Realistic Routes and Scenarios for Train Simulator

CSX Hanover Subdivision Scenario Pack 01

About High Iron Simulations

As a Train Simulator Partner Programme member, we collaborate with Dovetail Games to produce a variety of realistic content for Train Simulator. In addition to the CSX Hanover Subdivision route, our products include ~ 30 realistic Train Simulator scenario packs, each of which is available at the Steam Store and Dovetail Games Store.

The CSX Hanover Subdivision Route

CSX’s Hanover Subdivision is a remarkable rail line that packs an extraordinary variety of topography, operating challenges, tonnage – and American history – into the 62 route miles that stretch from Hagerstown, Maryland to Hanover Pennsylvania and the nearby junction at Porters.

What is today CSX’s Hanover Subdivision was for decades a route of the much beloved Western Maryland Railway and the line was (and is) nicknamed “The Dutch Line” for is passage through the region’s beautiful and oft-times rugged “Pennsylvania Dutch” countryside.

High Iron Simulations has re-created for Train Simulator the western portion of the Hanover Subdivision (the complete CSX subdivision extends on eastward to Baltimore, Maryland), and the route features urban settings at Hanover, Gettysburg, and Hagerstown; the rugged and demanding crossing of South Mountain (the northern extension of the Blue Ridge) and Jack’s Mountain; more than 20 lineside shippers including massive aggregates, cement, and agricultural facilities; interchanges with four railroads; and passage through rolling farmland that translates into a “saw tooth” gradient profile and “roller coaster” railroading.

The Hanover Subdivision passes, too, through “Hallowed Ground” – a portion of the American Civil War Gettysburg battlefield where, on July 1, 1863, Union and Confederate forces clashed in the first of three days of unrelenting battle. Indeed, it was from Gettysburg’s railroad station on Carlisle Street that President Abraham Lincoln arrived by train four months after the battle to give his monumental “Gettysburg Address.”

The Scenarios

CSX Hanover Subdivision Scenario Pack 01 features contemporary main line freight, local, and switches operations between Hagerstown, Maryland and Porters, Pennsylvania.

All scenarios in this pack require Train Simulator and the CSX Hanover Subdivision Route Add-On.

The scenario pack’s ten career scenarios are closely based upon actual Hanover Subdivision operations and train symbols. Career scenario scoring is based upon points deductions (starting from 1,000) for any operating errors.

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[HNV 1.01] Granules from Greenstone

Tucked in the center of the Hanover Subdivision’s horseshoe curve near Greenstone, Pennsylvania is a massive quarry and facility that produces granules for roof shingles. On a wintry day, you are the engineer of CSX symbol D797 and you have pick-ups and set-outs to make at the quarry complex. Then, with more work en route, you will make the descent of South and Jacks Mountains toward Gettysburg.

Duration: ~ 90 minutes.

Featured Locomotive: CSX EMD/CSX SD40-3.

[HNV 1.02] Highfield Interchange

On an autumn afternoon, you are the engineer of CSX symbol D795 making its way from Hanover to Hagerstown with a duo of GE Dash 8- 40CWs as power. As the scenario begins, you have arrived at Highfield, where you have interchange to handle with the short line Maryland Midland. The interchange tracks at Highfield are on a 1.5 percent grade and switching work there can be challenging.

Duration: ~ 70 minutes.

Featured Locomotive: CSX GE Dash 8-40CW.

[HNV 1.03] Hanover Evening Call

CSX symbol D778 is an evening job that handles local duties in and around Hanover. You have been called as the engineer of the D778 and will be pulling together the consist for tomorrow’s eastbound D796 to Baltimore. Your power is a duo of CSX GE Dash 8-40CWs which are waiting at the Hanover Yard.

Duration: ~ 55 minutes.

Featured Locomotive: CSX GE Dash 8-40CW.

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[HNV 1.04] Hagerstown Afternoon Switcher

You have been called to work a CSX afternoon switch job at sprawling Hagerstown Yard and, after climbing aboard your locomotives at the engine terminal, have yard duties and some deliveries and pick-ups to complete at lineside shippers. An SD40-3 and SD40-2 lash-up is your motive power.

Duration: ~ 45 minutes.

Featured Locomotive: CSX EMD/CSX SD40-3.

[HNV 1.05] M-O-W Extra West, Pt. 1

You are the engineer of a CSX M-O-W extra operating on the Hanover Subdivision as symbol train D995. You have been called at Bittinger Quarry west of Hanover, where you will pull together a trainload of track ballast and proceed westbound. A pair of SD40-3s is your power. This is the first of a multi-part scenario.

Duration: ~ 55 minutes.

Featured Locomotive: CSX EMD/CSX SD40-3.

[HNV 1.06] M-O-W Extra West, Pt. 2

You are the engineer of a CSX M-O-W extra operating on the Hanover Subdivision as symbol train D995. In Part 1 of this multi-part scenario, you proceeded from Bittinger Quarry to Gettysburg where you are now awaiting a meet. Soon, you will be continuing west to make the climb of Jacks Mountain and the eastern slope of South Mountain and the Blue Ridge. This is the second of a multi-part scenario.

Duration: ~ 65 minutes.

Featured Locomotive: CSX EMD/CSX SD40-3.

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[HNV 1.07] M-O-W Extra West, Pt. 3

You are the engineer of a CSX M-O-W extra operating on the Hanover Subdivision as symbol train D995. In Part 2 of this multi-part scenario, you reached Highfield where you are to make a pick-up of covered hoppers, then you will descend the west slope of South Mountain to complete the journey to Hagerstown.

Duration: ~ 55 minutes.

Featured Locomotive: CSX EMD/CSX SD40-3.

[HNV 1.08] Security Switch Job

The cement plant and quarry at Security is a source of tonnage on the Hanover Subdivision. You have been dispatched from Hagerstown Yard with a single CSX EMD SD40-2 to make set-outs and pick-ups at the Security cement plant and a nearby scrap dealer, then return to Hagerstown Yard. As the scenario begins, you have arrived at Security, where the short tail track makes switching a challenge.

Duration: ~ 55 minutes.

Featured Locomotive: CSX EMD SD40-2.

[HNV 1.09] Porters Interchange

CSX and the Hanover Subdivision have an active interchange with a short line at Porters, Pennsylvania. The short line north from Porters was originally Western Maryland’s route to York, Pennsylvania. You are the engineer of short line train RJ-2 with a pair of veteran EMD GP9s as power and you have just arrived at Porters where you will handle outbound and inbound interchange with CSX.

Duration: ~ 45 minutes.

Featured Locomotive: Short Line EMD GP9.

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[HNV1.10] Last Lap to Hanover

On an autumn afternoon, you are the engineer of CSX symbol D797 making its way east from Hagerstown to Hanover. As the scenario begins, you are in the Camp Siding at Gettysburg for a meet with westbound D795, then you’ll be making the last lap to Hanover with work en route. Your power is a pair of CSX GE Dash 8-40CWs.

Duration: ~ 75 minutes.

Featured Locomotive: CSX GE Dash 8-40CW.

Acknowledgements and Credits

For cooperation and support in developing this scenario pack, our thanks are extended to:

• Simon Sauntson, Third Party Partner Manager, Dovetail Games • David Walker, Aimee Preston, and Catriona Barber, Third Party Support, Dovetail Games • Stephen Dark, Product Experience Manager, Dovetail Games • The High Iron Simulations team which created the CSX Hanover Route: Rick Grout, Michael Stephan, Wayne Campbell, Paul Dolzall, and Gary Dolzall (who created the scenarios in this pack) • Members of the Dovetail Games QA department

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