SD45T-2

[Ericmopar]

Yes this caboose is really nice. Lets hope they do one with the light on top that works.

That and I'd like to see them stop putting speedometers in front of the cab windows.
I've been looking around in real life cab shots, and even EMD engines I've boarded, and I've never seen speedometers in large rectangular boxes blocking the engineer's view like in some of DTM's EMD locos.
They're always mounted on top of the other gauges, between windows on the pillars, or mounted down low in front of the crew.

Okay I found some online.... but none of the engines I've ever boarded had that large box around the speedo. They were always in a metal box just bigger than the gauge itself... Hmmmmmm.

[BNSFdude]

The SPs were an odd bunch. They actually did put the speedo right in the way of the L part of the window, defeating the purpose.

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And replicated by RRMods.

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SP didnt use the smaller Pulse Speedos either.

The issue wasn't really a problem IRL because you could sit up or forward to look over it.

[7FDL16]

can't wait!! hope they sound good to.

[OpenRailer90]

New article on Train Simulator site https://train-simulator.com/magnificent-motors/

[ElphabaWS]

New article on Train Simulator site https://train-simulator.com/dash-2-titan/

Link above is actually for a previous article on standard SD45-2; new article on the excellent upcoming DTM SP SD45T-2 Tunnel Motor is available at: https://train-simulator.com/magnificent-motors/

[ElphabaWS]

New article and advance screenshots on upcoming DTM Southern Pacific EMD SD45T-2 at Train-Simulator.com: https://train-simulator.com/sd45t-2-close/

[buzz456]

Ooh! I'll get that for the container cars. See them every day on the UP fast trains.

[ex-railwayman]

I never liked the Kodachrome livery on locomotives, personally I thought it looked very odd. A nice pack nonetheless, including a new SP 50footer Hydra Cushion and a UP PFE Reefer, just the job, and something for the repainters to get stuck in to.

Cheerz. Steve.

[imphantum]

Ooh! I'll get that for the container cars. See them every day on the UP fast trains.

The rolling stock in this pack is pretty good, hopefully someone can mod them to hold two containers once it’s released. Wonder if it’ll still release for the normal $19.99, I can see it being a little higher.

[NStrains]

Ooh! I'll get that for the container cars. See them every day on the UP fast trains.

The rolling stock in this pack is pretty good, hopefully someone can mod them to hold two containers once it’s released. Wonder if it’ll still release for the normal $19.99, I can see it being a little higher.

One of the other articles said there are empty, single, and double stacked versions. The reason you only see single stack is because they are replicating a the era before Donner was clearanced for doubles.

[imphantum]

Ah, my mistake, must’ve missed that.

[gtrtroger]

Released......

http://store.steampowered.com/app/62192 ... oco_AddOn/

[Bananarama]

The set comes with Huskies - nice!

[BoostedFridge]

I am a little biased because of my love of all things Southern Pacific, but I have to say that this pack is one of the best values for Train Simulator available.

The locomotives alone are very impressive for their detail, and the extra attention that Caesar and his team have put in. For the numerology purists out there, the Speed Lettered, and Kodachrome versions have their autonumbering set to ONLY appear with road numbers that actually had those paint schemes. Another cool feature is that several child objects, namely the air conditioner and roof mounted antennas appear based on the way that the road number of the unit that gets placed was equipped. ie: you place three of the SAME type of SD45T-2 on the track, they would potentially have different features. (see below)

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The rolling stock pack is somewhat eclectic in era, but all very welcome additions to the game. The Twin-Stack cars are very easy to 'assemble' in the editor, and easy to mix and match single and double stack combinations. The pattern to make up a 5-pack car is 'A-C-D-E-B', or any combination starting in 'A' and ending in 'B'. There is no need to 'flip' any of the cars around in order to assemble a pack correctly. Don't forget that you can assemble a 5-pack, and then with 'select consist' checked you can 'copy' and 'paste' them in the editor to make a train of these quickly.

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The caboose is quite nice too. No player view inside, but nice some nice details, accurate colours, and a nice light weathering.

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There is a nice light weathering across the model. Nothing like the dark days of the mid 80's SP, but a good representation I feel of how they looked for a lot of their life.

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One last thing, but I'm really happy that DTM stuck to a very similary hue of grey to their previous SD45. You can have one of each together in a consist and they don't look out of place like many pairings of locos in the same livery in Train Simulator.

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[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

Bought!

I've found many of DTM latest offerings "lacking lustre", but this one is nice and like Boosted reviewed, most useful.