WalthersProto
PROTO 2000 Diesel EMD GP30 Low Hood Phase 2 - Powered w/Sound & DCC
Burlington Northern Santa Fe #2436
Walthers Part # 920-31869
HO scale, $249.98, sold out at Walthers
Additional GP30s Join PROTO 2000 Diesel Line
Introduced in 1961, the GP30 was possibly the most distinctive diesel
ever built in large numbers. Although longer and wider than previous EMD
designs, a slight bulge was needed in the long hood just behind the cab to
accommodate air handling and electrical equipment. Influenced by GM's auto
styling staff, the bulge was covered with a rounded metal fairing that
extended back to the middle of the long hood and to the front edge of the
cab roof. The appearance of the new locos could also be changed by customer
specifications. Some roads traded-in older power and their new GP30s rode
on AAR trucks, usually from retired ALCO units. As the extra length of
these older trucks required a slightly shorter fuel tank, three sizes were
made available. Some roads operated under union rules that required an
engineer, fireman and head brakeman on the engine, so the fireman's side of
the cab was extended by 12" to provide room for a third seat. Although
replaced by the new 35 Line in 1963, GP30s led long, productive lives in
mainline service, and a few remain in revenue service on shortlines today.
Like its prototype, the latest run of PROTO 2000 GP30s provides HO modelers
with a rugged unit that's ideal for period layouts.
Each locomotive meatures prototype-specific details such as low hood
headlights, drop steps, dynamic brakes, Blomberg (EMD) or AAR (ALCO) trucks
and standard or extended cab.
Available with or without sound in the following paint schemes and
roadnumbers:
ATSF #2764 with
Sound & DCC
ATSF #2778 with Sound &
DCC
ATSF #2759 - Standard
DC
ATSF #2784 - Standard
DC
B&O #6904 with Sound &
DCC
B&O #6955 with Sound &
DCC
B&O #6905 - Standard
DC
B&O #6957 - Standard
DC
BNSF #2436 with Sound &
DCC
BNSF #2470 with Sound &
DCC
BNSF #2452 - Standard
DC
BNSF #2463 - Standard
DC
C&O #3024 with Sound &
DCC
C&O #3030 with Sound &
DCC
C&O #3026 - Standard
DC
C&O #3034 - Standard
DC
CNW #804 with Sound &
DCC
CNW #818 with Sound &
DCC
CNW #806 - Standard
DC
CNW #823 - Standard
DC
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
#500 with Sound & DCC
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
#521 with Sound & DCC
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
#509 - Standard DC
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
#530 - Standard DC
Southern Pacific Santa
Fe #2750 with Sound & DCC
Southern Pacific Santa
Fe #2752 with Sound & DCC
Southern Pacific Santa
Fe #2759 - Standard DC
Southern Pacific Santa
Fe #2772 - Standard DC
UP #701 with Sound &
DCC
UP #834 with Sound &
DCC
UP #726 - Standard
DC
UP #874 - Standard
DC
Undecorated with Sound
& DCC
Undecorated - Standard
DC
