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CSX Hanover Subdivision: "The Dutch Line" Porters, PA - Hagerstown, MD

Contents Page

Introduction 3 History 4 Operations 6 Signals and Signs 9 Signaling Custom Scenarios 10 Scenarios 11 Locomotives 14 Cab Controls 17 Rolling Stock 20 Credits and Acknowledgements 21

INTRODUCTION

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;

© Copyright 2020 by High Iron Simulations and Dovetail Games CSX Hanover Subdivision: "The Dutch Line" Owner's Manual: Page 4 of 21 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.”

HISTORY

Today’s CSX Hanover Subdivision is, by American railroading standards, relatively ancient, with the oldest portions of the line dating to the 1850s. Like so many rail lines, the route was born via an alphabet soup of small railroads that eventually were merged to, in this case, form portions of the Western Maryland Railway. It was on May 27, 1852 that the Maryland General Assembly issued a charter to link the Baltimore area and Hagerstown. The character was originally granted to the Baltimore, Carroll & Frederick Railroad, but was soon amended to give name to the Western Maryland Railroad. This charter route, eventually to be constructed via Emory Grove and Highfield to Hagerstown, had reached Union Bridge by 1862.

Further to the north, several small railroads were being built which were destined to become part of the Hanover Subdivision. The Hanover Branch Railroad was built from Hanover Junction (some 14 miles east of the town of Hanover) via Porters to Hanover in 1851-52. And west from Hanover, the Gettysburg Railroad was constructed, reaching its namesake town in 1858.

Then came the American Civil War – and construction on both the Western Maryland charter line and the line via Gettysburg would not resume until after the war’s end.

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought on July 1-3, 1863, as the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under the command of Lt. General Robert E. Lee clashed with the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Major General George Gordon Meade. The initial hard fighting occurred west of Gettysburg along McPherson and Seminary ridges. At the time, the completed railroad extended only into Gettysburg from the east, but the grading had been completed further west. What is today known as the “the Railway Cut” was the scene of hard and brutal fighting and is now part of the preserved and magnificent Gettysburg National Military Park.

Four months after the battle, via the Hanover Branch Railroad and the Gettysburg Railroad, President Abraham Lincoln arrived in Gettysburg to give his “Gettysburg Address” at the consecration of the then-new National Cemetery at Gettysburg. En route to Gettysburg, Lincoln changed trains and spoke to an assembled crowd at Hanover.

Following the war, work on the railroads finally resumed in 1868. The Western Maryland charter line reached Highfield (via Thurmont) and Hagerstown in 1872, opening what would be WM’s direct Baltimore-Hagerstown route. To the north, what had become known as the Baltimore & Hanover Railroad and the Gettysburg Railroad were extended to Orrtanna by 1885. A year later, Western Maryland took control of those railroads (consolidated as the Baltimore & Harrisburg Railway). In 1889, under the guise of the Baltimore & Harrisburg, WM extended the line from Orrtanna, up the east slope of South Mountain to Highfield, thus giving the railroad two routes between Emory Grove and Highfield. In 1893, the B&H also opened a line from Porters Junction, just east of Hanover, to York, Pennsylvania.

For nearly a century to follow, the two lines across the mountains served as important arteries for the Western Maryland, handling both locally originated traffic and bridge traffic moving on Western Maryland’s “Alpha Jet” priority freights. Passenger service was always something of an afterthought on the Western Maryland and scheduled service on the “Dutch Line” was gone by the 1950s, although the route over the years was host to many special excursions spawned by the

© Copyright 2020 by High Iron Simulations and Dovetail Games CSX Hanover Subdivision: "The Dutch Line" Owner's Manual: Page 6 of 21 attractive calling cards of historic Gettysburg and the beautiful countryside. Although the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad gained control of the Western Maryland in the late 1920s, the WM operated largely independently until the 1973 formation of Chessie System (which integrated the operations of the Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, and Western Maryland). In turn, Chessie was absorbed in 1987 into CSX Transportation.

Today, the Hagerstown – Highfield – Gettysburg – Hanover – Emory Grove line is the heart of the CSX Hanover Subdivision. The ex-WM line from Highfield to Emory Grove via Union Bridge was, beginning in 1983, spun off to the short line Maryland Midland, which remains an active interchange partner with the Hanover Subdivision. The ex-WM line from Porters Junction north to York was sold in 1989 to short line York Railway. Also an active interchange partner with CSX, York Rail additionally operates an “island” section of ex-Pennsylvania Railroad industrial trackage in Hanover.

OPERATIONS

Given that much of the Hanover Subdivision was built both early and economically, the route is a demanding one. Its crossings of South and Jack’s mountains feature grades of more than 1.5 percent on the east and west slopes. Both slopes were home to helper operations in the Western Maryland era. The line is often circuitous and features horseshoes at Greenstone and Fairfield on the east slope and a single tunnel on Jack’s Mountain. Even apart from the mountain crossing, the railroad tends to be an “up one hill and down another” property as it passes through rolling farmlands. Indeed, the nature of the “Dutch Line” earned it a second, less-eloquent nickname, “the tapeworm.”

The Hanover Subdivision connects with the Norfolk Southern Lurgan Branch and Hagerstown District and the CSX Lurgan Subdivision at Hagerstown; the Maryland Midland at Highfield and Emory Grove; the Gettysburg & Northern (an ex- Reading line) at Gettysburg; and York Rail at Porters and Hanover. The route is rich in originating tonnage, much of which is aggregates, cement, and agricultural products. Especially large quarry operations actively served by the railroad are located at Security, Greenstone, and Bittinger.

Operations on the Hanover Subdivision are primarily based at Hagerstown and Hanover. The route in not signaled and is operated via Direct Traffic Control (DTC) block occupancy.

Based on recent operations, the mainstays of the Hanover Subdivision are symbol trains D795 and D797, which operate over the length of the line between Hagerstown and Hanover. D795 operates westbound from Hanover and D797 eastbound from Hagerstown. On occasion, these trains will operate as “turns,” which meet at Highfield and swap tonnage. D795 and D797 are carded Monday through Friday, but also operate frequently on weekends as D995 and D997.

Operating east from Hanover toward Emory Grove and Baltimore is the D796, which typically handles the interchange with York Rail at Porters. A job designated D778 works the local industries in and around Hanover.

During the months when road construction and such is ongoing, unit stone trains, nicknamed “Rock Runners,” operate from the massive quarry complex at Bittinger to various locations around Baltimore. These trains are designated K493 (empties west) and K492 (loads east).

CSX operates “extras” when required and these train are typically given designations with “9” as their first symbol digit. To reach its “island” operation at Hanover, York Rail has trackage (but not haulage) rights between Porters and Hanover.

Although train lengths on the Hanover Subdivision are typically moderate, the combination of heavy commodities and the demanding topography of the route results in the line hosting a wide variety of CSX motive power, most frequently six-axle power, including the EMD SD40-2, SD40-3, SD50 and GE’s C40-8W, AC4400CW, and ES44AC. GP40-2 and GP38-2 locomotives are also frequently seen on the line or working at Hagerstown Yard.

SIGNALS AND SIGNS

The route in not signaled and is operated via Direct Traffic Control (DTC) block occupancy. The only signals you will encounter on this route are located on its west end at CP Town Junction in Hagerstown, where the CSX Hanover and Lurgan subdivisions cross the NS Hagerstown District.

To allow player/AI train movements in the scenarios, we are using invisible signals which we have placed in the scenario editor, which allows us to precisely determine how a meet between two or more trains will happen. Please see the end of this chapter for more information about how to use these in your own scenarios.

Signal Description CLEAR Proceed.

MEDIUM CLEAR Medium speed through turnouts, crossovers, sidings, and over power-operated switches, then proceed.

APPROACH Proceed prepared to stop at next signal. Trains exceeding medium speed must immediately reduce to that speed as soon as the engine passes the Approach signal.

MEDIUM APPROACH Medium speed through turnouts, crossovers, sidings, and over power-operated switches, then proceed, prepared to stop at next signal.

APPROACH MEDIUM Proceed, approaching next signal not exceeding medium speed.

APP MARKER When displayed, proceed approaching next signal as authorized by the aspect shown. If the signal is dark, proceed prepared to stop at the next signal, until it can be plainly seen that the indication of the next signal allows train to proceed. Note: A signal equipped with "APP" marker provides information only about the next signal, not conditions of the track ahead. PERMANENT REDUCE SPEED SIGN When one speed is shown, it indicates speed for all trains. When two speeds are shown, the upper speed indicates the speed for passenger trains, the lower one for freight trains. Only one speed sign may be used if the same speed restriction applies to all tracks. YARD LIMIT SIGN Marks the beginning of a yard limit.

WHISTLE SIGN Placed ahead of public crossings at grade, where the engineer has to sound the horn. The horn signal consists of two long blasts, one short, and another long one. The horn signal must be started at least 15 but no more than 20 seconds before the engine reaches the crossing. The signal must be prolonged or repeated until the crossing (or the last of several crossings in short sequence) is occupied.

Signaling Custom Scenarios

To run AI trains on the route in your own scenarios, you can use our scenario-based signal asset. Look for the "HIS Signal Block Splitter" in the scenario editor.

These are very simple signals that split the track network into signal blocks in which the dispatcher can then run AI services. You should always place them in pairs with the link arrows pointing away

© Copyright 2020 by High Iron Simulations and Dovetail Games CSX Hanover Subdivision: "The Dutch Line" Owner's Manual: Page 11 of 21 from each other to fully seperate two blocks. This mimics the link placement of two normal single- link signals placed opposite each other. To change the direction the link defaults to during placement, hold down the Shift key when placing it on the tracks. The screenshot below illustrates the recommended placement:

This example above creates two signal blocks: one to the right and one to the left of the two signals (so you could run a maximum of two trains here if these are the only signals on your route). As far as the AI dispatcher is concerned, these are perfectly normal signals. You can can create as many and as large or small signal blocks as needed for your planned traffic flow.

SCENARIOS

CAREER SCENARIOS

CSX D778, Hanover Evening Duty CSX symbol D778 is an evening job at Hanover Yard which handles local pick-up and set-out duties around Hanover. You have been called for the D778 on a wintry evening and have work to perform on both the east and west sides of the city. Your power is a single CSX SD40-3. Duration: ~ 45 minutes Locomotive: CSX EMD/CSX SD40-3 CSX D795, Destination Hagerstown

It is a wintry day and you are the engineer of CSX symbol freight D775 which originates in Hanover and is destined for Hagerstown. As the scenario begins, you are in the siding at Highfield atop South Mountain awaiting a meet with eastbound CSX freight D797, then you’ll be making the descent of the west slope of South Mountain and proceed to tie up at Hagerstown Yard. Duration: ~ 55 minutes Locomotive: Locomotive: CSX EMD/CSX SD40-3 CSX D795, Gettysburg Bound CSX Train D795 is the regular Hanover-Hagerstown westbound freight on the Hanover Subdivision. You are the engineer of the D795, and as the scenario begins you have taken siding on the west side of Hanover to meet an eastbound Rock Runner. Soon, you’ll head west with set-out and pick- up work en route toward Gettysburg. Duration: ~ 75 minutes Locomotive: CSX Electro-Motive SD40-2 CSX D796, Baltimore Bound You have an 8:00 a.m. call at Hanover Yard as engineer of CSX Hanover Subdivision Symbol D796, which works east from Hanover to Curtis Bay Yard in Baltimore. With a pair of CSX General Electric Dash 8-40CWs as power, you will be pulling together your train at Hanover, then proceeding east with work at the short line interchange at Porters. Duration: ~ 45 minutes Locomotive: CSX GE Dash 8-40CW CSX D797, East Slope Descent Highfield stands near the summit of South Mountain and is a key interchange point on the Hanover Subdivision. You are the engineer of CSX Train D797 and as the scenario begins, you are picking up interchange from the short line at Highfield. You’ll next proceed to the quarry at Greenstone for set-out and pick-up work, then make the descent of Jack’s Mountain and proceed toward historic Gettysburg. Duration: ~ 85 minutes Locomotive: CSX General Electric Dash 8-40CW

CSX D797, West Slope Climb CSX Train D797 is carded to make the run from Hagerstown to Hanover, but on occasion swaps cars with its westbound counterpart, the D795, at Highfield, then turns back to Hagerstown. The D797 will be making that turn today and you are the engineer, ready to depart Hagerstown Yard. In addition to making the climb of South Mountain’s west slope, you have a pick-up to make at the Security cement plant and interchange setouts at Highfield. Duration: ~ 60 minutes Locomotive: CSX EMD/CSX SD40-3 CSX D997, Interchange and Grain CSX symbol train D997 operates from Hagerstown to Hanover as needed on weekends. You are the engineer of the D997 with a duo of distinctive CSX SD40-3s as power and, as the scenario begins, you have arrived at historic Gettysburg. You have interchange to set-out for the short line at Gettysburg, then considerable set-out and pick-up work at the agricultural and grain facilities at Granite. Duration: ~ 75 minutes Locomotive: CSX EMD/CSX SD40-3 CSX K943, Rock Runner Duty The Hanover Subdivision is home to “Rock Runner” dedicated stone trains which operate between the quarry at Bittinger and various locations in the Baltimore area. You are the engineer of CSX K942 with empties bound for Bittinger and are “in the hole” at Smiths for a meet with the D796. Then you’ll proceed to Bittinger, set out the empties, and assemble an outbound train of heavy stone tonnage. Duration: ~ 55 minutes Locomotive: CSX Electro-Motive SD40-2 Short Line Switch Job CSX’s Hanover Subdivision connects with several short lines. You are engineer of a switch job for a short line that connects with the Hanover Subdivision at Porters and has an “island” operation at Hanover. Thus, the short line on occasion uses the CSX route to reach and serve its Hanover shippers. As the scenario begins, you are at Smiths Passing Track, running light and “long-hood forward” en route to Hanover. Duration: ~ 70 minutes Locomotive: Short Line Electro-Motive GP9

The CSX Hanover Subdivision route also features a free roam and QD “Quick Drive” scenarios.

LOCOMOTIVES

Four locomotive types appropriate to the Hanover Subdivision are included with the Train Simulator route: The CSX Electro-Motive SD40-2, remanufactured SD40-3, General Electric C 40- 8W (also known as the Dash 8-40CW), and an “unbranded” short line EMD GP9.

CSX EMD SD40-2

The Electro-Motive SD40-2 was, simply put, one of the most successful diesel locomotives in railroading history. Produced by EMD at LaGrange, Illinois and Canadian subsidiary General Motors Diesel in London, Ontario, the SD40-2 is a 3,000-horsepower, six-axle (C-C) locomotive powered by EMD’s turbocharged, V-16 two-cycle 645-series power plant. Between 1972 and 1986, nearly 4,000 standard SD40-2s were constructed, with further variants (such as the SD40T-2) bringing its total tally to 4,295 units.

SD40-2 production predated the creation of CSX, but the railroad’s predecessors – including Louisville & Nashville, Baltimore & Ohio, Clinchfield, and Seaboard Coast Line – were significant buyers of the 3,000-horsepower diesel. And with CSX’s purchase of a portion of Conrail in 1996, the railroad acquired another large stable of SD40-2s. All told, CSX operated more than 300 SD40- 2s, many of which remain in service today.

CSX EMD SD40-3

With its large SD40-2 fleet aging but still well-suited to the railroad’s operating requirements, CSX in 2011 began a remanufacturing program for the venerable 3,000-horsepower locomotive. The initial rebuilding program was conducted at CSX’s (ex-C&O) Huntington, West Virginia shops, with later rebuilding work conducted by MPI (Wabtec) in Boise, Idaho.

Key elements of the SD40-3 remanufacturing include a rebuilt EMD 16-645E3 powerplant and AR10/CA5 main generator, improved control systems, air conditioning, new AAR control stand with CDU and PTC screens and desk, and, most visually striking, a new “Crashworthy Cab.”

While the locomotive retains its original 3,000-horsepower rating, the SD40-3 delivers significantly greater tractive effort than an SD40-2 thanks to its advanced control systems. Nearly 140 SD40-3s have so far been produced and the type can be found throughout the CSX system, including regular appearances on the Hanover Subdivision.

CSX GE C40-8W (Dash 8-40CW)

General Electric’s Dash 8-40CW (known on CSX and other roads as the C40-8W) was produced at GE’s Erie, Pennsylvania plant from 1989 through 1994. GE constructed 847 of the 4,000- horsepowe, six-axle (C-C) diesels powered by the builder’s capable 7FDL16 four-cycle power plant. Very much an evolutionary refinement of GE’s modern line of diesels begun with the “Dash 7” series, the C40-8W is visually notable for its use of the “North American Cab”

CSX was a major customer for the C40-8W (and its standard-cab predecessor, the C40-8) and the railroad acquired 268 of the units in 1991-1993. CSX’s acquisition of a portion of Conrail brought with it additional C40-8Ws and the CSX roster of the type thus exceeded 300 units.

While CSX has begun the retirement and sale of its C40-8W (including all ex-CR units), the locomotive remains in CSX service and is representative of the many types of six-axle GE power regularly utilized on the Hanover Subdivision.

SHORT LINE EMD GP9

The “Geep!” In all of railroading that are few locomotives more classic, iconic, and successful than the GP9 as produced by EMD between 1954 and 1959. More than 4,000-strong in number, the 1,750-horsepower, four-axle (B-B) GP9 was the successor to its equally famous 1,500-horsepower sister, the GP7 (of which more than 2,700 were built).

It would be far easier to list those major North American railroads that did not operate a GP7 or GP9 than list all the railroads that did call upon this landmark locomotive for decades of yeoman service in passenger, mainline freight, local, and switching duty.

More than half-a-century later, many “Geeps” remain in service (albeit often in remanufactured form) and the Train Simulator Hanover Subdivision includes a GP9 for use on the route’s short line connections. The GP9 is provided in an “unbranded” livery which is reminiscent of a famous past- era short line of the region, the Maryland & Pennsylvania (which was affectionately nicknamed the “Ma & Pa”).

CAB CONTROLS

The engines in this add-on use the standard keyboard controls of Train Simulator 2020. Please refer to the User Manual of Train Simulator 2020 or the Academy scenarios for general information about how to drive a locomotive in this game.

Legend

1 Reverser 6 Sander 2 Regulator (Throttle) 7 Bell 3 Independent Brake (Locomotive Brake) 8 Windscreen Wipers 4 Train Brake 9 Headlights 5 Horn 10 Dynamic Brake

ROLLING STOCK

The CSX Hanover Subdivision route includes a range of contemporary freight rolling stock appropriate to the line and its operations. Rolling stock includes:

. Three-bay covered hopper (three CSX livery variants)

. Two-bay cement covered hopper (CSX and generic variants)

. Ballast hopper (three CSX livery variants)

. 50-foot boxcar (CSX and generic variants)

. Tank car

. Four-chute, ribbed-side covered hopper

. Center-beam flatcar (loaded and empty)

. Coil-steel flatcar

. Covered low gondola

. Open low gondola

. Refrigerator car

. Auto rack

Credits and Acknowledgments

Contributors

Gary Dolzall: Original Concept, Research, Route Building, Scenario Design Rick Grout: EMD SD40-3, Custom 3D Models, Modifications for SD40-2 and Dash-8 Michael Stephan: Track Work, Route Building, Rolling Stock Modifications and Liveries Paul Dolzall: Custom 3D Models Wayne Campbell: Scenery Automation, Distant Scenery and Terrain Texturing

Special Thanks go to everybody at Dovetail Games, in particular Simon Sauntson, for their kind support and assistance during the building and testing phase of this add-on.

Equally important to us was the great help we received from the beta testers, thank you for volun- teering your free time to test this project.

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