TS Pro: Saluda Grade

PRO RANGE

The Pro Range is aimed toward the serious train simulation enthusiast looking for a complex machine to master. Each product is designed to provide education and entertainment for users. Xbox controller and HUD interface support do not come as standard and users will need to read the accompanying documentation to fully understand the operation of this advanced simulation.

The extraordinary challenges and memorable railroading of “the steepest standard gauge, mainline railway grade in the U. S.,” comes to Train Simulator Classic – with The Saluda Grade: Asheville – Spartanburg route!

Created for Train Simulator Classic by acclaimed developer High Iron Simulations, this historic Norfolk Southern (ex-Southern Railway) route extends 70 miles from Asheville, North Carolina, to Spartanburg, South Carolina, and includes the legendary and daunting 4.7 per cent railroad grade that ascended the east slope of the magnificent Blue Ridge Mountains.

With the Saluda Grade: Asheville – Spartanburg route, you’ll climb aboard three types of authentic Norfolk Southern diesels and experience extraordinary and memorable mountain railroading. The climb and the descent of 4.7 percent Saluda Grade both represented one of the great challenges of North American railroading, and with this “Pro Range” route, you’ll experience those challenges in full and ultra-realistic fashion. In addition to the unrivaled Saluda Grade, the route is tough and unforgiving from end to end, with numerous grade of more than 1 percent stretching in roller-coaster fashion over virtually the entire length of the line!

The Saluda Grade: Asheville – Spartanburg route for Train Simulator Classic, set during the 1980s/1990s, is remarkable, too, for its wealth of operations and varied railroading experiences. Anchored by sprawling Asheville and Spartanburg (Hayne) yards, the route features sidings, spurs, and branches that serve more than 40 busy industries, including the Skyland coal-fired power plant, the Cane Creek industrial complex, and numerous wood yard, lumber mill, cement, quarry, warehousing, and manufacturing shippers.

Providing the motive power and included with the route are three all-new-model Norfolk Southern Electro-Motive diesels: A “high-nose” ex-Southern Railway SD40-2 with authentic Southern-style “bi-directional” control stand; a “low-nose” ex-Norfolk & Western SD40-2 with standard control stand; and a distinctive ex-Southern Railway GP35 with high-nose and AAR (Alco trade-in) trucks. Each of the locomotive types features advanced and realistic air braking and operating features.

Joining the potent diesel power on the Saluda Grade: Asheville – Spartanburg route is a superb selection of freight rolling stock in Norfolk Southern, Southern Railway, and Norfolk & Western liveries and with various loads. Equipment includes a 50-foot boxcar, 2-bay covered hopper, 3-bay covered hopper, 100-ton coal hopper, woodchip gondola, ballast hopper, center-beam flat, bulkhead flat, gondola, and tank car.

With the Saluda Grade: Asheville – Spartanburg route, you’ll go right to work with a selection of ten realistic and challenging career scenarios (including both the ascent and descent of Saluda Grade and tackling the Norfolk Southern’s famed and massive “Belmont Coal Train”), three free-roam scenarios, and the route is Quick-Drive (QD) enabled.

Answer the call and accept one of North America’s greatest and most memorable railroading challenges – with the Saluda Grade: Asheville – Spartanburg route for Train Simulator Classic!

Included Scenarios

Ten realistic and challenging freight, local, and switching career scenarios re-create operations on the Saluda route with superb authenticity, including the challenging ascents and descents of legendary 4.7 percent Saluda Grade and operations over the complete route. More scenarios are available on Steam Workshop online and in-game.

• Brevard Turn
• The Belmont Coal Train
• Third Climb
• The Rouster Job
• Cane Creek Industrial
• Bound for Belmont
• Midnight Descent
• Coal to Skyland
• Belmont Empties
• Hayne Yard
• Free Roam: Asheville
• Free Roam: Hendersonville
• Free Roam: Spartanburg
• Quick Drive: NS

More scenarios are available on the Steam Workshop online and in-game. Train Simulator’s Steam Workshop scenarios are free and easy to download, adding many more hours of exciting gameplay. With scenarios being added daily, why don’t you check it out now!

Click here for Steam Workshop scenarios.

Key Features

• Norfolk Southern’s (ex-Southern Railway) legendary Saluda Grade route.
• The historic and challenging “steepest standard gauge mainline grade in the US”.
• Branches, spurs, and more than 40 rail-served lineside industries.
• Sprawling yards at Asheville and Spartanburg (Hayne Yard).
• Norfolk Southern (ex-Southern) high-hood EMD SD40-2 (all new model) with Southern “bi-directional” control stand.
• Norfolk Southern (ex-Norfolk & Western) low-nose EMD SD40-2 (all new model) with standard control stand.
• Norfolk Southern (ex-Southern) high-nose EMD GP35 (all new model) with Southern “bi-directional” control stand and AAR-style (Alco trade-in) trucks.
• All locomotives feature highly authentic advanced air brakes, performance, and details.
• Selection of ten types of freight rolling stock in Norfolk Southern, Southern Railway, and Norfolk & Western liveries and with various loads.
• Equipment includes a 50-foot boxcar, 2-bay covered hopper, 3-bay covered hopper, 100-ton coal hopper, woodchip gondola, ballast hopper, center-beam flat, bulkhead flat, gondola, and tank car.
• Beautifully recreated ex-Southern Railway stations at Asheville, Hendersonville, Saluda, Tryon, and more.
• Ten realistic and challenging career scenarios, including ultra-realistic ascents and descents of the 4.7 percent Saluda Grade, plus three free-roam scenarios.
• Quick Drive ready and compatible.
• Download size: 1.7GB

Source: Steam Store Description