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ScaleTrains HO GP30 debuts at Amherst 2022

ScaleTrains HO GP30 debuts at Amherst 2022

By Steve Sweeney | January 29, 2022

Check out these new HO scale locomotives that debuted at the Massachusetts train show.

Night image of a yellow locomotive with additional lights.
Union Pacific no. 800 illustrates just some of the light-emitting-diode lighting on the GP30. This model features directional headlights, illuminated number boxes, tri-color class lights, walkway lights, and a ground light above the front truck.

ScaleTrains HO GP30 debuts — ScaleTrains.com made a splash at the Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show on Saturday, January 29. The company unveiled its new HO scale Rivet Counter line Electro-Motive Division GP30 diesel locomotive. The initial run, scheduled for release this fall, will feature six road names with multiple paint variations, including Union Pacific B units and CSX “RDMT” slugs.

Black (Brunswick Green) painted locomotive.
The ScaleTrains.com Rivet Counter line EMD GP30s will feature railroad-specific details. Pennsylvania RR no. 2200 includes train-phone antennas.

 

Road names will include Chicago & North Western (Original Yellow and Original Yellow repaint), CSX (RDMT slug/stealth), Denver & Rio Grande Western (billboard and Flying Grande lettering), Norfolk & Western (Pevler Blue), Pennsylvania Railroad (Brunswick Green), and Union Pacific (as-delivered A unit, as-delivered B unit [freight and passenger], and no. 844 [Nevada State Railroad Museum edition with ditch lights]).

Black and yellow-painted locomotive.
ScaleTrains.com unveiled an HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP30 at the Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show. Denver & Rio Grande Western is one of six paint schemes offered in the first run of the Rivet Counter line model.

Features on the newly tooled model will include a detailed cab interior with a separate floor, rear wall, seats, and control stand; light-emitting-diode lighting (directional headlights, illuminated number boxes, ground lights, walkway lights, tri-color class lights, red marker lights, beacons, strobe lights, and ditch lights, all as appropriate); era-specific treadplate patterns; five inertial filter compartment variations; five dynamic brake hatches, including extended range; and three variations of radiator intake grills.

Gray and blue-painted locomotive.
A CSX “RDMT” GP30 slug is part of the first run of GP30s from ScaleTrains.com. This is the first time the slug has been offered as a mass-produced plastic model.

Additional features will include a Phase I cab with equal lengths on both sides, a Phase II cab with increased length on fireman’s side to accommodate an additional seat, Norfolk & Western and Southern Railway high, short hoods with appropriate details, underbody frame rail with separate plumbing, and Blomberg B trucks with four different bearing housing styles. The GP30 has a minimum radius of 18 inches and a recommended radius of 22 inches.

Yellow and gray painted locomotives (A and B units coupled).
In addition to standard GP30s, ScaleTrains.com will also be offering Union Pacific GP30B units. Steam generator equipment is visible above the front headlight.

Direct-current models with a 21-pin connector will be priced at $194.99. Versions with a dual-mode ESU LokSound sound decoder with Full Throttle, two cube-type speakers, and ESU PowerPack with two super capacitors will sell for $289.99.

 

For the latest updates on this project, visit scaletrains.com.

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