Emd Sd70 Loco For Us Freight Routes(cane Creek And Spg)

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  1. soumyamistri

    soumyamistri New Member

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    SD70 loco is one of the common locomotives found in US railroad, with straight as well as flared radiators.
    It has been a workhorse for Union Pacific and other Grade A railroads including CSX Transportation.
    Like the Dash 8 addon for the SPG route of TSW2, DTG should add SD70 loco as well for both the routes(Especially Cane Creek, where it is a common sight).
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    Union Pacific SD70ACe-T4 locomotive 3032 with nose mounted headlamps

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    CSX 4761 SD70 with flared radiators and forehead mounted headlamps.

    I wish devs could look into this matter and bring the addon for both the routes. :)
     
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  2. Blacknred81

    Blacknred81 Well-Known Member

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    Issue would be to pick which model to bring, as both railroads don't use exactly the same model of SD70s.

    Union Pacific has 3 variations of SD70Ms, 2 variations of SD70ACe/AH, and the SD70ACeT4.
    Up-sd70-model-wp.jpg

    CSX uses SD70MACs, but sold their small SD70ACe fleet to Progress Rail in 2017, and only has 10 SD70ACeT4s.

    With the fact that DTG only included 1 version of the Dash 8 (And not the Conrail varient) It is most likely that only 1 version would be made of each loco, unless introduced in a new route in the future.
     
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  3. MetrolinkF125#916

    MetrolinkF125#916 Well-Known Member

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    It would be nice to see this iconic American freight loco in the game, but i would prefer to see it in a route add on instead of a loco add on. Why? Well, Cane Creek is a slow branch line, and there are very few services. I'd rather see these locos run on a mainline freight route with more services, so their true potential can be reached in TSW2.
     
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