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High Iron Simulations
309 projects across 1 game, 944.2k downloads in total.
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- Laramie Bound [GWD245]On a summer evening in 1980, you are the engineer of a westbound grain extra crossing Union Pacific's famed Sherman Hill, bound for Laramie. You are following a manifest freight and are momentarily stopped on Track 3 at Perkins for a signal. You will be following the freight from Dale to Laramie...1.7k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Jo'burg Jet [GWD208]You are the driver of a Spoornet train hauling jet fuel from the Port of Durban to Johannesburg for delivery to OR Tambo International Airport. You are stopped on the main line at Pentrich awaiting a Durban-bound goods train to depart Masons Mill Yard and clear the junction ahead. Soon, you'll be...1.7k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Canadian Granger [GWD322]In this scenario, the Adriana County Railroad takes on the role of a Canadian National granger branch line in Manitoba. You are the engineer of CN Extra 7053, a grain turn collecting cuts at Montibello and Banks, some of which you had switched out for return pick up during a southbound run. As th...1.7k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Caltrain Train 282 [GWD365]When new, Caltrain's MPI MP36PH-3C diesels and Bombardier bi-levels were almost exclusively assigned to express "Baby Bullet" services, but the equipment is now regularly employed as well for Caltrain's 200-series regular-service trains. You are the engineer of Caltrain Train 282, ready to depart...1.7k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- ARR "Tie Up" Job, Pt.2 [GWD395]In serving the Alaska Railbelt Marine barges calling at Whittier, the Alaska Railroad typically operates a pair of trains, the first of such is nicknamed the "Tie Up" which runs from Anchorage to Whittier, where the crew lays over. You are the engineer of the "Tie Up," operating as symbol 120S, a...1.6k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Grain Rush, '57 [GWD224]Among the last duties of Union Pacific's FEF-3 4-8-4s, after they were bumped from passenger service by diesels, was hauling seasonal grain traffic. It is 1957, and you are the engineer of UP Extra 835 East, a grain train running from Laramie to Cheyenne. As the scenario begins, you are stopped o...1.6k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- NJ Transit 2611 [GWD318]NJ Transit Train 2611 is an evening Hoboken to Long Branch commuter service. As this scenario begins, you are en route on an autumn eve and have just pulled into the station stop at Woodbridge on the North Jersey Coast Line. With a veteran NJT GP40PH-2B as power for your consist of six Comet-seri...1.6k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- East Fredericktown Local [GWD284]Norfolk Southern Local C26 is making its way north along the Loveridge Secondary and will shortly be doing local work at East Fredericktown, Pa., then making its run along the east side of the Monongahela River, and crossing over into West Brownsville Yard to complete its duty. Your power is a pa...1.6k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- South Anchorage Local [GWD372]You are the engineer of Alaska Railroad's South Anchorage Local, doing set-out and pick-up work along the main line in South Anchorage with a pair of ARR EMD GP38-2s as power. As the scenario begins, you are awaiting clearance to complete a set-out move, then you will be making multiple pick-ups...1.6k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Bridgeport GenSets [GWD257]CSX often assigned GenSet diesels to its New Haven (Connecticut) Cedar Hill Yard, and you are the engineer of a Cedar Hill local that has worked south to Bridgeport. At Bridgeport's eastside yard, you have considerable switching work to do, breaking up your inbound consist, making a local industr...1.6k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Connie and Coal [GWD195]In this scenario, we return to the age of steam on the Majestic Falls Railroad as the diminutive AT&N 2-8-0 "Connie" created by Smokebox powers a coal local from the open pit mine on the Majestic Falls' Lockwood Spur. You'll need handle some switching duties and make up your train at Lockwood, th...1.6k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Wyoming Coal West, Pt. 2 [GWD225]You are the engineer of Burlington Northern Extra 8153 West, a loaded train of Powder River Basin coal coming from Wyoming off the Sweetwater Subdivision and heading west on the Hi-Line (Marias Pass). This is the second of a multi-part scenario and having proceeded from Shelby to Blackfoot in Par...1.6k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Big Sky Climb [GWD197]It is 1968, Great Northern is transitioning from its traditional orange and green livery to Big Sky Blue, and its long-serving Electro-Motive F7s are in their final years. You are the engineer of a GN eastbound, ready to make the climb of the Marias Pass west slope from the helper station at Esse...1.6k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Wasatch Coal West, Pt. 2 [GWD253]This is the second installment of a two-part scenario in which you are the engineer of a Rio Grande unit coal train operating westward over Southern Pacific's Donner Pass line and forwarding coal to Oakland, Calif., for export. Typically, six-motor power would be assigned to the heavy train, but...1.6k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- East Chicago Ore Haul [GWD314]The great steel mills of East Chicago and Gary, Indiana, have for decades been the destination of millions of tons of iron ore mined in Minnesota. While most ore moves to the area via Great Lakes ore boats, all-rail movements, especially in winter, are also common. On a wintry morning in 1993, yo...1.6k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- San Diegan Southbound [GWD259]It is the summer of 1986 and you are the engineer of Amtrak Train 574, a mid-day southbound San Diegan. Rather than the typical EMD F40PH as power, today you have a husky General Electric P30CH to haul your consist of six Amfleet cars and a baggage car. The Surf Line promises to be busy with AT&S...1.6k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- High Iron Cadillacs [GWD286]D&RGW most typically employed its ten Electro-Motive SD9s as heavy yard, transfer, and local power, but from time-to-time came the call for the veteran diesels to hit the High Iron. You are the engineer of D&RGW Extra 5313 East, called to lug a string of empty hoppers from the IPPX railcar repair...1.5k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Park Avenue Diesels, Pt. 1 [GWD243]While the most frequent assignment of the MNCR/ConnDOT FL9s in their later years were the Danbury expresses, the veteran EMDs also saw mainline service supplementing the M-series emu fleet on trains such as MNCR 1556, a New York to New Haven evening semi-express. In the last days of FL9 service,...1.5k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Dash 8s Eastbound, Pt. 1 [GWD212]Winter has come early to the Alleghenies and on a snowy, foggy morning, you are the engineer of a loaded Norfolk Southern grain train about to climb the western slope of the mountains from Johnstown to AR Tower in Gallitzin, Pa. Your power is a pair of NS General Electric Dash 8-40Cs. This is the...1.5k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Milpitas Tonnage [GWD366]Union Pacific tonnage destined for the Peninsula Corridor is often routed through UP’s ex-Western Pacific Milpitas Yard. On a Saturday summer morning, you are the engineer of UP Extra 553 North, a job working from Milpitas to South San Francisco Yard. You are stopped at San Jose awaiting clearanc...1.5k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Mixed Train Daily [GWD100]Mixed Train Daily, a book first published in 1947, is a classic of American railroad literature in which author Lucius Beebe captured all the unique appeal of steam-era short-line railroading. In this scenario, you are the engineer of diminutive 2-8-0 722 on a mixed-train run from Stone Creek to...1.5k downloadsupdated 13 y ago
- SP Tunnel Motors West [GWD363]Southern Pacific's Electro-Motive SD45T-2 Tunnel Motors were built to battle Donner Pass and the railroad's other rugged mountain crossings, and you are the engineer of SP Extra 9253 West, a stack train climbing the east slope of Donner Pass on a wintry day. As the scenario begins, you are awaiti...1.5k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- D&RGW Train 663 [GWD383]D&RGW Train 663 was a local that worked between Provo and Roper Yard in Salt Lake City. You are the engineer of Train 663 with a pair of Rio Grande EMD GP40-2s as power and you have proceeded to the Pipe Mill at the north end of the Geneva Steel Works, where you have set outs and pick ups to make...1.5k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Turn from Denver [GWD091]You are the engineer of a Union Pacific local turn out of Denver to Cheyenne and return. You were stopped at Speer Junction for some traffic on Track 3 to clear, but are now ready to proceed on into Cheyenne. At Cheyenne Yard, you will drop your consist from Denver, pick-up outbound tonnage, and...1.5k downloadsupdated 13 y ago
- Donner Covered Wagons [GWD140]The year is 1970 and Southern Pacific's once-massive fleet of Electro-Motive F7s is serving out its final years. You are the engineer of a venerable A-B-B-A set of SP F7s about to depart Sparks, Nevada, and begin the climb of the east slope of Donner Pass. To assist your manifest freight, you hav...1.5k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Afternoon Congressional, Tr. 130 [GWD136]The Pennsylvania Railroad's "Congressional" passenger trains - Morning, Afternoon, and Evening - were among the road's premier trains on the Northeast Corridor. You are the engineer of PRR Train 130 - the northbound Afternoon Congressional - making your station stop at Trenton, NJ. Between Trento...1.5k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Rovos Rail, Pt. 2 [GWD215]Rovos Rail is operating a passenger excursion on the KwaZulu-Natal Corridor and as this second installment of a two-part scenario begins, you are ready to continue the journey north from Mooirivier toward Estcourt. The consist of your train is 11 passenger carriages powered by a pair of Spoornet...1.5k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- ARR "Tie Up" Job, Pt.1 [GWD394]In serving the Alaska Railbelt Marine barges calling at Whittier, the Alaska Railroad typically operates a pair of trains, the first of such is nicknamed the "Tie Up" which runs from Anchorage to Whittier, where the crew lays over. You are the engineer of the "Tie Up," operating as symbol 120S. Y...1.5k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- CN Daishowa Sub Southbound [GWD369]You are the engineer of Canadian National Train L50251 operating a turn from McLennan, Alberta to Peace Valley and return. You have just arrived and dropped off your inbound consist at the massive Peace Valley lumber mill, and are ready to pull together your southbound consist, then make the run...1.5k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Workin' the Hoot Owl [GWD321]In Appalachian coal country, miners have long called the late-night shift the "Hoot Owl," and tonight you are the engineer of Train N71, a CSX Bailey Mine turn that has completed coal loading at 1 am and is ready to depart Bailey Mine via the Manor Branch. You have a pair of CSX Electro-Motive SD...1.5k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Autumn Grain Rush [GWD196]It is autumn and with the seasonal grain rush on, Burlington Northern is using every available locomotive in mainline duty. On a foggy, wet fall afternoon, you are the engineer of a westbound BN grain extra with a quartet of veteran EMD GP20s for power. As the scenario begins, you are stopped at...1.4k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Climb to Cascade [GWD194]From Skykomish, Washington, the helper station on the west slope of Steven Pass, to Cascade Tunnel is a constant and demanding climb. It is 1968, and you are the engineer of an eastbound Great Northern freight about to begin the ascent from Skykomish on a rainy autumn day. For power, you have an...1.4k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Park Avenue Diesels, Pt. 2 [GWD251]This is the second of a two-part scenario in which you are the engineer of Metro-North Train 1556, a New York to New Haven evening semi-express that was often equipped with diesel power and Shoreliner equipment. As this installment begins, you have proceeded from New York to Stamford, and are now...1.4k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Palmetto Extension [GWD260v2]Amtrak's Palmetto has, since 1976, been a coach train operating along the east coast between New York and points south . On several occasions, it was proposed that the Palmetto be extended all the way to Miami, and this scenario turns that "what if" into reality. During the 1980s, GE P30CH diesel...1.4k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Coal Loads to Gosport [GWD413]This scenario is for the Bedford Junction Branch route available here at Workshop : You have been called at Bedford Junction Yard as engineer for a loaded southbound coal train bound via the Bedford Junction Branch to the Gosport rail-to-river transloading facility. Your motive power - a pair of...1.4k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- The Wharf Rat [GWD060]To serve the tight confines of Portland Terminal's wharf district, Pan Am Railways has acquired a vintage GE 44-tonner and painted it in a Boston & Maine heritage scheme. Due to its diminutive size and ability to squeeze into tight places, employees have nicknamed the diesel "the wharf rat." As e...1.4k downloadsupdated 14 y ago
- UP Extra 30 West [GWD304]On an autumn evening in the mid-1960s, you are the engineer of a westbound grain extra crossing Union Pacific's famed Sherman Hill and bound for Laramie. With UP "Big Blow" 8,500-horsepower gas-turbine No. 30 as power, you are following a manifest freight and are momentarily stopped on Track 3 at...1.4k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- UP Global 1, Chicago [GWD398]Union Pacific operates four "Global" intermodal terminals in the Chicago region, with "Global 1" located at Western Avenue near the heart of Chicago. You are the engineer of a Global 1 switch job and with a pair of Union Pacific EMD GP38-2s as power have extensive work to perform positioning load...1.4k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Sharks Westbound [GWD270]The Pennsylvania Railroad was Baldwin Locomotive Works' best customer in the diesel era, and that included PRR owning the largest fleet of RF-16 Sharknose diesels, with a roster of 102 units. You are the engineer of a westbound manifest freight about to depart Altoona, Pa., for a crossing of the...1.4k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- IPPX Transfer Run [GWD279]You are the engineer of the D&RGW second trick yard job at Provo, Utah, and you have been assigned to run a transfer cut of empty hoppers to the Intermountain Power Company's Railcar Repair Facility (IPPX) at Springville. With a pair of Rio Grande EMD SD9s as power, you will need to pull together...1.4k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Sharks in the Night [GWD278]On the Pennsylvania Railroad, Baldwin diesels and heavy tonnage were almost synonymous. You are the engineer of a heavy PRR coal drag coming off the South Fork Branch on a rainy, foggy night and bound east for Altoona. To lug the coal tonnage up and over the Alleghenies, you have an A-B-A set of...1.4k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- ARR "Tie Up" Job, Pt.3 [GWD396]In serving the Alaska Railbelt Marine barges calling at Whittier, the Alaska Railroad typically operates a pair of trains, the first of such is nicknamed the "Tie Up" which runs from Anchorage to Whittier, where the crew lays over. You are the engineer of the "Tie Up," operating as symbol 120S, a...1.4k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- CSX Hudson Line Local [GWD406]CSX symbol freight B749, a turn based from West Croton Yard, handles local duties along the Hudson Line. You are the engineer of the B749 with CSX EMD SD40-2s as power and as the scenario begins you are returning north toward West Croton with switching work to handle at Tarrytown. Scenario durati...1.4k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- NJT Bay Head Bound [GWD308]NJ Transit Train 3595 is an evening shuttle operating from Long Branch to Bay Head, New Jersey, with eight intermediate stops en route. You are the engineer of Train 3595 preparing to depart Long Branch on a stormy autumn evening with a veteran NJT F40PH-2CAT as power for your train of five Comet...1.3k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Empties North [GWD417]This scenario is for the Bedford Junction Branch route available here at Workshop : Coal loads south, empties north, that's the nature of the Bedford Junction Branch. You have been called at Gosport as engineer for an empties train bound to Bedford Junction Yard. Your motive power - a pair of Nor...1.3k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- ARR Lumber Drag, Pt. 3 [GWD401]The winter months often see shiploads of lumber arriving at Seward Harbor for transit north to Anchorage and beyond via the Alaska Railroad. You are the engineer of ARR Train 110N and in this final installment of a three-part scenario, you will proceed from Grandview to Portage and drop down the...1.3k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Iron Ore to Geneva Steel [GWD280]Built during World War II, the steel plant at Geneva (Utah) was one of the largest in the United States. Beginning in the late 1980s, after its purchase from U. S. Steel by Geneva Steel Corp., the plant received iron ore from as far away as mines on the Burlington Northern in Minnesota. You are t...1.3k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Mill River Branch Duty [GWD402]The New Haven Railroad's Mill River Branch in its namesake city served oil, coal, and industrial customers and was just the type of trackage that gave the NYNH&H reason to acquire a roster of 19 GE 44-ton diesels. You are the engineer of New Haven "44-tonner" 0801 working the Mill River Branch an...1.3k downloadsupdated 8 y ago