GE U36B Seaboard

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

Some prototype photos with the U36B.
This is where they came from:

Can we run the AutoTrain in our game? Safe for the closed auto carriers, I think every car is available, including the Super Domes.
13 years old and showing it:

A phosphate refugee, with a Mate ( a.k.a. road slug) to haul heavy phosphate trains out of the Floride peninsula.

Stealthy as can be:

The final incarnation:

PS: Massachusetts Call Volunteer Firefighter's Association (MCVX) has her training train piloted by this loco, which is actually an empty shell.
Sold off to a regional, hand brake pulled taut.

I like those pug nosed U-boats.

[buzz456]

To answer your question about if it looks like it would be all right for a re-paint I would say off hand the answer is yes so you can expect a gray version (family lines) down the road a piece.

[buzz456]

SCL actually bought 39 of these things as well as the ones that came from Auto Train.

Nice article here.http://www.american-rails.com/ge-u36b.html

[buzz456]

http://www.themetrains.com/auto-train-main.htm

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

Now this is interesting:
AutoTrain caboose with wind powered generator,
AutoTrain auto carrier with cupola substituting for a caboose,
and our subject, GE U36B putting a train together.

Those jolly and gay colours didn't really suit the U-boats, IMO.
Why paint that sand tower when your loco is all dirty:

But when spic and span, they had a certain flair:

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

Pilot variations to improve visibility, and counting aid for switchmen?

CSX YN scheme of the past:

SCL 1776 in Bicentennial paint, sporting a gleaming bell:

Notice the spot lights. Did it run illuminated at night on its transcontinental tour in 1972?

NB: for serious nitpicking, consult this guide:
http://dieseldetailer.proboards.com/thread/15386/guide-u36b

[fecrails]

The last caboose I remember seeing in service on ex-SCL track was in the early '90s along the Aurburndale sub a few miles NW of Delta. I believe it was one of the old Auto Train units because the wind generator was what caught my attention. It seemed to be part of a maintenance train and was painted in a dull primer. I haven't seen a caboose in operation since.

FAPjr-RR Slides - AT Caboose 93-2 Oct. 76.jpg

[OldProf]

The new U36B features a well-done Seaboard Coast Line version, a Seaboard System version with appropriate carbody detail changes, a range of cab, lights, door, and window features, additional engineer and crew view options, a period-authentic SCL covered hopper (in two different weathered versions), and I dare say an absolutely lovely rendered Seaboard Coast Line M-5 class caboose with multiple passenger (e.g., conductor) views. But let's ignore all that to see who can complain loudest about the engine sounds .....

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!

[OlPaint]

I have been listening to the various YouTube videos of the real U-boat prime mover sound. Is there anyone who has made a engine sound mod addon that can be substituted for the sound that came with the DLC U36B? The U-boats had a very distinct rumble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U11J6Gx9520

OlPaint

[JohnTrainHead]

I have uploaded a bell pack that includes a steel bell which should be perfect for use on the U36B.

[FanRailer]

I have uploaded a bell pack that includes a steel bell which should be perfect for use on the U36B.