Train Simulator: Western Maryland BL2 Loco Add-On

Overview

Train Simulator: Western Maryland BL2 Loco Add-On is a Steam DLC connected to Train Simulator Classic. It was prepared by Digital Train Model, published by Dovetail Games - Trains, and released on Sep 3, 2021. This page focuses on the store listing, screenshots, price, requirements, and its relationship to the main game rather than presenting it as a normal live-player game.

Store reviews and relationship

Train Simulator: Western Maryland BL2 Loco Add-On is a DLC, so player-count observations and tracked peak are not meaningful in the same way they are for a base game. The useful signals here are reviews, store recommendations, price, platform support, and the link back to Train Simulator Classic.

Language and system requirements

Train Simulator: Western Maryland BL2 Loco Add-On is available in 1 languages including:

7 regional rating boards including usk, crl, dejus, oflc, and nzoflc

Recommendations and store value

Train Simulator: Western Maryland BL2 Loco Add-On has recommendation data pending. Twitch streaming and unit-sales estimates usually belong on the parent game page, while this page is better for checking the DLC, price, media, and store details.

Train Simulator: Western Maryland BL2 Loco Add-On overview details

Train Simulator: Western Maryland BL2 Loco Add-On is tracked as Steam Store content with pricing, reviews, packages, media, requirements, and its relationship to the parent app.

Steam Store description

The distinctive Electro-Motive BL2, envisioned by legendary EMD chief engineer Richard “Dick” Dilworth as a diesel road-switcher with style and panache, is ready for Train Simulator duty! Dressed in Western Maryland Railway liveries, the BL2 is joined in this DLC by WM Alco FA2 and GE 44-tonner diesels and a selection of Western Maryland freight equipment! Secure in churning out streamlined freight F-units, passenger E-units, and end-cab diesel switchers by the hundreds, Electro-Motive had been slow to embrace the road-switcher concept. But the success of the Alco RS1 and RS2 diesels in the 1940s, along with the presence of similar models offered by Baldwin and Fairbanks-Morse, EMD took notice. Electro-Motive’s Dick Dilworth was unrivaled in creating locomotives of both mechanical perfection and style, and thus when he put EMD’s first 1,500-horsepower road-switcher to paper, he wished to give the diesel panache beyond that of a typical angular road-switcher design. The result, in the form of EMD BL1 demonstrator No. 499 of 1948, was a semi-streamlined diesel with a beveled rear hood and slightly narrowed nose to provide bi-directional visibility. Internally, the BL2 was, for all intents and purposes, identical to the EMD F3. Still anxious to not undercut its own F-units as masters of the main line, EMD’s “BL” designation stood for “Branch Line.” The BL1 demonstrator was followed two months later by production models designated BL2. In a production run that lasted 13 months, EMD produced 58 BL2s for nine railroads and the buyer list was as eclectic as the diesel itself, ran…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Train Simulator: Western Maryland BL2 Loco Add-On is listed as a DLC with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Downloadable Content, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, In-App Purchases, and Steam Cloud, and is associated with Simulation. Because it is a DLC, SteamPulse focuses on its Store listing, relationship to the parent app, media, packages, and metadata rather than treating it like a standalone concurrency page.

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