Early Rapido F unit

[Ray Marinaccio]

This is an old rapido F unit I rebuilt for the Maricopa Express Youth Railway.
I'm amazed how well it runs seeing how crude the mechanizm is.

 

[Ray Marinaccio]

The crude drive. Only 4 wheel drive.

 

[Ray Marinaccio]

Here's another one I repaired for the M.E.Y.R. . It's a brass Hallmark M-190. I hope they have the other half.

 

[60103]

Ray:
The giveaways about how old the F unit is are the 4 wheel drive and the pin on the front coupler.
The Pin was to connect with something else, but I'm not sure what.
Some early N gauge units had a rigid 2 axle frame with pivoting 1 axle trucks, with the truck frames coming back over the rigid drive axles, making the unit a 2-4-2.
I though it was only switchers, but it looks as if the F unit has it too.

 

[Ray Marinaccio]

David,
I am rebuilding one of the Rapido Baldwin switchers too. They use the same chassis, the only difference is the front weight. In fact the chassis shown is from the switcher. I had to strip its shell of a nasty paint job.
These locos can really move. I'll bet a race with an Athearn Hustler would be a close match.

 

[jon-monon]

I'll bet a race with an Athearn Hustler would be a close match.

Your on! Oh, wait, I forgot I geared my hustler down. Now it creeps