Description
A new era continues with the Rivet Counter HO 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 numerous variations of cabs, dynamic brakes, doors, grilles, trucks, etc. We’ve also incorporated LED lighting effects including front, rear, and side walkway lights; ground lights; printed and lighted number boards; and ditch lights. Learn more by clicking the “Product Details” tab below.
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
- New roadname
- New paint scheme
- Era: 1991 to Mid-90s
- Series BN 2759-2778; Rebuilt October-December 1991
- Road numbers 2759, 2761, 2762, 2768, 2773, and 2774
- Fully-assembled
- LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
- LED-illuminated “hemisphere” walkway lights on hood rear end and at end of raised walkway duct; EMD slot-style lights on front short hood end*
- LED-illuminated front deck-mounted Quantum Q2000 crossing strobes
- Blanked front and rear class lights
- LED-illuminated, printed and backlit cab and long hood end number boards
- Front EMD low plow with MU hose openings and wire form grab irons; rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
- 3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
- Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
- Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles; two inner and two outer mounting brackets
- Modified pilot faces with uncoupling lever loop notches
- Pilot face mounted dummy multiple unit (MU) receptacles with cable
- Handrail set with center gangway chains
- Front and rear standard drop steps
- Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD early “X” style pattern
- 81” EMD “Spartan” type replacement short hood with ratchet handbrake
- Hinged battery box doors with late “lift-off” hinges and narrow louvers
- Replacement cab sub-base doors with lift-off hinges
- Front standard EMD LED-illuminated headlight with lenses on number board housing
- Replacement Dash-2 cab with welded side window panels and standard armrests
- Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
- No cab vents
- Sliding cab side windows
- Small mirrors mounted fore of cab side windows on both sides of cab
- Standard EMD sunshades with long sunshade tracks
- Lost-wax brass cast Leslie RS-3-L horn with clearance bracket mounted on long hood behind #1 radiator fan
- Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antenna mounted on the cab roof
- Accurate hood door and long hood detail
- Retrofitted “stand-off” Dash-2 style ECAFB
- Rebuilt Dash-2 style inertial compartment with ribbed blower housing
- Dash-2 style inertial intake grills with top and bottom drip rail
- Tall turbo exhaust stack
- Standard-range dynamic brakes with 48” fan
- Late See-through dynamic brake intake grills with horizontal wires through vertical vanes
- Dash-2 style corrugated radiator intake grills
- See-through front and rear 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fans; blanked center radiator fan
- Curved radiator fan grab iron
- Round sand fill cap 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
- Aeroquip speed recorder mounted to #1 axle on left front truck sideframe
- Spare knuckle holders mounted on rear pilot face
- Frame-mounted steel bell
- Salem air filter (accordion style)
- 2,600-gallon fuel tank with dual staggered vertical gauges and fuel fill in sill skirt; round gauges in fuel tank right side
- Factory-applied wire grab irons, photoetched lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, air tanks, sand hatch covers and more
- Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
- Dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive
- All-wheel electrical pick-up
- Directional LED-illuminated headlights
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum radius: 18”
- Recommended radius: 22”
DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:
- ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle”
- Two (2) cube-type speakers
- Turbocharged 16-645D3A prime mover sound
- ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors***
- Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
DC/DCC & sound-ready locomotives also feature:
- Operable on DC layouts
- DCC-ready with 21-pin connector
* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
** Class lights illuminate in white color only in DC operation. Access and changing colors requires an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
***“PowerPack” feature only compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders operating on a DCC layout
