{"product_id":"rapido","title":"Rapido 54515 GP9u Mother + Slug CP Rail Multimark #1596 + #1014 w\/ Beacons ESU LokSound DCC HO Scale","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1f2a35; line-height: 1.8; max-width: 900px; margin: 0 auto; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- HERO --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: linear-gradient(135deg,#f4fbfd,#ffffff); border-left: 8px solid #45A1BB; padding: 28px; margin-bottom: 22px; border-radius: 12px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color: #0c07e3; margin: 0; font-size: 34px; line-height: 1.15;\"\u003eRapido GP9u Mother + Slug Set\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #45a1bb; margin: 8px 0 14px; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eCP Rail Multimark • #1596 + #1014 • ESU LokSound DCC • HO Scale\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003eRecreate one of Canadian Pacific's most distinctive yard and switching combinations with Rapido's HO scale GP9u Mother + Slug set, pairing CP #1596 with powered slug #1014 and factory-installed ESU LokSound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- QUICK SPECS --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #f5f6f7; border: 1px solid #d8dde2; border-left: 8px solid #6c7a86; border-radius: 12px; padding: 22px 26px; margin: 0 0 34px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.04);\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #34404a; margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 21px;\"\u003eQuick Specs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 190px; padding: 3px 12px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; color: #34404a; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eManufacturer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 3px 0; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eRapido Trains\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 190px; padding: 3px 12px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; color: #34404a; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eSKU\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 3px 0; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e54515\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 190px; padding: 3px 12px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; color: #34404a; vertical-align: top;\"\u003ePrototype\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 3px 0; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eCP GP9u Mother + Slug\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 190px; padding: 3px 12px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; color: #34404a; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eRoad Name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 3px 0; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eCanadian Pacific \/ CP Rail\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 190px; padding: 3px 12px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; color: #34404a; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eRoad Numbers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 3px 0; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eGP9u #1596 + Slug #1014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 190px; padding: 3px 12px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; color: #34404a; vertical-align: top;\"\u003ePaint Scheme\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 3px 0; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eCP Rail Multimark\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 190px; padding: 3px 12px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; color: #34404a; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eScale\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 3px 0; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eHO Scale\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 190px; padding: 3px 12px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; color: #34404a; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eControl\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 3px 0; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eDC \/ DCC \/ ESU LokSound\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 190px; padding: 3px 12px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; color: #34404a; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eConfiguration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 3px 0; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eMother + Powered Slug Set\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- PRODUCT OVERVIEW --\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0c07e3; margin: 0; padding-bottom: 8px; border-bottom: 3px solid #45A1BB; font-size: 24px;\"\u003eProduct Overview\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9;\"\u003eBeginning in 1970, Canadian Pacific launched a major rebuild program for its aging GP9 fleet. The locomotives received chopped short hoods along with numerous other appearance changes, while later rebuilds were fitted with upgraded 645-series power assemblies. The program continued through 1988 and became closely associated with CP Rail's simplified red paint scheme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9;\"\u003eStarting in 1993, CP also began converting various end-cab switchers into daughter units, or slugs. Their prime movers were decommissioned or removed and replaced with ballast, while the traction motors received electrical power from semi-permanently connected GP9u mother units. All of the mother locomotives used for these combinations came from CP's 1500 and 1600 series GP9u fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; margin-bottom: 38px;\"\u003eRapido's HO scale set recreates this unusual operating combination with an accurately modeled chop-nose GP9u and powered slug. The slug includes traction motor sounds and flashing beacons, giving the pair the visual and operating character that made these units such distinctive fixtures in CP switching service across Canada and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- HIGHLIGHTS --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #eef6fa; border: 1px solid #b8dce8; border-left: 8px solid #45A1BB; border-radius: 12px; padding: 28px; margin: 0 0 38px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0c07e3; margin: 0 0 18px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 2px solid #45A1BB; font-size: 24px;\"\u003eModel Highlights\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eFirst ever accurate model in plastic - often imitated, never exact!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eLong service lives, 1980s+, all throughout Canada and the US\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003ePowered slug with traction motor sounds and flashing beacons\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- GP9U FEATURES --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #eef6fa; border: 1px solid #b8dce8; border-left: 8px solid #45A1BB; border-radius: 12px; padding: 28px; margin: 0 0 38px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0c07e3; margin: 0 0 18px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 2px solid #45A1BB; font-size: 24px;\"\u003eCP Chop Nose GP9u Features\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eHeavy diecast frame with super detailed piping and traction cables\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eDetailed Blomberg trucks (Later series have rotating bearing caps)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eTraction motor details on gearbox\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eWorking track lights, class lights, control stand lights\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eMetal side handrails\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eWorking ditch lights on prototypically appropriate road numbers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eFront and rear plows, plates or footboards on appropriate road numbers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- SLUG FEATURES --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #eef6fa; border: 1px solid #b8dce8; border-left: 8px solid #45A1BB; border-radius: 12px; padding: 28px; margin: 0 0 38px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0c07e3; margin: 0 0 18px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 2px solid #45A1BB; font-size: 24px;\"\u003eCP Chop Nose GP9u Slug Features\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eHeavy diecast frame\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eMetal handrails\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eRemoved exhaust stacks\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eFull lighting and flashing beacons\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-left: 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; color: #45a1bb;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003eBoth models will have: DC\/Silent (21-pin DCC Ready) or DCC\/ESU LokSound\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- WHY WE LOVE --\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0c07e3; margin: 0; padding-bottom: 8px; border-bottom: 3px solid #45A1BB; font-size: 24px;\"\u003eWhy We Love This Set\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; margin-bottom: 38px;\"\u003eMother-and-slug combinations are one of those railroad subjects that immediately make a layout feel more specific and authentic. Rather than simply pairing two conventional locomotives, this set recreates the specialized equipment CP developed for switching service, complete with a powered slug, traction motor sounds, flashing beacons, and the distinctive chop-nose GP9u. The Multimark scheme adds even more character, making this a particularly compelling set for Canadian Pacific modelers and anyone who enjoys unusual locomotive consists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- CTA --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: linear-gradient(90deg,#0c07e3,#2D8DAA); color: #ffffff; padding: 24px 28px; border-radius: 12px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #ffffff; margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: 24px;\"\u003ePut a True CP Mother + Slug Team to Work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003eAdd Rapido's GP9u #1596 and powered slug #1014 to your HO scale roster and recreate one of Canadian Pacific's most distinctive switching combinations with full ESU LokSound, lighting, and prototype-specific detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rapido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50109963239562,"sku":"54515","price":609.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/3954\/7786\/files\/54515.png?v=1788138754","url":"https:\/\/denvertrains.com\/products\/rapido","provider":"Denver Model Trains      ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}