TSW CSX GP40-2

[ElphabaWS]

TSW CSX GP40-2 announced: See: https://train-simulator.com/pinnacle-of-the-geep/

[imnew]

Sweet! Reading the article now. Nice shots Gary!

[BNSF650]

Also comes with some new cars. These look nice.

[dejoh]

Great. Now we need a steel plant/warehouse with an overhead crane to lift the hoods off the coil cars.
The route needs industry big time.

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

Nice, a loco and 2 new cars.
In the screenshots the brake and m.u. hoses look like the proper length now.

I am confused however, the VRC GP40-2's have this fancy rotating beacon on top that comes on during the starting sequence.
When were these added by CSX? Or have they since been removed? Some GP38-2's also had them.

BTW: do these Geeps scream Chessie System at you?

[NStrains]

Great. Now we need a steel plant/warehouse with an overhead crane to lift the hoods off the coil cars.
The route needs industry big time.

What you see is pretty much what Sandpatch has.

What is needed is an industrial route for switching and loading/unloading freight.

[BNSFdude]

I am confused however, the VRC GP40-2's have this fancy rotating beacon on top that comes on during the starting sequence.

In reality, the little rotating lights only come on to alert the wayside (employees passersby) that the Auto Start/Stop system has stopped the engine AND the HotStart system, which is a small diesel engine that keeps oil and water warm and batteries charged, has failed or is disabled.

On normal shutdown the beacon doesn't light.