AMTRAK RAILWORKS 3 SIMULATOR

Single- and dual-headlight versions of the E8 are provided as are “as built” and rebuilt variations.Īnd there’s even more! Accompanying the E8 is Amtrak passenger equipment ideal to re-create U.

AMTRAK RAILWORKS 3 SIMULATOR

The Train Simulator Amtrak E8 is provided in cab and booster configurations and is available in Amtrak’s original red-nosed “Phase I” livery and stylish striped “Phase II” scheme. Amtrak operated its last E-units into the early 1980s. During Amtrak service, the E8s operated throughout the country, handling both long-distance trains as well as short-haul services. The E8 derived 2,250-horsepower from a pair of EMD 567-series V-12 power plants, rode on an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement, and could be geared to operate at up to 117 miles per hour. The E8 was produced by EMD from 1949 to 1954, and nearly 500 were built. Amtrak would operate nearly 200 E-units and the stylish EMD diesels became the workhorses of the early Amtrak era. Amtrak first turned to Electro-Motive’s E8 and its younger sister, the E9. When Amtrak was formed as the United States’ intercity passenger carrier in 1971, the company was faced with patching together a fleet of second-hand locomotives. Picture the Electro-Motive “E-unit.” For an entire generation it was THE motive power for America’s passenger trains – and now the elegant E-unit waiting for you in Train Simulator in the form of the EMD E8 in two classic Amtrak liveries!

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