Loco Suggestion: Ge Ac4400cw Loco Pack + Marketplace Reskin Ideas

The AC4400CW is a 4,400 horsepower (3,300 kW) freight locomotive, built by GE Transportation Systems between 1993 and 2004. The engine is practically the same as the earlier C44-9W, but instead utilizes AC traction motors, resulting in 180,000 lbf (800 kN) of tractive effort, compared to the 142,000 lbf (64,410 kgf) of it's DC-powered predecessor.

The only real noticeable difference between the two are the AC inverter cabinet of the left side of the AC4400, where the C44 has an air-conditioning unit (which was relocated to underneath the cab on the AC44).

AC44:


C44-9W:


I suggest that a pack of engines be created, similar to the GP40-2 pack that was released back in 2018. The pack should include engines from the following railroads:

Union Pacific:


CSX (Either YN3 or YN3b schemes):



(Note that CSX chose to outfit their AC44s with steerable trucks, rather than the Hi-Ad trucks that the UP, SP, and BNSF used).

Southern Pacific:


Additionally, I think that BNSF and CSX YN2 marketplace reskins should be developed alongside the main pack:

BNSF:


CSX YN2:


The main pack and MP reskins could include scenarios for some of the following routes:

UP:
Granger Heartland: Kansas City - Topeka Route.
Sherman Hill Route.
Peninsula Corridor; San Francisco - San Jose/Gilroy Route.
Livonia Division: Monroe - Subdivision Route.

CSX:
Miami - West Palm Beach Route.
CSX Hanover Subdivision: Hanover - Hagerstown Route.
Norfolk Southern Coal District Route.

SP:
Donner Pass: Southern Pacific Route.

BNSF:
Pacific Surfliner LA - San Diego Route.
Cajon Pass Route.
Marias Pass Route.
Montana Hi-Line: Shelby - Havre Route.
Stevens Pass Route.
The Racetrack: Aurora - Chicago Route.

*UPDATE 9/16/20*
Removed Canadian Pacific from the list, seeing as Searchlight Simulations' CP AC4400CW is already going to be coming to Steam sometime in the future.

 

Searchlight Simulations Canadian Pacific AC4400CW is supposed to be coming to Steam in the future, but apparently DTG hasn't announce a release date yet....

 

if you want to get the SS AC44: https://www.store.searchlight-simulations.com/ss-ac4400-cp-gb

 

*UPDATE 9/16/20*
Removed Canadian Pacific from the list, seeing as Searchlight Simulations' CP AC4400CW is already going to be coming to Steam sometime in the future.

 

Of all the locomotives that haven't made it into the game yet, the AC4400CW is the most surprising!

Overall sales totals for the locomotive are as follows; BNSF (121), CP (447), Cartier Railway (17), CSX (615), Ferromex (75), Ferrosur (38), KCS (175), Quebec, North Shore and Labrador (12), and UP (1338). (from https://www.american-rails.com/ac4400cw.html#:~:text=Overall sales totals for the,, and UP (1338).) UP numbers include those bought by SP and C&NW.

 

So probably about a week or so away.

 

That is awesome news definitely looking to forward to this

 

you could buy from the SS website