Train Simulator | Santa Fe Classic Pack 001 

The work you do for the community is invaluable. Thank you. As for me, I'm done buying DTM stuff until they demonstrate they have moved from quantity to quality. I'd rather shell out $30 for a top-quality single engine from SS than $20 for 37 reskins from DTM, all day. And those sounds just scream "I don't give a toss for realism". I am actually happy to pay for the superb sound enhancements from AP. Immersion is everything, and good quality, accurate sounds are absolutely crucial. I wish DTM, and Dovetail as well, understood this.

Wow! Hearing Santa Fe Skyway brought nostalgia. I need to get the PMDG DC6 for MSFS and grab a ATSFS livery for it. Also wanna add that I burst out laughing at that first F3s horn.

Only Twunnyfiedollah! But you are right. upon doing some research, Santa Fe's F3A's had silver/chrome-colored lower light housings and the grab rails on either side of the nose were in fact painted yellow. Good eye and attention to detail, I can't say I would have known any better otherwise! I had an old Lionel O Gauge A-B-A set of those when I was young. They were the first model trains I ever had with sound, being Railsounds 1.0. They only had sounds in the B-unit which was a dummy. I recall the engine sounds only having 4 sound notches, but I fell in love with the sounds of the EMD 567 engine that day. It changed my life forever.

I briefly watched it. Now 100% am NOT going to buy the pack. And you’re right that DTM products are evolving, just backwards. Another example is Penn Central RP FA-1 and PRR FA-1. PRR loco was released 3 years earlier, but is infinitely better. And I’m not even comparing their retro pack GP35s (where the whole control stand is coloured pure black so you can’t see a thing among the controls) and their WP GP35 from 2017. Later one is not ideal either, but is a lot better and at least driveable.

Found your channel and love the content! I play British stuff on TSC but would love to try out American stuff too (not enough money to make the jump though!). An American friend groaned when I told him this pack was available, so took a look at what the fuss was about!

When Shawn Laughs, you know you done fucked up BAD.

From what i understand the guy who ran VRC got so tired of people pirating his stuff he quit. Sadly the only pack i was able to get before he closed was his GP40 mega pack. Glad i did but sad I missed his U28CG. As for this pack.... Well fuck, i'm a huge Santa Fe/BNSF fan and was about to get this pack before i saw your video. I got to say thanks! it saved me some money.

I actually brought up these concerns to IHS on their Facebook page when advertising this pack and they did not give a shit. They really don't care that they're polluting TSC with this sort of reskin crap. The worst part is that you can go onto Railworks America and Train Sim Communty and find equivalent versions of literally everything included in this pack FOR FREE, all made by fans, often made between 5-10 years ago, and all better quality than this garbage fire. Iron Horse Simulators and Digital Train Model should be hanging their heads in shame.

Yeah that's the same old 567 sound.

Thank you for this nuanced review. I had it on my wishlist, now not anymore.. A pity, that the F3 are not available as freeware.

The auto parts boxcar is from the og Norfolk southern high hood sd40 dlc all the way back from 2012, it seems they put modern trucks on it but the model is from 2012

It does feel to me that the quality of TS DLC has dropped over last 3-4 years

9:31 sounds like the OG dash 9 horn mixed with something else it’s a sad excuse for a horn

Dude you should see some of the other stuff. When you open the windows, the window object moves to the center of the cab from outside view. Its sad how much DTM has fallen. Unfortunately I lost all of my VRC stuff when my first PC committed the big die, but its not even funny how much better his stuff was compared to what we are getting now. I don't understand how such a long running sim has such shoddy people behind it now.

Horn sounds like a dying cow!🐮

Well this was painful. Took me 3 hours to get through it. 25 smacka roonies ya say? I think not. Off topic as usual, but I am looking forward to the release of Smokebox's Challenger. From the screenshots on FB it looks to be promising.

I assume your C424 will be out soon!

I wish they included a PA or E unit in this. Also I agree with you the sounds on the f units dont sound right

The colors on the U28CG look nice, but the fact the pack sounds, looks, and feels like it came from DTM is what disappoints me. When I put my ATSF retro pack suggestion on the DTG Forums, I didn't think my suggestion would slap me back in the face. I was hoping for more than low quality locos and stock here. I thought "Pro Range" was more than enough of a hint. Edit0: The U28CG has the wrong color. It should be dark red, not common red (I call the regular red common red). Edit1: I mean the U28CG's color is slightly darker than the one in the dlc

Time to make some horns

What's up with the video resulation? Max is 360p.

Bro u need a discord I would enjoy that

I wonder when anything Wabash would come to train simulator. There's literally nothing besides the NS Wabash heritage unit.

This is a shame because HIS is famous for making very decent scenarios (including the 300 or so on the workshop) but when it comes to locomotives they kinda fall off.

How embarrassing. This is totally unacceptable. I see why DTM has basically refused to do an SW1, even when I handed him everything to do it on a silver platter except modeling. He just does not care anymore, nor does he have any intention of caring.

Honestly first got excited for some cool new stuff, and later it’s just… sadness…

Dog farts in the horn's air reservoir? Maybe that's the issue?

Who would voluntarily spend $25 on this pack??? Maybe at $5 it's a good value but my god $25 is a joke

Nothing new. 10000 times reused sound and cab from year 2013

Without the 567 mod forget it. Even with the mod I'm not a fan.

Yikes

how depressingly embarrassing, I was hoping for something good, considering a lot of my older family members worked for Santa Fe during this time period, with the F9, FP-45 and GPs. depressing quality

You concentrated too much on the locomotives ... Check the Santa Fe Hi-Liners and find: no passengers, no interior illumination, no tail lights, no El Capitan drumhead, bo2 truck the wrong way round on the Hi-Levels, the same truck is mounted OK on the baggage cars (done by somebody more competent than DTM?), trucks coarsely detailed and poorly textured, with a white bolster making it stand out under the car's shade, couplers that don't even exist in the prototype and couldn't even couple because of the box like extension, no brake hoses on those supposedly AAR Type F couplers, 4 inches of slack in what supposedly are TightLock couplers, Glad my n-th refund of DTM's stuff was accepted by Steam.

Honestly the reason why I stop playing train sim. No good routes or half assed at best and same old models as always. There's only so many times you can operate the AC4400 or the SS SD40s before it just gets old.

After watching this vid in its entirety, I immediately purchased the Santa Fe Classic Pack 001, as I don't drive TS trains zoomed in on one rivet...lol

I just got this pack, and I fucking regret it. The shit in this pack is HORRIBLE! Most of the locos use the same horn and the lights are ugly.