FP9A GPA-17d w/DCC and Sound
(VIA on Nose to 1989)

VIA Rail  No. 6525

It's About Time, Eh?

For decades, CN and VIA modellers have been out of luck.

If you wanted to model a diesel-era passenger train, your options for locomotives were very limited.

The real trains were usually hauled by the FP9A, CN's most prevalent passenger locomotive.

In ready-to-run plastic, you could choose between an F7 (which really almost always hauled freight) or worse, an FP7 with an added detail or two and passed off as a Canadian FP9.

As one of Canada's leading manufacturers of model trains, Rapido Trains Inc. is well suited to bring out the first accurate model of Canada's leading passenger diesel of the 20th century, working with the CN Lines Special Interest Group as well as several expert modellers and retired CN employees to make sure that this model of the FP9A is absolutely perfect.

Based on photos of every locomotive number, each model will have the correct details worn at one time by its prototype, including the various nose grab iron arrangements.

That's right - these models will have road number specific details.

Correct details, from the fuel tanks to the end doors, from the 36" or 48" fans to the correct number of pipes in the roof-mounted cooling coils will be correctly placed at the factory for each road number.

• DC/DCC with Sound (DCC-ready DC-only version also available)
• Canon (or equivalent) motor and smooth-running mechanism
• Road-number and era-specific details for CN and VIA applied at the factory, including different grab iron arrangements, winterization hatch style, cooling pipe style, headlight style, and nose details
• Correct fuel tank, end door, and other CN-specific details
• See-through fans
• Separate underbody air piping and rerailers
• Metal Macdonald-Cartier Knuckle Couplers mounted at correct height
• Operational headlight and user-applied ditch lights
• Operational class lights and backup light (DCC)
• Sound-equipped version has accurate CN sounds including Canadian horns
• Sound-equipped version comes with remote control for sound operation in DC
• Several road numbers plus unnumbered available
• Decals with alternative locomotive numbers provided
• 100% accurate for the Canadian FP9A

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