Coming soon, CSX Scenario Pack 03 will put you at the throttle for contemporary railroading on the historic B&O Mountain Subdivision! The Mountain Subdivision: Historic (opened in 1852), tough (multiple twisting grades of 2.2 percent), and home to some of the most scenic and challenging railroading in America. Stretching from the Potomac Valley at Cumberland, Maryland, across the summit of the Alleghanies to Grafton, West Virginia, the line was called the “West End” in an earlier time and then the Mountain Subdivision of the historic Baltimore & Ohio and today’s rail goliath, CSX. Train Simulator Classic’s acclaimed B&O Mountain Subdivision Route re-creates this famed 101-mile rail line – and soon the ten new career scenarios of CSX Scenario Pack 03 will bring contemporary heavy haul railroading to life as CSX totes massive coal trains as well as manifest freight across the scenic and rugged spine of the Alleghany Mountains. Set in the era from 2014 to the present day, CSX Scenario Pack 03, from High Iron Simulations, will put you at the throttle of five locomotive types ranging from third-generation titans such as General Electric’s ES44DC to CSX’s unique and versatile SD40-3 rebuilds, all ready to tackle the route’s unforgiving 2.2 percent twisting grades and extraordinary tonnage. The Mountain Subdivision has through its long history been renowned for coal-hauling, and you will handle 100+ car loaded unit coal trains with head-end and DPU (distribution power unit) locomotives as well as manned helpers to lift tonnage over the Alleghanies. You’ll also climb aboard CSX power to usher empty trains back toward the mines, operate the line’s workhorse manifest freight, and handle local and switching duties. With CSX Scenario Pack 03, you will: Make an end-to-end, Grafton-to-Cumberland run across the Mountain Subdivision in a challenging four-part scenario. En route, the train will, over specific portions of the line, authentically operate with and without mid-train DPU locomotives and with and without rear-end manned helpers. Take the controls of CSX’s westbound workhorse manifest freight – symbol Q-317 – in a two-part scenario that includes the tough climb of legendary 17-Mile Grade and the equally unforgiving descent of Cranberry Grade. Aboard a CSX EMD GP40-2, work the Mountain Subdivision’s westbound L-163 local freight, handling switching duties en route at Keyser, West Virginia, and the sprawling paper plant at Luke, Maryland. Handle a heavy coal train coming off the ex-Western Maryland Thomas Subdivision bound for Newport News, Virginia. It’s a snowy, slippery day, but your power set led by a veteran CSX General Electric C40-8W will be up to the task. Work a westbound empty hopper train that’s also been called upon to lug overflow manifest tonnage from symbol freight Q-317. With a trio of CSX’s unique SD40-3 rebuilds, you’ll make a pickup at M&K Junction, then climb the Cheat River Grade. Serve as engineer of loaded eastbound coal train U787 making the crossing of Newburg and Cranberry Grades on a wintry day. Despite the weather, local railfans surely will be out, because on the point of your train is a power-pooled BNSF diesel. Note: For full use, this upcoming scenario pack will require the B&O Mountain Subdivision Route; CSX Hanover Subdivision Route; BNSF ES44DC Loco Add-On; CSX ES44AC Add-On Livery; GP40-2 Loco Pack Add-On; and CSX SD80MAC Loco Add-On. CSX Scenario Pack 03, based closely on actual railroad operations and train symbols, will deliver the remarkable experiences of big-time, heavy haul railroading on one of America’s most historic, scenic, and challenging mountain railroads – and it’s coming soon to Train Simulator Classic! The legendary B&O Mountain Subdivision: Historic, tough, and home to some of the most challenging railroading in America. Soon, CSX Scenario Pack 03 from High Iron Simulations will bring CSX-era railroading to the acclaimed route. At Tunnelton, West Virginia, a westbound powered by CSX SD40-3 diesels passes the rear helpers of an eastbound coal train. With the upcoming CSX Scenario Pack 03, you’ll make a 100-mile Grafton-to-Cumberland run across the Mountain Subdivision in a challenging four-part scenario. With a duo of CSX ES44AC diesels on the point, the heavy coal train makes its departure from Grafton (above), then nears the end of its journey crossing the great viaduct entering Cumberland (below). CSX’s westbound manifest freight workhorse – symbol Q-317 – is approaching M&K Junction, West Virginia, behind a pair of veteran CSX General Electric C40-8W diesels. Alongside, a duo of newer CSX GE ES44ACs shove hard on the rear of an eastbound coal train. Working the Mountain Subdivision westbound local, a duo of Electro-Motive GP40-2 diesels switch a lineside industry at Keyser, West Virginia. With CSX Scenario Pack 03, you’ll climb aboard four distinctives types of second- and third-generation CSX diesel power. Snow is falling as CSX GE C40-8W 7853 crosses the North Branch of the Potomac River near Bloomington, Maryland, leading a heavy unit coal train off the ex-Western Maryland Thomas Subdivision. CSX Scenario Pack 03 will deliver challenging unit coal, manifest, local, and switching railroad duties. At M&K Junction, a set of unique CSX SD40-3 rebuilt diesels have coupled to a cut of cement- covered hoppers as the mid-train DPU units of an eastbound coal train growl past. The SD40-3 is the result of CSX’s locomotive remanufacturing program based upon veteran SD40-2 diesels. Unit coal train U787 reaches the top of rugged Newburg Grade, clears Kingwood Tunnel, and enters Tunnelton, no doubt surprising local railfans with colorful BNSF ES44DC 7732 on the point. BNSF pooled power has appeared with some regularity on the Mountain Subdivision. Manned helpers await at Hardman, West Viriginia, and will soon clasp the rear coupler of the coal train led by CSX ES44AC 977. CSX Scenario Pack 03 will deliver the remarkable experiences of big-time railroading on one of America’s most historic, scenic, and challenging mountain railroads – and it’s coming soon to Train Simulator Classic!
