Rapido Trains HO EMD GP40

A Rapido Trains HO scale  (1:87.1) Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP40 diesel locomotive arrives in Model Railroader magazine’s workshop for review and testing! With cameras rolling, Senior Editor Cody Grivno takes a close look at the real-life EMD GP40, including the history of Western Pacific no. 3511, built by EMD in April 1967. The model features see-through footboard pilots, metal knuckle couplers, and factory-installed details like handrails and hoses. The review sample, which has an ESU LokSound V5 sound decoder, allows for a wide array of sound and light functions, including a headlight, bell, air horn, and even coupler crash sounds. Rapido Trains offers the model in several paint schemes, including Canadian National, Union Pacific, and Wisconsin Central. Single units with the ESU LokSound decoder retail for $349.95.

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If you are a manufacturer and have products you would like reviewed, please email Senior Editor Cody Grivno at cody.grivno@firecrown.com for more information.