Hello everyone I'm back with a great locomotive suggestion. For todays suggestion I suggest that the GP40PH-2B for NJT get added to TSW. Now lets get into what the locomotive really is. The GP40PH-2B is one of the many variants of the passenger version of the EMD GP40 freight diesel. The locomotives have been around for quite a long time first being built for the Central Railroad of New Jersey back in 1968. The locomotives were initially put into service on the Raritan Valley Line and the North Jersey Coast Line. In 1983 NJ Transit took over passenger operations and converted the locomotives from Steam Heating to Head End Power (HEP). The units were reclassified as GP40PH and were later rebuilt as GP40PH-2 units in 1991–92. New Jersey Transit later ordered two more sets of GP40PH-2 units; these units were rebuilt from former freight GP40 units. The first order in 1993 consisted of six locomotives rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen designated as GP40PH-2A's. A second batch consisting of 10 ex Penn Central units were made between 1993 and 1994, the locomotives are classified as GP40PH-2B's. By 2014, all but 3 of the original CNJ GP40's entered an in-house rebuild program by NJ Transit for a mechanical conversion into a standard GP40-2 for non-revenue service. The HEP motor was removed, unlit number boards were drilled in, the rear ladders were removed and replaced with steps, and LED markers were applied to the rear end of the locomotive, replacing their original tri-color class lights. As of 2020, locomotives 4100, 4101 and 4109 are the only ex-CNJ locomotives that remain in service. As of right now. The NJT GP40PH-2B units as well as the solo Metro North GP40PH-2M unit remain in active service as of today. From 2019 to 2025 NJT painted 5 of their GP40PH-2B units into heritage schemes. NJ Transit GP40PH-2B in standard NJT colors. The Erie Heritage Unit The CNJ heritage unit and the NJDOT heritage unit. The Conrail Heritage unit The Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Line unit. Cab interior In conclusion, this would make for a great add-on for the routes such as the Morristown Line and the NEC: NYC-Trenton Route. Plus this locomotive is already in TS Classic so why not add it to TSW. It's time that one of the GP40 passenger variants get added because they are great locomotives. Thats all I need to say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_GP40-based_passenger_locomotives
These CNJ heritage units are really nice. We should get Conrail locos in game; including the CNJ unit and especially the CSX and NS Conrail Heritage units. Conrail locos probably won't happen because of licensing issues with Conrail Shared Assets.
I do agree that the Conrail units can't be included just yet due to licensing issues with CSAO but here's hoping that the licensing issues get resolved at one point.
