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
- Series UP 727B to 739B (Passenger), built 6-7/1963, Phase IIa
- UP 727B and 735B
- “B” unit high short hood with ratchet brake and chain guard, and steam generator intake, vent and exhaust detail on roof
- Stamped inertial air intake grills with vertical stiffeners
- Extended raised walkways with water fill hatches at ends
- UP “Dependable Transportation” Scheme
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Directional LED headlights
- GP30B B-unit “cab”
- No number boards
- No pilot plows or plates
- 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
- 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 high short hood
- No cab vents
- No mirrors
- No sunshades or sunshade tracks
- No Horn
- No Antenna
- Accurate hood door and long hood detail
- Early 2-panel inertial compartment
- Tall turbo exhaust stack
- Extended-range dynamic brakes with 48” fan on riser ring
- Late dynamic brake intake grills with horizontal wires through vertical vanes
- 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
- 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
- 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
