Scale Trains N Rivet Counter GP30B Union Pacific “Passenger Service”

Description

Railroad Short Name: UP

Features:

• 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”

DC/DCC & sound-ready locomotives also feature:

• Operable on DC layouts
• DCC ready with E24 connector