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Did Lionel make a matching caboose for this engine ?

The Reading GP-30 was from the early release of this series --- around 2002 /2004

Was given a new / sealed engine yesterday by a friend --- Anything beside normal oil/lube I need to know or do before I would run this engine --- I remember reading lots of Lionel GP-30 posts in the past and not sure if this engine had any particular "quirks" I need to worry about

Thanks in advance

Joe S

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NS6770Fan posted:

I have the Reading 5513 roadnumber from Lionel from 2002. I bought a Lionel NS Reading heritage caboose for it SKU6-27687. In me opinion, it fits the locomotive’s paint scheme quite well. I do not believe they made a matching caboose for the units, but I have been proved wrong before!

I'm not sure if you'd consider this one "matching" or not.  But I pull one of these behind my Lionel RDG FM Train Master:

RDG Caboose

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Balshis posted:
NS6770Fan posted:

I have the Reading 5513 roadnumber from Lionel from 2002. I bought a Lionel NS Reading heritage caboose for it SKU6-27687. In me opinion, it fits the locomotive’s paint scheme quite well. I do not believe they made a matching caboose for the units, but I have been proved wrong before!

I'm not sure if you'd consider this one "matching" or not.  But I pull one of these behind my Lionel RDG FM Train Master:

RDG Caboose

This would be the one Lionel made the same era.

 

I used a Atlas extended vision with my pair of GP30s.

Hi Joe,  This one has TMCC, so if you have the TMCC system you will be happy with this engine.  I have several Reading Cabooses.  The folks above gave you some good choices.  There were also Weaver, Williams and K-Line models made in O scale over the past 10-15 years ago that would make for a good match as well.  Remember to put smoke fluid in prior to running this one.

Jim 

 

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