My yard doesn't do industries except it has a power station that needs to be kept going or else all the signals and lights will go out (except on the trains).
So if you ever wind up with some extra coal, fire it my way!
Oh, one thing EVERYONE needs to know. Whoever is sending to me MUST PUT MY USERNAME INTO THE iPORTAL in SURVEYOR! Otherwise, it won't fit!
I'm working on that problem lol...
And here are the three locos!
Note: The DD70AX is the base loco for all of these; NONE OF THE OTHERS WILL WORK IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE DD70AX!
DD70AX
GP78-2
SW7200
They look the same as always, but they sound different. Oh yeah, they're FAST. Like as in with DCC mode don't go past oh the 2nd "notch" or you'll be blazing at like 250 MPH...
DD70 is the best for mainline stuff as it's the heaviest; GP78-2 comes in a close second.
Now for a bit of "lore" about these locos...
GM-EMD-Fred Smith DD70AX
When diesel traction took over from steam, Union Pacific required lash-ups of several units to equal
the power of a single 4-8-8-4 type steam locomotive; and it's management made consistent efforts to find a more simple solution by increasing the power of single units.
UP experimented succesfully with gas-turbine power for some years, but as diesel engine technology developed, it concluded that there were distinct advantages to buying standard equipment from locomotive suppliers.
In the late 1960's UP decided to celebrate a century of continuous operation by ordering the largest and most powerful single unit locomotives in the world. Constructed almost entirely from standard General Motors parts, the DD40AX, or "Centennial," combined 2 x 16 cylinder prime movers on one chassis.
As modern powered railroad operations evolved in the US, standard practice on most sytems became to calculate the required horsepower per ton to move a train over a given route, and issue a suitable number of conveniently rated units to form the motive power. Large, indivisible units such as the behemoth DD40AX were less than suitable for these practises, and were eventually made redundant by less striking examples of locomotive technology.
Later, an independant buyer bought one of the last few DD40AX's and put his own prototype of a magnetic impulse drive in it. He billed this new, incredibly powerful locomotive as the DD70AX in honor of its DD40AX lineage but to set it apart as well. This locomotive has never been repainted and is currently on lease to UP anyways.
Model: DD70AX
Horsepower: 69,600
Engine: 1 Magnetic Impulsive Drive
Max.Speed: Unknown
Built: Fictional
Following the success of his DD70AX, Fred Smith went on to patent and license his Magnetic Impulsive Drive (MID) to Union Pacific, who slapped it into everything they had, even their switchers. UP decided to use a 7 in the place of the first number of each locomotive they remotored with the MID, so the SW1200s they remotored became SW7200s and their remotored GP38-2's became GP78-2's.
Enjoy!