Live: All About ScaleTrains GP30s
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Join us next Thursday, February 7th at 7:30pm Eastern for a lively discussion between Paul Ellis - GP30 Project Manager, Mike Hopkin - VP Product Development, along with Tony Cook and Harry Wong from White River Productions.
Tony Cook is the Editor of Model Railroad News and Harry Wong is an Associate Editor of Railroad Model Craftsman. Both men are lifelong railroad enthusiasts, avid modelers, and fans of the EMD GP30.
Throughout the livestream, we’ll go over the prototype history of each roadname and discuss the road number-specific details of each unit. We’ll also take viewer questions in a Q&A session at the end.
You won’t want to miss this interactive live stream so be sure to subscribe to our CZcams Channel to receive a notification when we go live.
Scaletrains is my absolute favorite US based model railroad company because of your attention to detail and commitment to making rare and obscure rolling stock and paint schemes. It really sets you apart from the rest of the crowd and is making the other companies step up their game so that's a plus. I personally welcome the CSX Roadslugs and BN GP39E/V models the most. I may just have to get one of the first run Rio Grande units just because they fit in the SP takeover era and would be great with my SD40T-2s from you guys. (Please do more tunnel motors especially the 90s version DRGW and SP). I may even get a Conrail version if you make em. CSX GP30Ms would be neat as well just for some paint scheme variety.
Zach, thank you for the kind words. That really means a lot to us. -Drayton
Everytime I go to Lancaster Pennsylvania I always go to the museum and to the Stroudsburg Railroad two great places to visit along with The Caboose Inn
It's a great museum to visit, for sure. -Drayton
Any chance of the SP and Cotton Belt versions coming?
Awesome work! Two words… New York Central
Can't wait for the SOO/WC units.
We can't wait, either! -Drayton
Awesome video Drayton and it good to see Paul and the other guys great to see everyone here the GP30 look great thanks for sharing......Robert Trains
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching! -Drayton
Do hope you do the black, white with red logo Demonstrator in the second production run!
Kennecott Copper, Utah division wanted to place an order for a SD30 and EMD told them no and they built the last SD24 for Kennecott Copper's Utah division.
Missed the live broadcast so catching up on Friday. Go Harry Wong!
I'm very pleased ScaleTrains is offering the GP30 and including D&RGW in the first run. Like Tony Cook, I am a little disappointed with the late era detailing on the D&RGW GP30's - might be Paul's prerogative there wanting units he was seeing in the late time frame. I went over a number of photo's from around 1980 give or take and it looks like I can sort of justify a couple of them as modifications had been made to some by 1980 give or take. The McCarty re-railers were fitted around 1979 which fits my era too.
Yes, I have all three of the Rio Grande Diesels Vol 1, 2 and 3 by Joseph Strapac. Had vol 1 and 2 since the 80's and read them many times. There were 4 D&RGW GP30's repainted into the large herald, 3001, 3002 (phase 1) and 3014 and 3027 (phase 2). I hope if you offer the as-delivered, you'll offer with plows so they can represent 70's era GP30's. I have ordered one each of the small and large herald due this fall to hold me over for now.
There are comments in Rio Grande in Color Vol 2 about the hatches on the front being mounted upside-down by the maintenence staff as a prank or joke.
As for SP, I lived in California and never did see any SP GP30's, mostly northern California. As pointed out, there weren't very many and they most have been down south.
Thanks so much for watching. We will definitely offer earlier Rio Grande versions down the road. -Drayton
And the former Rio Grande's 3014 is now working on the Union Pacific's former Western Pacific's Ellerbeck branch near Flux Utah.
Amazing video. thanks for alle these insights. Thanks for sharing. I saw on the website, the Slug Unit will be sound equipped also. Will they have their very own sound file?
Thanks for watching. Yes they will. -Drayton
CSX slug gotta get me one.
They're very nice models. -Drayton
Scale trains seem awesome but I'm not a GP30 fan at all. I hope they have great success with it and I'm sure they will.
Thank you for your support despite not being a GP30 fan. We wish more people had this viewpoint. Have a great week! -Drayton
Can you guys make n scale csx and cp ac4400cw (18,333,6,345 CSX) (and any cp numbers) all in n scale?
We're considering an AC4400 project. -Drayton
@@Scaletrains what n scale railroad screams are you guys doing?
Need some N scale locomotives
We'll be offering more N Scale locomotives in the near future. -Drayton
my dad signed me for the water tenders
Excellent! -Drayton
You need to check with UPs Steam team about that gray. They are responsible for the Centennial and they can steer you to the correct Harbor Mist gray. Just because the museum just painted the one in Utah doesn't make it the right color. 704B is the color example you need to follow.
They’re just going off how 844 is preserved, the correct shade should be on their actual B units and as delivered GP30s
What Mike said. -Drayton
Hay just for fun how about the SD30 that they were going to do but didn't lol
That would be funny but a very expensive joke! Haha. -Drayton