Buy Trainz Plus DLC - Amtrak P42DC - Phase IV PC key

Trainz Plus DLC - Amtrak P42DC - Phase IV adds an Amtrak P42DC locomotive in Phase IV livery, along with a full custom cab and operating details.

Locomotive features

The locomotive includes auto-running numbers, animated wipers and fan, ditch and marker lights, night lighting, a fire script, cab signals and Gecko Script.

Phase IV livery

Amtrak introduced Phase IV in 1993 with the delivery of Superliner II cars. The scheme uses two thin red stripes over a white background, above a wide dark-blue stripe. In 1997, Amtrak extended it to locomotives, beginning with GE P42DC diesel locomotives serving the Northeast Corridor.

Phase IV also included variations for different services. Northeast Corridor Amfleet trains received Northeast Direct Service logos near the doors on coaches and in the windowless sections of Cafe cars. P42DC units assigned to those trains had a grey roof line and small Northeast Direct lettering under the cab. Some Viewliner Sleepers used on the Twilight Shoreliner received special window stickers with a star field.

Superliner cars kept the Phase IV stripes in their established position, without the upward swoop on Sightseer Lounge cars. They replaced the Phase II-style wording above the doors with blue Superliner lettering, which extended across much of the car and cut into the red and white stripes with a white shadow. Viewliner cars received similar lettering bearing the name Viewliner.

Amtrak background

Amtrak began operating in May 1971 with equipment inherited from predecessor railroads, still wearing a mix of railroad-specific paint schemes. This period became known as the Rainbow Era. Amtrak did not keep the same rolling stock on the same routes, so trains could include equipment from anywhere in the United States. From around 1972, the company gradually repainted its equipment in system-wide phases, starting with Phase I.

The phases are numbered sequentially, usually with Roman numerals. Before the Acela was introduced, phases were painted on all equipment. Since 2000, Amtrak has used different phases on some locomotives and cars, including Phase V locomotives and Phase IVb cars. Locomotives and cars could also have different paint styles while still being described as the same phase, with locomotive versions sometimes given unofficial nicknames.