{"title":"Rapido CF7","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe CF7 began as a Santa Fe idea: instead of scrapping its worn-out streamlined F7s, the railroad rebuilt them between 1970 and 1978 at its Cleburne, Texas shops into hood units with a road switcher cab, usable anywhere on the system. Later sold to dozens of short lines, they spread from New England to Mexico. Rapido reproduces the 2026 run in HO scale with an ESU LokSound DCC and sound decoder factory-installed and the MoPower capacitor system. Every version offered here is DCC and sound. Pre-order.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rapido-trains-ho-locomotive-emd-cf7-avec-dcc-et-son-at-sf-warbonnet","title":"Rapido Trains HO – EMD CF7 Locomotive with DCC and Sound – AT\u0026SF (Warbonnet)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLooking for a branchline engine with an unusual past? By the late 1960s the Santa Fe's fleet of F-units was wearing out, and the railroad needed close to 200 locomotives for its secondary and branch lines. Rather than buy new, its Cleburne shops stripped the carbodies down to the engine room floor, replaced the underframes with deep side sills and grafted on a GP7-style hood with steps — the CF7 was born. From the first unit in 1969 through 1978, 233 machines left the shops, making the program one of the most successful rebuilds in railroading history. Sold off to regionals and short lines from the mid-1980s onward, a number of them are still at work today in California, Florida and Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis model reproduces the CF7 in the Santa Fe's Warbonnet livery — the railroad that designed and built the machine, where the whole CF7 story began. Rapido captures the cab and hood variations of the prototype, the open- or closed-slot side sills, and an impressive amount of road- and number-specific detail. ESU LokSound DCC and sound decoder factory-installed, MoPower capacitor system for uninterrupted power, and a heavy die-cast chassis. 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By the late 1960s the Santa Fe's fleet of F-units was wearing out, and the railroad needed close to 200 locomotives for its secondary and branch lines. Rather than buy new, its Cleburne shops stripped the carbodies down to the engine room floor, replaced the underframes with deep side sills and grafted on a GP7-style hood with steps — the CF7 was born. From the first unit in 1969 through 1978, 233 machines left the shops, making the program one of the most successful rebuilds in railroading history. Sold off to regionals and short lines from the mid-1980s onward, a number of them are still at work today in California, Florida and Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis model reproduces the CF7 in the colours of the Aberdeen \u0026amp; Rockfish, a North Carolina short line — exactly the sort of operator that gave these machines a second career after the Santa Fe sold them off. Rapido captures the cab and hood variations of the prototype, the open- or closed-slot side sills, and an impressive amount of road- and number-specific detail. ESU LokSound DCC and sound decoder factory-installed, MoPower capacitor system for uninterrupted power, and a heavy die-cast chassis. 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By the late 1960s the Santa Fe's fleet of F-units was wearing out, and the railroad needed close to 200 locomotives for its secondary and branch lines. Rather than buy new, its Cleburne shops stripped the carbodies down to the engine room floor, replaced the underframes with deep side sills and grafted on a GP7-style hood with steps — the CF7 was born. From the first unit in 1969 through 1978, 233 machines left the shops, making the program one of the most successful rebuilds in railroading history. Sold off to regionals and short lines from the mid-1980s onward, a number of them are still at work today in California, Florida and Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis model reproduces the CF7 in the colours of the Ashley, Drew \u0026amp; Northern, an Arkansas lumber short line — one of the operators that gave the CF7s a second career after the Santa Fe sold them off. Rapido captures the cab and hood variations of the prototype, the open- or closed-slot side sills, and an impressive amount of road- and number-specific detail. ESU LokSound DCC and sound decoder factory-installed, MoPower capacitor system for uninterrupted power, and a heavy die-cast chassis. Two road numbers are offered. 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By the late 1960s the Santa Fe's fleet of F-units was wearing out, and the railroad needed close to 200 locomotives for its secondary and branch lines. Rather than buy new, its Cleburne shops stripped the carbodies down to the engine room floor, replaced the underframes with deep side sills and grafted on a GP7-style hood with steps — the CF7 was born. From the first unit in 1969 through 1978, 233 machines left the shops, making the program one of the most successful rebuilds in railroading history. Sold off to regionals and short lines from the mid-1980s onward, a number of them are still at work today in California, Florida and Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis model reproduces the CF7 in the colours of the Gloster Southern, a Mississippi short line — one of those small southern operators that gave the CF7s a second career after the Santa Fe sold them off. Rapido captures the cab and hood variations of the prototype, the open- or closed-slot side sills, and an impressive amount of road- and number-specific detail. ESU LokSound DCC and sound decoder factory-installed, MoPower capacitor system for uninterrupted power, and a heavy die-cast chassis. Two road numbers are offered. 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By the late 1960s the Santa Fe's fleet of F-units was wearing out, and the railroad needed close to 200 locomotives for its secondary and branch lines. Rather than buy new, its Cleburne shops stripped the carbodies down to the engine room floor, replaced the underframes with deep side sills and grafted on a GP7-style hood with steps — the CF7 was born. From the first unit in 1969 through 1978, 233 machines left the shops, making the program one of the most successful rebuilds in railroading history. Sold off to regionals and short lines from the mid-1980s onward, a number of them are still at work today in California, Florida and Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis model reproduces the CF7 in the colours of the Massachusetts Central, a New England short line — a livery well off the beaten path of the South and Midwest where these machines are usually found. Rapido captures the cab and hood variations of the prototype, the open- or closed-slot side sills, and an impressive amount of road- and number-specific detail. ESU LokSound DCC and sound decoder factory-installed, MoPower capacitor system for uninterrupted power, and a heavy die-cast chassis. 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By the late 1960s the Santa Fe's fleet of F-units was wearing out, and the railroad needed close to 200 locomotives for its secondary and branch lines. Rather than buy new, its Cleburne shops stripped the carbodies down to the engine room floor, replaced the underframes with deep side sills and grafted on a GP7-style hood with steps — the CF7 was born. From the first unit in 1969 through 1978, 233 machines left the shops, making the program one of the most successful rebuilds in railroading history. Sold off to regionals and short lines from the mid-1980s onward, a number of them are still at work today in California, Florida and Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis model reproduces the CF7 in the colours of Mexicana de Cobre, a copper mining operator in northern Mexico — a rare livery that speaks to the international career of these machines and brings something truly different to a layout. Rapido captures the cab and hood variations of the prototype, the open- or closed-slot side sills, and an impressive amount of road- and number-specific detail. ESU LokSound DCC and sound decoder factory-installed, MoPower capacitor system for uninterrupted power, and a heavy die-cast chassis. Two road numbers are offered. 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By the late 1960s the Santa Fe's fleet of F-units was wearing out, and the railroad needed close to 200 locomotives for its secondary and branch lines. Rather than buy new, its Cleburne shops stripped the carbodies down to the engine room floor, replaced the underframes with deep side sills and grafted on a GP7-style hood with steps — the CF7 was born. From the first unit in 1969 through 1978, 233 machines left the shops, making the program one of the most successful rebuilds in railroading history. Sold off to regionals and short lines from the mid-1980s onward, a number of them are still at work today in California, Florida and Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis model reproduces the CF7 in the colours of MidSouth Rail, the Mississippi regional created from the break-up of the Illinois Central in the mid-1980s — a company that built its roster on exactly this kind of second-hand power. Rapido captures the cab and hood variations of the prototype, the open- or closed-slot side sills, and an impressive amount of road- and number-specific detail. ESU LokSound DCC and sound decoder factory-installed, MoPower capacitor system for uninterrupted power, and a heavy die-cast chassis. Four road numbers are offered. 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Rapido captures the cab and hood variations of the prototype, the open- or closed-slot side sills, and an impressive amount of road- and number-specific detail. ESU LokSound DCC and sound decoder factory-installed, MoPower capacitor system for uninterrupted power, and a heavy die-cast chassis. Two road numbers are offered. 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Rapido captures the cab and hood variations of the prototype, the open- or closed-slot side sills, and an impressive amount of road- and number-specific detail. ESU LokSound DCC and sound decoder factory-installed, MoPower capacitor system for uninterrupted power, and a heavy die-cast chassis. Three road numbers are offered. 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