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 and paint scheme
- Era: 1981 to Mid-1990s
- Series B&O 6904 to 6976
- Rebuilt 1981-1983
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Chessie B&O 6923
- Lost-wax brass cast Leslie SU-3L-R horn mounted on right side cab roof eave
- Deleted cab heater louvers
- Standard EMD sunshades with long sunshade tracks
- Side-mounted lost-wax brass cast steel bell ahead of the dynamic brake on the fireman’s side
- Bolted Chessie-style “mailslot” battery box doors with battery terminals visible inside
- Chessie B&O 6939
- Lost-wax brass cast Leslie SU-3L-R horn mounted on right side cab roof eave (alternate chime arrangement)
- Deleted cab heater louvers
- Short sunshade with long sunshade tracks
- Underframe-mounted bronze bell
- Bolted Chessie-style “mailslot” battery box doors with battery terminals visible inside
- LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
- LED-illuminated “hemisphere” walkway lights on hood ends, and at end of raised walkway duct*
- LED-illuminated tricolor front and rear flush-mounted class lights with lenses and raised gaskets**
- LED-illuminated, printed and backlit cab and long hood end number boards
- Front and 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 retrofitted switchman grab handles
- As-delivered pilot faces without uncoupling lever loop notches
- Deck-mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacle
- Handrail set with center gangway chains
- Front and rear standard drop steps
- Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD early “X” style pattern
- 81” GP30 low short hood with ratchet handbrake and square sand fill
- Early cab sub-base doors with early hinges
- Front standard EMD LED-illuminated headlight with lenses on number board housing
- GP30 cab with equal length on both sides
- Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
- Sliding cab side windows
- Tall mirrors mounted fore and aft of cab side windows on both sides of cab
- Small “whip” antenna base on forward section of cab roof
- Accurate hood door and long hood detail
- Late single-panel inertial compartment
- Wire inertial air intake grills
- Short turbo exhaust stack
- Standard-range dynamic brakes with 48” fan
- Late See-through dynamic brake intake grills with horizontal wires through vertical vanes
- 6-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 door-style sand fill door on right side 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
- 2,600-gallon fuel tank with vertical gauges and fuel fill in sill skirt; round gauge on 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
