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FRANÇAIS AU VERSO

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Page 1: ...FRANÇAIS AU VERSO ...

Page 2: ... instructions manual We stand by our products 100 If you ever have a problem with your model of The Canadian or with any other Rapido product please call us or send us an email Our e mail address is trains rapidotrains com Our toll free number is 1 877 738 6445 If you are outside of North America you can call 1 905 738 6445 We will do our best to help resolve your problems to the best of our abili...

Page 3: ... Park Car The Canadian did not have a fixed consist The train would grow or shrink according to demand In the CP era smooth side baggage cars coaches and sleepers could be added to the train when needed The number of coaches Chateau and or Manor sleepers would change as needed Starting in late 1978 ex CN equipment would be mixed in with The Canadian and by late 1979 it was common to see a mix of e...

Page 4: ...y thin and it is very easy to notch it While you have the car upside down to change the couplers turn each truck with your fingers and note where each wheelset interferes with the centre sill Using a 11 blade in a hobby knife cut a shallow triangle shaped notch in the sill at each location Being gentle is key here We tried this ourselves and it took four minutes to do the first truck and two minut...

Page 5: ...tch will turn it off Unlike our Super Continental Line passenger cars the cars of The Canadian are equipped with track powered interior and marker drumhead lights They work equally well on DC and DCC equipped layouts We made a conscious decision to go with track powered lighting early into the development process as the shell is a one piece casting and there aren t any logical locations to put bat...

Page 6: ...ere are more bits that can come loose The complete Canadian has approximately 4000 parts It is pretty much guaranteed that some will come loose in transit With so many fiddly bits on each car there are many pieces that can come loose during the long journey to get to you Consider this if you are in the UK then your Canadian has been shipped from Dongguan China to Hong Kong Hong Kong to Prince Rupe...

Page 7: ...ence Both diaphragms should move in and out smoothly and spring back quickly If not there may be binding check for flash or plastic shards that may cause any interference Check to ensure that the brake chains on each end of each car are secured to the ends of the car A small drop of CA superglue will secure them if they have come loose in transit OPENING THE PASSENGER CARS Accessing the interior o...

Page 8: ...y have with your Canadian If your train has any defects that originate from the factory we will repair your train using new components or replace it outright should a repair not be possible However we can only replace your Canadian while we have additional models in stock We normally keep spare cars and locomotives for up to six months after it is released If you purchased your Canadian or first o...

Page 9: ...Schneider Matt Soknacki Su De Quan Don Thomas Terry Wynne Colin Zuo Thanks also to Richard Longpre who translated the instructions in a marathon session without eating or sleeping Above everything else we owe the existence of this excellent model to three people Bri an Schuff generously provided over 300 drawings as well as hundreds of photographs which have been invaluable in producing an accurat...

Page 10: ...dicated to Gabriela Garcia and Sarah Peters two irreplaceable women who will be missed always Les modèles de la FP9A et du Canadien sont dédiés à Gabriela Garcia ET Sarah Peters deux femmes irremplaçables Elles nous manqueront pour toujours ...

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