About This Content Take the throttle of one of the biggest and most distinctive diesel locomotives ever to serve on America’s railroads – with the Union Pacific General Electric U50. Authentically created by DTM, the leviathan, eight-axle, 5,000-horsepower, half-a-million-pound Union Pacific GE U50 diesel locomotive is now available for Train Simulator duty.As General Electric’s answer to Union Pacific’s call for diesel super power in the early 1960s, the U50 was massive and memorable. Stretching more than 83-feet long, standing over 16-feet tall, weighing more than half-a-million pounds, and riding on eight powered axles in a bolstered B+B-B+B wheel arrangement, the U50 was, for all intents and purposes, two of General Electric’s landmark U25Bs rolled into one locomotive. Among the features of the U50s was that the units rode on reconditioned truck and bolster assemblies from UP's retired 4500-horsepower “GTEL” gas-turbine locomotives. Union Pacific purchased a total of 23 U50s.The big diesels worked over much of UP’s main lines and were often found leading tonnage across the plains of Nebraska and Kansas and toting freight over famed Sherman Hill. The Union Pacific retired the last of its U50s in 1977. The Train Simulator Union Pacific U50 captures in exacting detail the features of this biggest of all GE “U-boats.” The U50 wears the 1960s “Dependable Transportation” version of Union Pacific’s time-honoured livery and is provided in both clean and snow-dressed variations. The DLC pack also includes an excellent and authentic selection of freight rolling stock, including Union Pacific’s S-40-16 stock car (loaded and empty); a Pacific Fruit Express R-70-12 refrigerator car; UP F-70-11 bulkhead flatcar (empty and with three loads); and Union Pacific’s classic CA-7 steel cupola caboose with operable marker lights and full interior. Four career scenarios included feature the U50 at work on the Train Simulator popular Sherman Hill route (route available separately).Experience 1960s diesel super power – with the Union Pacific GE U50 for Train Simulator!Included ScenariosFour career scenarios for the Sherman Hill route are included: Union Pacific Extra 36 West, Part 1Union Pacific Extra 36 West, Part 2Pacific Fruit Express EastGeneva Steel Works TonnagePlease Note: Sherman Hill Route Add-On is required, as a separate purchase, in order to play the scenarios featured in this add-on.More scenarios are available on the Steam Workshop online and in-game. Train Simulator’s Steam Workshop scenarios are free and easy to download, adding many more hours of exciting gameplay. With scenarios being added daily, why don’t you check it out now!Click here for Steam Workshop scenarios.Key FeaturesUnion Pacific General Electric 5,000-horsepower U50 diesel locomotiveUP’s “Dependable Transportation” livery in clean- and snow-dressed versionsHighly authentic cab, controls, and operating featuresUnion Pacific’s S-40-16 stock car (loaded and empty)Pacific Fruit Express R-70-12 refrigerator carUP F-70-11 bulkhead flatcar (empty and with three loads)Union Pacific CA-7 cupola caboose with operable marker lights and full interior. Four realistic career scenarios for the Sherman Hill routeQuick Drive CompatibleDownload size: 159.9 MB 7aa9394dea Title: Train Simulator: Union Pacific U50 Loco Add-OnGenre: SimulationDeveloper:Digital Train ModelPublisher:Dovetail Games - TrainsFranchise:Train SimulatorRelease Date: 31 May, 2018 Train Simulator: Union Pacific U50 Loco Add-On Download Android Union Pacific\u2019s U50 locomotive from DTM is mostly a really good add on for American freight with a couple of let-downs. Exterior: The exterior is fantastic! You can see that from the screenshots. When driving through snow, there is a bit of snow blowing around the front that adds a cool effect. The exterior sound is pretty good but the interior sound is really lacking, especially when the diesels spin up and down. Occasionally I would get sound glitches in the engine sounds. The smoke from the exhaust is kinda poor. I\u2019m not sure what happened as some of the other DTM locomotives have quite good exhaust, but this looks like small little individual clouds floating up into the sky. Hard to see in the screenshots, but very noticeable when you see them moving.Interior: The interior is mostly passable but the gauges are a bit of a letdown. In daylight they look fantastic, but in the dark the lights don\u2019t light well, leaving them hard to read. The interior cab lights do work well though, so if you want to drive at night and use that, everything can be seen perfectly. There is a few working parts that many TS Locomotives do not have such as working windows and doors that add a nice touch.Overall, definitely a thumbs up from me despite a few flaws. All 4 scenarios are well done and work flawlessly.
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