Sessions
Long-Haul Route
The Canadian Pacific’s Mountain Subdivision passes through rugged mountanous
terrain much of it national parks still with little to no development. It is a
challenging long-haul route for Trainz. The assent to both the Kicking Horse Pass
and Rogers Pass has steep grades, as much as 2.2%.
The Kicking Horse Pass through the Rocky Mountains from the summit west to
Golden is single track with several passing sidings. From Golden through Rogers
Pass to Revelstoke is essentially double track with sections of single track. The
Columbia River Valley north of Golden is double tracked for a ways before
becoming single track with passing sidings at Donald, Redgrave and
Beavermouth. The Beaver Valley is essentially double tracked as the line splits to
approach the Connaught and Macdonald Tunnels, respectively. West of the
tunnels the upper Illecillewaet River Valley is double track to Flat Creek then
single track to Albert Canyon with a passing siding at Illecillewaet. The line is
then double track from Albert Canyon to Revelstoke.
The sessions are designed first to
give you an introduction to the
route, then to emulate long-haul
through traffic on the Mountain
Subdivision which is part of the
Canadian Pacific's transcontinental
main line.