings
- Front ditchlights
- Rear ditchlights
- Digital fuel gauge
- Air dryer
- Plow or no plow, per unit
- Knuckles on rear pilot
Chessie ordered 20 Phase III B30-7’s featuring a distinctly Chessie look – AAR Type-B trucks and rock pilots. The same 20 units went to CSX yet end up looking so different that it is hard to tell. CSX swapped the trucks to FB-2’s, blanked the class lights, added ditch lights to both ends, and added electronic fuel gauges and air dryers. One of these units, Minnesota Commercial 49, is still in active service on the railroad with the same features.
Artwork and pre-production models are subject to change before final production.
