Santa Fe Super Fleet GP60M - Out Now!
Sep 19, 2024
Developer Reppo brings to Train Simulator Classic the flashy EMD GP60M and sister GP60B in Warbonnet and BNSF colors!
Now, from accomplished developer Reppo, the remarkable and unique Electro-Motive GP60M – and its cabless sister, the GP60B – come to Train Simulator Classic! The GP60M and GP60B duo are featured in the classic and timeless AT&SF Warbonnet livery as well as the vivid BNSF colors.
The Santa Fe Railway was always famous for flash, panache, and speed. Such was true in the era when its flagship was the “train of the stars,” the luxurious Super Chief, and such was true when its premiere trains were hotshot, transcontinental intermodals. In 1990, the Santa Fe Railway christened its armada of high-speed priority intermodal trains as the “Super Fleet,” and reintroduced the railroad’s magnificent and legendary “Warbonnet” red-and-silver livery.
For the Super Fleet of the 1990s, Santa Fe ordered 63 custom GP60Ms which were equipped with North American design cabs, and the railroad followed up with an order for 23 cabless GP60B sisters which were built in 1991 (General Electric Dash 8-40BW diesels were also purchased for Super Fleet service). Each type wore Santa Fe’s Warbonnet livery, and in something of a throw-back to an earlier era, the GP60M/GP60B diesels often would operate in “A-B-B-A” lash-ups. In another nod to history, the GP60M units were assigned AT&SF road numbers 100-162 (Santa Fe’s landmark FT diesels which largely dieselized the railroad during World War II also carried 100-series road numbers). Santa Fe GP60Bs were assigned road numbers 325-347.
Like the standard Electro-Motive GP60 (of which Santa Fe operated 40 units), the GP60M and GP60B were 3,800-horsepower, four-axle locomotives powered by EMD’s 16-cylinder, two-stoke 710G3 powerplant. And as was typical for EMD locomotives of the time, the stylish locomotives were constructed at General Motors’ London, Ontario, Canada facility.
Santa Fe’s GP60M and GP60B diesels served at the forefront of “Super Fleet” operations in the early 1990s. In 1996, Santa Fe and Burlington Northern merged to form today’s giant BNSF. Initially, the diesels retained their Warbonnet liveries with large BNSF lettering and it was not long before the speedsters also began hauling intermodal traffic on ex-BN routes such as that over Marias Pass. By the early 2000s, the diesels increasingly appeared in BNSF orange and green (and would wear various versions of BNSF liveries). Today, more than three decades past their entry into service, the GP60M and GP60B diesels remain in main line service for BNSF, assigned to a wide range of services throughout the sprawling system.
Created for Train Simulator Classic by talented developer Reppo, the now-available GP60M and GP60B diesels are striking and accurate re-creations of these distinctive and powerful diesel locomotives. And the unique, handsome diesels are ready for service in Warbonnet and BNSF liveries. The GP60M pack includes four realistic career scenarios, two each on the Raton Pass route (featuring Santa Fe operations) and the Marias Pass route (featuring BNSF operations). The locomotive is also Quick-Drive compatible.
Now’s the time to experience dramatic and memorable “Super Fleet” railroading at the throttle of the extraordinary and unforgettable GP60M. Now available for Train Simulator Classic at the Steam Store!
From noted developer Reppo, the EMD GP60M – and its cabless sister, the GP60B – now come to Train Simulator Classic. In an “A-B-B-A” lash-up, Santa Fe “Super Fleet” diesels are easing down the unforgiving east slope of famed Raton Pass with an intermodal train. The new GP60M pack features the potent GP60M and GP60B in Santa Fe and BNSF colors.
In 1990-1991, Santa Fe acquired a fleet of 63 custom-design Electro-Motive GP60Ms which were equipped with North American style cabs and 23 cabless GP60B sisters. Like the standard model GP60, the diesels were 3,800-horsepower, four-axle locomotives powered by EMD’s 16-cylinder, two-stoke 710G3 powerplant.
Upon the 1996 merger of Santa Fe and Burlington Northern to create today’s giant BNSF, the GP60M and GP60B diesels joined the BNSF roster and now, three decades into their careers, the venerable diesels remain in main line service.
With the now-available EMD GP60M from Reppo, you’ll climb aboard the distinctive North American cab and work from authentic and detailed interactive engineer controls.
The GP60M DLC for Train Simulator Classic features Santa Fe-era career scenarios on the Raton Pass route. Starting the tough westbound climb of snowy Raton Pass, AT&SF GP60M 144 crosses the Purgatoire River (above). On a summer day, Warbonnet-clad GP60M 100 is on the point of an eastbound piggyback easing its way down Raton’s east slope (below).
The new GP60M pack also includes BNSF-era scenarios on the Marias Pass route. Climbing the west slope of Marias, BNSF GP60M 150 is leading a priority eastbound stack train along the Flathead River (above), then a brief time later eases into Essex, Montana (below).
Over the years, the GP60M and GP60B diesels have performed a variety of services on BNSF, including toting heavy manifests. Rolling west along the gentle east slope of Marias Pass, GP60M 111 and its sisters (above and below) trundle past the innumerable grain elevators found in the “Big Sky Country” of Montana.
Now’s the time to experience dramatic and memorable “Super Fleet” railroading at the throttle of the extraordinary and unforgettable Electro-Motive GP60M. The EMD GP60M and sister GP60B in Santa Fe and BNSF colors are available now for Train Simulator Classic at the Steam Store!