Rapido 085011 HO GE P32AC-DM (DC/Silent): Metro North - Silver/Blue Stripe: #215

Specifications

Manufacturer	RAPIDO
Control	DC
SCALE	HO Scale
Railroad	Metro North
Paint Scheme	MNCR Silver and Blue

HO Scale P32AC-DM Locomotive Dual-powered locomotives are nothing new to New York commuter operations. Since the early 1900s, the main concern was diesel emissions inside the tunnels that led to Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station. Metro-North and Amtrak were looking to replace their aging fleet of EMD FL9s with a modern dual-mode diesel. Enter the GE P32AC-DM “Genesis” Series II locomotive in the late 1990s — M-N ordered 30 and Amtrak received 18. P32AC-DM may be a mouthful, but it is an acronym for: P assenger, 3,2 00 horsepower, A lternating C urrent, D ual- M ode. The P32AC-DM is the cousin to the similar diesel-only P40 and P42DC passenger locomotives. Amtrak’s P32AC-DMs still make their living on Empire Service out of Penn Station to Albany-Rensselear, as well as services to Toronto and Montreal. Metro-North’s fleet continues to travel the entire system, into and out of Grand Central Terminal on M-N’s Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines. CDOT owns four, numbered 228-231, and uses joint fleet utilization, operating the New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury Lines. In the 2020s, M-N wrapped a few P32s in heritage schemes as well as a special employee tribute scheme. Stay tuned for our Amtrak announcement later this month! THE RAPIDO P32AC-DM LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:

• Newly tooled from blueprints and measurements
• Many unique dual-mode underbody components
• Krupp - MaK High Speed Bolsterless Truck with third rail shoe detail
• Piping detail never seen before on a Genesis model
• ATC/Cab signal under-pilot detail (ACSES box)
• P32AC-DM rounded grille over rear radiator
• Nose and rear HEP plugs
• Operating headlight, ditchlights, and marker lights
• Step lights
• Separately applied wire grabs
• Semi-scale metal knuckle couplers
• MoPower capacitor system for uninterrupted DCC power
• DC/Silent (21-pin DCC Ready) or DC/DCC/Sound
• ESU LokSound V5 Decoder

Metro-North-specific features:

• Unique antenna array
• Nose with hatch
• Long air tanks
• Third rail shoes engaged

Amtrak-specific features:

• TBA

Ever rexperience a loss of power? Experience it no more with the all-new "MoPower" capacitor. Designed by Rapido with the guidance of ESU LokSound, this handy electrical component, which is integrated with the main PCB board, ensures you run uninterrupted from a momentary loss of track power. It will provide anywhere from two to five seconds of juice, depending on the Rapido locomotive.