Train Simulator | Searchlight Simulations NS SD70ACu Pack | BETA |

The successor to the CP SD70ACu pack comes the Norfolk Southern roster of their ACu's complete with 'helperlink' units by Searchlight Simulations.
Complete with all the awesome-ness from the CP pack but now in the Honse variation with functional in-cab signaling, appropriate horn, light config and much much more...
Let's crack 'er open!
**This is a BETA BUILD; things may be subject to change**
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[@tylerkuhn748]

Now all this community needs is for searchlight to start making Run8 content. These are incredible.

[@GeorgesNadisan]

Run 8 is pretty ugly and it doesn't seem to be as promising as Simrail, but SS is working hard with the Simrail team 🤞

[@alexg6336]

@@GeorgesNadisan run8 puts all the other simulators in dumpster nothing compares to it with the physics and simulation of it

[@wrrail]

@@GeorgesNadisanSimrail isn’t American tho tmk

[@GeorgesNadisan]

@@alexg6336 Well Simrail come from a real simulator, so the physics is pretty good 👍 There's for exemple a spring effect when you hit to hard on the brakes when running a freight train. I think Simrail can compete with Run 8 physics wise 🤔

[@BigMeechEJ25]

@@wrrail Searchlight is working on a US route for Simrail.

[@colbylawson5331]

Searchlight Simulations and JointedRail always packing that heat. Shoutout to SS and JR for making Train Sim Classic better than DTG could have ever made it.

[@nononat7579]

I like how SS, along with maybe 1 or 2 other devs actually decide to bake Ambient Occlusion into the textures. It's a very small touch that makes things look so much better, especially in this 2009 ass game.

[@elvisbest3213]

beautiful job sir cannot wait for these to drop

[@Legomaster-jv8ll]

I want this so freaking badly! It looks gorgeous!

[@trentongray1818]

I'm glad to see operational cab signals haha

[@northernutahrailfanforever4537]

That k5la though sounds awesome

[@Shelbythemustang]

love the sd70acu such a beast

[@CoastalCrewProductions]

You can check our video on our channel titled "Doug on NS 154" to hear one of those unique K5LA's. It had a quill like Amtrak except the quill was more of a squeal, and the engineer, Doug, is a musical genius with horns so he really made that one unit a favorite ACU for a lot of railfans, eager to hear the horn in person. 💯

[@emd6459]

There is no such thing as quilling on these locomotives. They have a solenoid horn valve which doesn’t allow for airflow to be modulated.

[@alexg6336]

these models def need to come to run8 v3 especially a searchlight GE

[@yeahman70]

7:12 of the 44 SD70ACUs NS currently owns, 42 of them have K5LAs and only 2 have P5s, so the K5LA is probably the best option for the model

[@Battleship61234]

As far as I'm aware the NS ACU's were rebuilt with whatever horns the 9043MAC's had. I railfan the Altoona area quite a bit and see plenty of ACU helper sets and I've never heard one with a P5, just K5LA's. As far as the few that still run system-wide I don't know what they have.

[@tylerkuhn748]

The UPs had K3LAs. NS put a bunch of K5s & P5s on them. I've seen a few with P5s.

[@Battleship61234]

Didn't know that. I'll have to go try and find one with a P5. Thanks for the info!!@@tylerkuhn748

[@tylerkuhn748]

Sure thing. I've seen one with a P3 as well. I think NS just put whatever they had on those.

[@Battleship61234]

@@tylerkuhn748 Sounds like good ole NS

[@drewharman1690]

I might have to try TrainSim classic! I’ve been using Run 8 now for about 3 years and love it but this searchlight simulations looks like good stuff

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Its totally worth it. They dont have a single bad product and free rolling stock packs to boot. Theyre the opposite of some of the scummy devs that push low quality content out every few weeks - which is refreshing

[@THEhuntedCROWN]

currently lookin at some other types of railroad type games. played railroader lookin for somethin more idk "realistic" been watchin a bunch of your stuff. What do you recommend?

[@fredpryde8555]

nice power

[@CoastalCrewProductions]

Like most of NS' fleet, the horn they came with isn't common lol. Most of the ACU's have a fouled K5LA that sounds like no other Class I out there, while some have a P5, K5LLA, one even had a K5HL for a bit I heard.

[@CentiCORF]

Awesome pack bro! This would work with the CP variant correct?

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Yeah and the ac44

[@CentiCORF]

@@schnauzahpowahz nice!

[@josefw.1934]

The only gripe i got about the acu is the horn is waaaaaaay to quiet in the cab. I’ve been on dozens and dozens of ace’s and the horn is loud as hell in the cab. Idk if its just the acu is quieter inside than an ace but just kinda noticeable

[@THE_IRON_HORSE]

Well the ACes K5LLA is way way wayyy louder then the ACU K5LA, and the ACe runs a high PSI so the horn is louder but idk it might js be a sound issue

[@louisvillerailfan]

most all emd wide cabs blow the horn at high psi, not just aces@@THE_IRON_HORSE

[@schnauzahpowahz]

The CP ACu's horn was tweaked after the fact so this may be the same case

[@THE_IRON_HORSE]

@louisvillerailfan yeah I was thinking about a ge and emd I got mixed up 😂

[@louisvillerailfan]

all good haha@@THE_IRON_HORSE

[@threepea1151]

When is it releasing?

[@calebkepple1964]

I want the up locomotive they are working on

[@wrrail]

Better then the DTG ones going for 20 dollars 😂

[@schnauzahpowahz]

1 trillion % Same framerate too

[@kingofnothing8668]

Good grief, it has everything down to that annoying buzz when the ditchlights flash...🤦‍♀. The eye in the sky, if they had them installed, would be on the back wall to the top right of the back door on the engineers side. At least that's where they are on the ACe models (and most NS units actually). It's a fantastic model.

[@thetrainshop]

Haha you can tell I'm an engineer. It was a necessity to have the ditchlight buzz.

[@TheNortheastOhioRailfanner2020]

How do you get those cars?

[@trainman1ish]

It's still unavailable

[@cpr8959]

are those SS cars?

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Yeah

[@Tamburello_1994]

Where's the wallet..