About This Content The famous General Electric ‘U-Boat’ comes to Train Simulator in two distinctive Seaboard liveries.General Electric introduced its “Universal Series” diesel road-switchers in 1959, and over the following two decades more than 3,500 “U-Boats” - as the locomotives were nicknamed – were constructed. The final and most powerful four-axle (B-B) model in GE’s U-Boat line was the 3,600-horsepower U36B built from 1969 through 1974. Constructed primarily for the Seaboard Coast Line (which owned 108 of the total 125 built), the U36B was put to work on SCL’s fastest and heaviest freight hauls, but it was also versatile enough to handle almost any duty. Seaboard Coast Line was merged into the Seaboard System Railroad in 1982 and SCL’s fleet of U36Bs continued to serve in mainline duty into the 1990s, after which a number found further work on U. S. short lines. The GE U36B for Train Simulator is available in Seaboard Coast Line and Seaboard System liveries. Features of the model include EMD-style Blomberg trucks as were used on all SCL’s U36Bs, rear headlight control, gyralight control, forward headlight control and classification lights. Accompanying the U36B are SCL’s noted yellow-liveried covered hoppers and a Seaboard Coast Line M-5 caboose, each of which are ideally suited for service with this historic U-boat.The locomotive is also Quick Drive compatible, giving you the freedom to drive the Seaboard U36B on any Quick Drive enabled route for Train Simulator, such as those available through Steam. Also included are scenarios specifically for the Miami – West Palm Beach route (available separately and required to play these scenarios).ScenariosThree scenarios for the Miami – West Palm Beach route:Highball to HialeahBetter Hop to It – Part 1Better Hop to It – Part 2More scenarios are available on 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 FeaturesGE U36B in Seaboard Coast Line and Seaboard Systems liveriesRear headlight controlGyralight controlForward headlight controlClassification lightsSCL three-bay covered hopper and SCL M-5 cabooseQuick Drive compatibleScenarios for the Miami – West Palm Beach routeDownload size: 146mb a09c17d780 Title: Train Simulator: Seaboard GE U36B Loco Add-OnGenre: SimulationDeveloper:Dovetail GamesPublisher:Dovetail Games - TrainsFranchise:Train SimulatorRelease Date: 26 Feb, 2015 Train Simulator: Seaboard GE U36B Loco Add-On Download Blackbox Very nice locos despite its a few minor bugs with it :). A top choice in DLC, the GE U36B is one of my favorite locomotives, You definitely want this one. You're going to love it. This is one of the locomotives that I resort to when I can't make up my mind because it is just fine in every way.. A true GE icon that shoul be a must purchase for any American train simmer. The only problem is the sounds as they are reused from the Kuju Es44ac but that can be fixed with a sound mod from Railworks America that gives the loco accurate sounds.. This is a very good loco and the horn is really good. Yes there are some bugs with this add-on but I think it's worth it. I just wish it had more career scenarios than just 3. I don't understand why this one was $25 instead of the normal $20 but it's still good. I don't regret getting this DLC at all. If you're not really dying to get this add-on maybe you should wait to the next sale. Then again who knows when that is.. Okay, I'm going to start off by saying that this DLC has not been rated very well. I personally think that this is one of DTG\/RSC's best DLC's to date (being that this is not 3rd party), and here's why:This engine comes with two paint schemes (liveries), and each one actually has a differnent feature: the black and yellow Seaboard Coast Lines model has a red or white Gyralight fixed on the nose, but the gray Seaboard System one actually has the gyralight covered up. The cab is pretty nice, though alot of the levers seem to be taken off of the ES44... But, there are other nice features of the cab, which you will have to play with on your own :) The features of the model are great! As said before, on the Seaboard Coast Line model, there is a dim, bright, or red option for the aforementioned Gyralight. The wipers on this loco can actually be controlled by hand like in real life, if they were to get jammed, and you can see them outside of the cab! The sunvisors can all be moved, and viewed from out of cab. Also, the front door, and both side windows OPEN, and they slightly alter interior sounds!Now, for the bad part:This DLC has some things wrong with it, which ALOT of RSC DLC has: DEFAULT SOUNDS! The horn is taken off of the Pacific Surfliner F59PHI, which is some S***TY K5LA replica. The bell was taken off of the PTM GP40, which is some wierd ship bell. The engine sounds, honestly, i dont know, because i changed them before i even played with this! According to my sources, the engine sounds are from the Kuju ES44, which surprises none of us! Anyway, Fanrailer (3rd party freeware developer) has made a sound pack which takes the sounds off of the freeware C36-7i and ports them over, making it much more enjoyable!All in all, I was pleasently surprised by this DLC, and have NO regret whatsoever buying this loco. Due to the great features of this, the bad sounds can be easily overlooked, and this is well worth the extra 5 dollars! I would recommend to anyone!**Notice** Look for a horn pack coming soon to RWA!. It's not a bad add-on. You get two liveries to choose from, one type of wagon in various states of weathering and a caboose. Sounds are ok and standard by DTG standards but the lack of a instrument light switch is a pity. The scenarios are fairly straightforward and there's three of them.The usual price is $19.99 but with the recent release of the Amtrak E8 you get THIS U36B included.. Good DLC. And you can find some good repaints for it aswell. I've found that for some reason I can't get the 2nd rake of cars in "Better hop to it" (part 1) to latch. I've tried speeds from 0.5 - 4.0 mph - the 2nd rake remains sadly independent of my efforts. The loco itself is pretty good though.Therefore because of this, I cannot make a positive recommendation. However, if it turns out that it's something I'm doing wrong, then I will change my current negative to positive.Edit 9th March 2015: Recommedation changed to Positive - see below.. like it but they need to get the instraments and throttle lights to come on so i dont use the cab light during night runs
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