Now Available! The Bozeman Pass: Livingston - Three Forks & Trident Route

The new Bozeman Pass: Livingston - Three Forks & Trident route features railroading across Montana’s “Big Sky Country,” plus Northern Pacific and Burlington Northern locomotives and equipment!

Northern Pacific! One of the great “Hill Lines,” it stretched its rails 6,800 miles across the plains and mountains of the American west between the Great Lakes and Pacific Northwest. In 1970 it became a key component of new giant Burlington Northern. And among Northern Pacific’s signature locations was the crossing of historic Montana’s Bozeman Pass.

Now, you can journey to the “Big Sky Country” of Montana and climb aboard Northern Pacific and Burlington Northern locomotives to challenge rugged and historic Bozeman Pass – with the new Bozeman Pass: Livingston - Three Forks & Trident route for Train Simulator Classic!

From accomplished developer High Iron Simulations, the Bozeman Pass: Livingston - Three Forks & Trident route for Train Simulator Classic delivers exceptional railroading variety as it includes complete sets of both Northern Pacific and Burlington Northern diesel locomotives and freight rolling stock. And the route provides a captivating mix of rugged mountain railroading with tough grades to conquer plus high-plains granger territory where mile-a-minute running is the norm!

The Bozeman Pass route is set circa 1970 (the year Northern Pacific and the other Hill Lines merged into Burlington Northern) and extends from the major shop town of Livingston, Montana, across Bozeman Pass and west to Logan, where the route splits and continues to Trident and Three Forks, Montana. Total route miles of the Train Simulator Classic Bozeman Pass route is ~65 miles.

Located midway along Northern Pacific’s busy route from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest, the route was the First Subdivision of NP’s famed Rocky Mountain Division, and in 1970 became the Second Subdivision of Burlington Northern’s own Rocky Mountain Division. After serving as the heart of the regional railroad Montana Rail Link for nearly three decades, today the line is the busy MRL Subdivision of giant BNSF. Whatever the era, the Bozeman Pass route has been renowned for both its tough brand of railroading and its scenic grandeur.

The Bozeman Pass: Livingston - Three Forks & Trident route for Train Simulator Classic features:

• Five types of notable Northern Pacific and Burlington Northern Electro-Motive diesels, including the historic EMD FT (Northern Pacific), versatile GP9 (NP and Burlington Northern), prolific SW1200 switcher (NP and Burlington Northern), stylish GP30 (Burlington Northern), and powerful SD45 (NP and BN).
• Sixteen types of freight rolling stock in liveries including Burlington Northern; Northern Pacific; Great Northern; Burlington Route; Spokane, Portland & Seattle; Santa Fe; Frisco; Southern Pacific; Union Pacific; and Western Pacific.
• The rugged, scenic climb over Bozeman Pass with eastbound and westbound grades of nearly 2 percent to reach 3,000-foot-long Bozeman Tunnel at an elevation of nearly 5,600 feet above sea level.
• Livington’s sprawling yard, shops, and classic brick station. Bozeman, Logan, and other locations also feature busy yards and handsome depots and stations.
• More than 40 lineside industries and served sidings including numerous grain elevators, aggregate plants, and lumber facilities. Adjoining Milwaukee Road trackage is also extensively modeled.
• Ten authentic career scenarios, featuring BN and NP operations, delivering the challenges of operating heavy manifests, unit trains, locals, switching duties, and helper services on Bozeman Pass.

High Iron Simulations’ Bozeman Pass: Livingston - Three Forks & Trident route for Train Simulator Classic brings you the opportunity to experience in full the dramatic and memorable railroading of two great American Class 1 rail legends – the Northern Pacific and successor Burlington Northern – as the two classic railroads tote tonnage across magnificent Bozeman Pass and through the grand “Big Sky Country” of Montana.

The Bozeman Pass: Livingston - Three Forks & Trident route for Train Simulator Classic is available now at the Steam Store!


Now available for Train Simulator Classic, the Bozeman Pass: Livingston - Three Forks & Trident route delivers the railroading of two great American Class 1 roads, the Northern Pacific and successor Burlington Northern. Making a long-awaited debut in Trains Simulator Classic (Steam edition) is the historic Electro-Motive FT – “the diesel that did it” – which is one of five Electro-Motive diesel types included with the route.



Heartbeat of the Northern Pacific’s route across Montana was the yard and shop town of Livingston. A quartet of Northern Pacific EMD GP9s has descended Bozeman Pass and swings past the city’s beautiful depot (above). In a later time, Burlington Northern SW1200 182 is switching one of Livingston’s shippers (below).





From Livingston to the summit of Bozeman Pass at an elevation of nearly 5,600 feet, this new route features an unrelenting 1.8 percent grade. A trio of Burlington Northern EMD SD45s has reached Muir near the eastern crest of the grade (above), while landmark FT 5400A and kin have emerged from the west portal of Bozeman Tunnel (below). The original Bozeman Tunnel, replaced in 1945, is visible to the right.





The west slope of Bozeman Pass is little less forgiving than the eastern slope and features grades ranging from 1 percent to 1.8 percent. A trio of Northern Pacific EMD SD45s is approaching the rugged summit (above), while at West End (below), a two-unit SD45 is helping an eastbound freight while a pair of GP9s await their call.





Westbound near Chestnut, a westbound Burlington Northern freight powered by SD45s is emerging from the daunting terrain of the west slope. The now-available Bozeman Pass route includes an all-new model of the potent SD45 in Northern Pacific and Burlington Northern colors. Northern Pacific operated 30 SD45s and the BN also rostered ex-Great Northern and Burlington Route (CB&Q) examples of the burly diesel.



The town of Bozeman was a bustling railroad town, with a yard, a depot, numerous lineside industries, and a junction point between the NP/BN and the Milwaukee Road. En route with a cut of cars to set out, Northern Pacific SW1200 150 clatters across the diamond of Milwaukee Road industrial trackage. The SW1200, along with other included diesels, features a number of customizable details.



West of Bozeman, the now-available Bozeman Pass: Livingston - Three Forks & Trident route features high-plains granger railroading and track speeds of 60 mph-plus. At Belgrade, Northern Pacific FT 5409D is leading a westbound grain train. NP 5409D, along with B-unit sister NP 5404C, were the last FTs to see service on the railroad and were not retired until the spring of 1970.



Logan, Montana, 49 miles west of Livingston, was the junction point between Northern Pacific’s main lines on west via Helena and Butte and was home to a yard and handsome depot/lunch room (above). On a wintry day, Burlington Northern GP30 2202 leads an eastbound freight off the Helena line and through Logan Yard. An all-new edition of the stylish EMD GP30 is included with the route in Burlington Northern livery.





West of Logan on the Buttle line, a pair of Burlington Northern EMD GP9s have an eastbound local in tow as they duck under the electrified Milwaukee Road. Burlington Northern operated an expansive roster of GP9s which included 176 ex-Northern Pacific units.



Northern Pacific EMD SD45s make an eastbound departure from Bozeman. The Bozeman Pass: Livingston - Three Forks & Trident route, from accomplished developer High Iron Simulations, is available now at the Steam Store!

 

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