Such was the popularity of the F7 that many remained in service for several decades as railroads found them economical to operate and maintain.
The EMD F7 replaced the EMD F3, although there were not many external differences between the two units – most changes were internal. The unit was the fourth in GM-EMD’s line of successful F-unit locomotives and was the company’s best-selling cab unit of all time – more than 2,300 cab-equipped A-units and just under 1,500 cabless B-units were built in total. The hugely popular EMD F7 has hauled some of North America’s most celebrated passenger trains, including Great Northern’s Empire Builder, and is now available in this famous consist and livery for Train Simulator.īuilt between February 1949 and December 1952 by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel, the F7 started life as a freight-hauling unit but quickly moved on to haul passenger services for numerous North American railroads. Train Simulator ultimately sold one million units by 2005, and is, despite its age, still very popular and has a large, active community.This DLC is only available to purchase in the USA. In the German market, the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD) presented it with a "Gold" certification in early 2003, for sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Internationally, Train Simulator received a "Silver" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. At the time, this led Edge to rank it as the country's 54th-best-selling computer game released since January 2000. These numbers rose to 330,000 copies ($11.6 million) in the United States alone by August 2006. Train Simulator achieved sold 191,952 units in the United States by the end of 2001, which drew revenues of $8.7 million. Players need to stop and start the train, couple wagons, using the computer mouse, keyboard or a hardware addition such as Raildriver to operate the controls. The simulation allows players to operate a train on various routes in Europe, Asia, and North America. It sold one million units worldwide by 2005. Microsoft Train Simulator is a train simulator for Microsoft Windows, released in May 2001 and developed by UK-based Kuju Entertainment.
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