Description
A new era continues with the Rivet Counter N Scale EMD GP30. First introduced in 1961, the GP30 would become one of the most-common locomotives on the rails for the next two decades. Our Rivet Counter series model renders the numerous variations of cabs, dynamic brakes, doors, grilles, trucks, etc. We’ve also incorporated LED lighting effects including front and rear headlights, and special effect lighting, like ditch lights (where applicable). Learn more by clicking the “Product Details” tab below.
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
- All-new model
- Era: 1963 to 1986
- Series 810 to 823, built 4/69, Phase Ie
- Road numbers 812, 815, 817, 819, and 822
- “OY” Scheme – battery box doors, front kickplates, sides of the traction motor blower duct, and rear kick plate are painted yellow
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Directional LED headlights
- Class lights (non-operating)
- Printed and LED-illuminated cab and rear number boards*
- Equipped with ATS pickup shoes
- Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
- 4-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
- Body mounted knuckle couplers; Micro-Trains® compatible
- Coupler box accepts Micro-Trains 1015/1016 couplers without modification
- Front and rear straight uncoupling levers without loop handles
- As-delivered pilot faces without uncoupling lever loop notches
- Deck-mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacle
- “Short” stepwells
- Handrail set with center gangway chains
- Front and rear standard drop steps
- Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD “dot” style pattern
- 81” GP30 low short hood with ratchet handbrake and square sand fill
- Hinged battery box doors with early hinges and narrow louvers
- Early cab sub-base doors with early hinges
- Front standard EMD LED-illuminated headlight with lenses on number board housing
- GP30 cab with increased length on left (fireman’s) side and inverted cab heater vents
- Tall mirrors mounted fore and aft of cab side windows on both sides of cab
- Standard EMD sunshades with long sunshade tracks
- Lost-wax brass cast Leslie SU-3L-R horn mounted on right side cab eave
- Accurate hood door and long hood detail
- Late single-panel inertial compartment
- Wire inertial air intake grills
- Tall turbo exhaust stack
- Non-dynamic brake housing with blanked intakes and fan
- 7-horizontal rib radiator intake grills
- See-through front and rear 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fans; 36” pan-top center radiator fan
- Curved radiator fan grab iron
- Square sand fill hatch on top of long hood end
- Rear LED-illuminated horizontal headlight with lenses
- Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing
- Detailed Blomberg-B trucks with Hyatt bearing housings; elliptical springs; end transom detail; separate sanding lines and brackets; and separate swing hanger detail
- Dimensionally accurate truck centers
- Speed recorder mounted to second axle on right front truck sideframe
- Frame-mounted bronze bell
- No underbody air filter
- 2,600-gallon fuel tank with vertical gauges and fuel fill in sill skirt; round gauges in fuel tank sides
- Factory-applied wire grab irons, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, air tanks and more
- Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
- Dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive
- All-wheel electrical pick-up
- Directional LED headlights
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Paint colors match Tru-Color Paint color:
- TCP-108 C&NW Yellow
- TCP-109 C&NW Green
- Operates on Code 55 and 80 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum radius: 9 3/4”
- Recommended radius: 11”
DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:
- ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle”
- One (1) cube-type speakers
- Prime mover sound
- 16-cylinder 567D3 prime mover sound
- Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
DC/DCC & sound-ready locomotives also feature:
- Operable on DC layouts
- DCC ready with E24 connector
* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
