The GP40-2 is a locomotive built by EMD between 1972 and 1986. It is featured in the Train Sim World CSX GP40-2 DLC featuring scenarios for the Sand Patch Grade route and as a lone loco in NEC: New York. It is featured in the CSX-yn2 and CSX-yn3b liveries.
About GP40-2[]
Electro-Motive produced its landmark line of “GP” (General Purpose) locomotives, nicknamed “Geeps,” for more than half a century in a monumental production run that exceeded 16,700 locomotives. Arguably the ultimate edition of the Geep road-switcher was the GP40-2 and now this famed diesel workhorse comes to Train Sim World in classic CSX “YN2” and modern “YN3b” liveries!
The four-axle (B-B), 3,000-horsepower GP40-2 was constructed by Electro-Motive from 1972 to 1986, sold to 27 original railroad buyers, and enjoyed a production run of 1,143 units. As the “Geep” little sister to the famed six-axle SD40-2, powered by Electro-Motive’s highly successful and reliable V-16 645-series power plant, and equipped with EMD’s “Dash-2” technology, the GP40-2 was considered by many as the best among EMD’s long lineage of Geeps. Today, more than four decades after its introduction, the GP40-2 can still be found working in numbers for the likes of CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, Kansas City Southern, and a variety of U. S. regional railroads.
Among the buyers of the GP40-2 were 11 railroads that would eventually become (in whole or in part) members of today’s giant CSX system. The railroads that purchased the GP40-2 included the largest CSX predecessors, including Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, Seaboard Coast Line, and Louisville & Nashville. During the 1970s, Chessie System (which included B&O, C&O, and Western Maryland) made the GP40-2 its locomotive of choice, purchasing 348 of the versatile diesels. All told, CSX predecessor roads acquired more than 500 GP40-2s.
Today, CSX continues to employ a large fleet of veteran GP40-2s in road, local, and switching duties across its system. And now, the successful Electro-Motive GP40-2, in classic CSX “YN2” and modern “YN3b” liveries, comes to Train Sim World: CSX Heavy Haul, accompanied by two new modern freight cars, a 73-foot centerbeam flatcar and a CSX 42-foot steel coil car.
The Train Sim World CSX Electro-Motive GP40-2 now joins the CSX SD40-2, GP38-2, and GE AC4400CW as authentic motive power to move tonnage over the Sand Patch Grade and Northeast Corridor New York routes!
Please Note: Train Sim World 2020 is required, as a separate purchase, in order to utilise the content featured in this add-on.
Key Features[]
- Electro-Motive 3,000 Horsepower GP40-2 diesel road-switcher in classic CSX “Bright Future” YN2 and CSX “Boxcar” YN3b Liveries
- Highly authentic operating characteristics and interactive controls
- 42-foot Steel Coil Car in CSX branded livery
- 73-foot Centerbeam Flatcar
- Includes three challenging scenarios and an interactive tutorial for Sand Patch Grade
- Operable in Service Mode in Sand Patch Grade with more than 20 services to take control of
- Additionally operable in the ‘New York Switcher’ Scenario and within the featured yards of Northeast Corridor New York
- Download Size: 140.3MB
Operators[]
CSX Transportation[]
Upon its creation in 1987, CSX Transportation inherited a fleet of GP40-2s. During the take over of Conrail, CSX expanded its fleet of GP40-2s. The yn2 livery was originally the only CSX livery, but a yn3b livery was added to coincide with the release of NEC: New York.
Services[]
The CSX GP40-2 can be driven on 24 of the original services featured in the CSX Heavy Haul Edition of Train Sim World. No new services were added though. Following the release of the NEC: New York dlc, the GP40-2 can be used on 28 freight services on the Northeast Corridor route as well.
Tutorials[]
- GP40-2 Introduction - Learn how to operate the GP40-2.
Scenarios[]
- Sand Patch Sunrise - An earlier service of coal empties travelling to Rockwood has become stranded after it encountered a traction motor failure near Fairhope. You're tasked with taking a couple of helper unites to rescue it and run it back down to Cumberland Yard for later use.
- Forming Steel - Loaded steel cars have been left at various locations around Cumberland Yard and you've been assigned the task of rounding them up to form a train which will later be taken west. Your required traction for today comes in the form of two GP40-2 locomotives.
- Power Line - A range of SD40-2 locomotives are due for upgrades to SD40-3s, to allow another thirty years of service out of them. Using a light engine GP40-2, round up a cut of 10 units that will later be transported to Huntingdon. Some units will not be as straightforward as you may think.
Operating the locomotive[]
Information on operating/starting this loco can be found here, and operating the Alerter safety system can be found here.
| CSX GP40-2 | |
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| Rolling Stock | 73-foot center-beam flatcar - 42-foot steel coil car |
| Tutorials | GP40-2 Introduction |
| Scenarios | Sand Patch Sunrise - Forming Steel - Power Line |
| American and Canadian Locomotives and Multiple Units | |
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| 4-Axle Diesel Locomotives | F7 - F40PH-2 - F40PH-3 - F125 - GP9 - GP38-2 - GP40-2 - MP36PH-3C |
| 6-Axle Diesel Locomotives | AC4400CW - C40-8W - ES44AC - ES44C4 - SD40 - SD40-2 - SD70ACe |
| Switchers | SW1000R - MP15DC |
| Electric Locomotives | ACS-64 - ALP-46 |
| Electric Multiple Units | M3 - M7 - M9 - Amtrak Acela |
| Non-Powered Control Units | Amfleet Cab Car - Bombardier Bi-Level Cab Car - Gallery Cab Car - CTC-3 - Rotem Commuter Car |
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