Journey to the fabulous and rugged Rocky Mountains of Canada and take the throttle of Canadian National trains crossing the Continental Divide with the Yellowhead Pass route for Train Sim World 2 set in the 1980s when the route from Jasper to Red Pass had just been double tracked and the new Robson link line built between the Albreda and Robson Subdivisions, thus creating a double-track route with a grade separation west of Red Pass. Traffic on the busy mainline includes general mixed manifest traffic with significant amounts of lumber and grain as well as unit coal trains, sulphur trains, and intermodals. The Locos: During the 1970s, CN (Canadian National) specified a unique"wide-cab" variant of theoriginal model known as the "GP40-2L" (sometimes classed as GP40-2LW). Said units were built specially for crew comfort and improved visibility The EMD SD40-2 is a 3,000-horsepower (2,200 kW) C-C road switcher diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD from 1972 to 1989. What’s included? Canadian National’s crossing of the Canadian Rockies via Yellowhead Pass Mountain railroading on the CN Albreda and Robson Subdivisions Approximately 80 routes miles with two often-separated main lines Jasper, Alberta yards, station, and engine terminal Spectacular Rocky Mountain scenery Canadian National GMD GP40-2LW and SD40-2W diesel locomotives Selection of freight cars, including intermodal equipment, covered hopper, rotary gondola, flatcars, boxcars, tank car, and Canadian National steel caboose Pictures of the train simulator version
Perhaps a modern version of the route could include CN ET44AC, ES44AC, SD75I, or SD70M-2. The Wide-Cab SD40-2 and GP40-2 are nice of course and one or both could still be included in a modern CN route.
