High Iron Simulations Pack 01 Union Pacific Wasatch Grade Scenario User Manual
- May 15, 2024
- High Iron Simulations
Table of Contents
High Iron Simulations Pack 01 Union Pacific Wasatch Grade Scenario
Product Information
Specifications
- Product Name : Union Pacific Wasatch Grade Scenario Pack 01
- Manufacturer: High Iron Simulations
- Compatibility: Train Simulator Classic
- Available at: Steam Store
About High Iron Simulations
High Iron Simulations is a Partner Programme member collaborating with
Dovetail Games to produce realistic North American content for Train Simulator
Classic. Their products include Train Simulator Classic routes, retro and
locomotive packs, as well as scenario packs.
Contact Information
- Steam Store for Train Simulator products: http://store.steampowered.com
- High Iron Simulations products on Steam Store: http://store.steampowered.com
- Support for Train Simulator Classic and scenarios: https://dovetailgames.freshdesk.com/support/home
- High Iron Simulations on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HighIronSimulations/
The Union Pacific Wasatch Grade Route
Details about the route go here.
The Scenarios
Information about different scenarios is included in the pack.
Acknowledgments and Credits
Credits and acknowledgments for the product.
Product Usage Instructions
Scenario [WG 1.02]: PFE Produce East, Pt. 2
Description of the scenario and instructions for playing it.
- Duration: ~ 65 minutes
Scenario [WG 1.04]: Utah Coal
Description of the scenario and instructions for playing it.
- Duration: ~ 50 minutes
Scenario [WG 1.09]: Ogden Transfer Run
Description of the scenario and instructions for playing it.
- Duration: ~ 35 minutes
General Usage Tips
Additional tips and recommendations for using the product effectively.
Troubleshooting
Common issues and solutions for users experiencing problems.
Updates and Maintenance
Information on how to keep the product up-to-date and well-maintained.
Support
How to reach out for further assistance or support related to the product.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Q: Where can I purchase the Union Pacific Wasatch Grade Scenario Pack 01?
A: The pack is available on the Steam Store along with other High Iron Simulations products. -
Q: How can I access the scenarios included in the pack?
A: You can access the scenarios within Train Simulator Classic once the pack is installed. Detailed instructions are provided in the product manual. -
Q: Are there any system requirements to run this scenario pack?
A: System requirements are usually outlined on the product page on the Steam Store. Ensure your system meets these requirements for optimal performance.
About High Iron Simulations
As a Partner Programme member, we collaborate with Dovetail Games to produce a variety of realistic North American content for Train Simulator Classic. Our products include Train Simulator Classic routes, retro and locomotive packs, and scenario packs, all of which are available at the Steam Store.
Union Pacific Wasatch Grade Scenario Pack 01
Wasatch Grade Scenario Pack 01 features Union Pacific freight operations of
the 1960s on the Train Simulator Classic Union Pacific Wasatch Grade: Ogden –
Evanston Route as developed by Milepost Simulations. The scenario pack’s ten
career scenarios are closely based upon actual railroad operations and re-
create an extraordinary era on the Union Pacific when high-horsepower second-
generation diesels, unique gas-turbine-electric locomotives, and first-
generation diesel all worked together on the Wasatch Grade route. Career
scenario scoring in this scenario pack is based upon a starting score of 1,000
with deductions made for errors.
Requirements:
This scenario pack requires Train Simulator Classic and the following DLC for
full use:
- Union Pacific Wasatch Grade: Ogden – Evanston Route (Milepost Simulations)
- Union Pacific 8,500-horsepower gas-turbine-electric (as included in the Sherman Hill Route Add-On).
- Union Pacific DD35 Add-On (DTM)
- Union Pacific GP30 Loco Add-On (DTM)
- Union Pacific U50 Loco Add-On (DTM)
- GP9 Loco Add-On (Dovetail Games)
Contacts
- Train Simulator and all required products are available at the Steam Store: http://store.steampowered.com.
- All High Iron Simulations products are also available at the Steam Store: http://store.steampowered.com.
- For Train Simulator Classic and scenario product support, visit: https://dovetailgames.freshdesk.com/support/home For the latest news and information on High Iron Simulations and our scenario products, visit our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/HighIronSimulations/.
The Union Pacific Wasatch Grade Route
Constructed by Union Pacific as part of America’s historic transcontinental railroad, the crossing of the rugged Wasatch Mountains was one of the premier accomplishments of that great endeavor.
Initial work on the line through the Wasatch, via remote and rugged Echo and Weber Canyons, was begun in 1864 and the original line was opened in March 1869. As first built, the route was a single track with a 1.7 percent grade west of the small town of Wahsatch. During the Twentieth Century, the line was regularly improved and enhanced, most notably by the addition of a second main line which reduced the rule grade for eastbound trains to 1.14 percent. The Wasatch Grade — traditionally part of the Fourth Subdivision of Union Pacific’s Wyoming Division — was always home to big motive power and indeed it was Union Pacific’s quest to lift 4,450-ton trains eastbound from Ogden with a single locomotive that gave form to Union Pacific’s legendary 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy,” which entered service in 1941. Diesel freight power began working the route in 1950 and in 1952 Union Pacific placed in service the first of its line of General Electric gas-turbine-electric locomotives. The last use of steam locomotives in regular service occurred in 1958.
As masterfully developed for Train Simulator Classic by Milepost Simulations,
the Wasatch Grade Route extends from Ogden Utah eastward to Evanston, Wyoming,
75 route miles. As created, the route is set in the mid-1950s during the
“transition era” when steam and diesel power operated on the line. This
scenario pack, in turn, recalls the Wasatch of roughly a decade later when
diesel and gas-turbine-electrics put on a memorable display of “superpower”
and included the likes of Union Pacific’s “double-diesels” such as the
Electro-Motive DD35/DD35A and General Electric U50, as well as the ultimate
edition of UP’s gas-turbine-electrics, the 8,500-horsepower GE GTEL “Big
Blow.”
Scenarios
[WG 1.01] PFE Produce East, Pt. 1
Transporting California-grown produce eastward was a great staple of traffic
on the Union Pacific and UP, together with Southern Pacific, owned and
operated the famed Pacific Fruit Express. You are the engineer of Union
Pacific Extra 71 East and, with a heavy train of PFE produce, you are
preparing to depart Ogden’s Riverdale Yard and make the climb of the Wasatch
Mountains with second-generation EMD power providing 12,500 horsepower for the
ascent. This is the first of a two-part scenario.
- Duration: ~ 70 minutes.
- Featured: UP Electro-Motive DD35A.
[WG 1.02] PFE Produce East, Pt. 2
Transporting California-grown produce eastward was a great staple of traffic
on the Union Pacific and UP, together with Southern Pacific, owned and
operated the famed Pacific Fruit Express. In Part 1 of this two-part scenario,
you made the climb from Ogden’s Riverdale Yard up Weber Canyon to Echo, and
now, with the road foreman aboard, you are ready to continue the eastbound
ascent to Evanston, Utah.
- Duration: ~ 65 minutes.
- Featured: UP Electro-Motive DD35A.
[WG 1.03] Fourth Subdivision Local
By tradition, the crossing of the Wasatch Mountains was part of Union
Pacific’s Fourth Division of the Wyoming Division. You are working an
eastbound local – operating as UP Extra 844 East – and as the scenario begins
you have arrived at Peterson for set-out and pick-up work. You’ll have more
work to handle at Morgan, then you will proceed to Echo.
- Duration: ~ 65 minutes.
- Featured: UP Electro-Motive GP30.
[WG 1.04] Utah Coal
Although less renowned as a coal producer than the likes of the Powder River
Basin, the state of Utah has historically originated millions of tons of coal,
much of which moves via rail. At dawn on a crisp autumn morning, you are the
engineer of a heavy Union Pacific eastbound coal drag and as the scenario
begins you are in the siding at Emory waiting to be overtaken by a priority
produce train.
- Duration: ~ 50 minutes.
- Featured: UP Electro-Motive GP35.
[WG 1.05] Local from Park City
Union Pacific’s Park City Branch extended 38 miles from its famous namesake
town to a connection with the Wyoming Division main line at Echo and in the
1960s the branch remained a steady source of rail traffic including livestock,
agricultural products, manufactured goods, and ores. You are the engineer of
the local, operating as Extra 153 West, and as the scenario begins you have
arrived at Echo where you’ll make a pickup before proceeding west to Ogden.
- Duration: ~ 75 minutes.
- Featured: UP Electro-Motive GP9.
[WG 1.06] UP Piggyback East
The 1960s witnessed a rapid growth of intermodal services – piggybacks – on
North American railroads and the big western roads such as Southern Pacific
and Union Pacific were at the forefront of the transformation. You are the
engineer of an eastbound priority piggyback received at Ogden from SP and now,
operating as UP Extra 36 East, you are ready to depart for the climb of Weber
Canyon.
- Duration: ~ 60 minutes.
- Featured: UP General Electric U50.
[WG 1.07] UP Extra 1 West, PT. 1
In an era of extraordinary motive power on the Union Pacific, perhaps none was
more remarkable than the railroad’s fleet of thirty 8,500-horsepower gas-
turbine-electric locomotives constructed by General Electric from 1958 through
1961. You are the engineer of a westbound manifest preparing to depart
Evanston on a snowy day in 1966 and your power is Union Pacific’s famed “One
Spot,” the “Big Blow” gas turbine wearing UP road number 1.
- Duration: ~ 80 minutes.
- Featured: UP General Electric 8,500-horsepower GTEL.
[WG 1.08] UP Extra 1 West, PT. 2
In this two-part scenario, you are the engineer of Union Pacific No. 1 – the
first of thirty extraordinary General Electric 8,500-horsepower gas-turbine-
electric locomotives constructed by General Electric between 1958 and 1961. As
the scenario begins you are aboard UP Extra 1 West waiting at Henefer for a
priority piggyback to overtake your train, and then you’ll continue to
Riverdale Yard.
- Duration: ~ 60 minutes.
- Featured: UP General Electric 8,500-horsepower GTEL.
[WG 1.09] Ogden Transfer Run
Ogden, Utah was one of the great rail hubs of the American West, hosting busy
yards and terminal facilities of Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Rio
Grande. You have been called as the engineer of a Union Pacific transfer run
in Ogden and as the scenario begins you are at the D&RGW yard with work to
perform en route back to UP’s Riverdale Yard.
- Duration: ~ 35 minutes.
- Featured: UP Electro-Motive GP30.
[WG 1.10] Cattle Drive on Rails
From the opening of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, the transport of
livestock was an important staple of railroad traffic. By the 1960s, the
movement of livestock by rail was declining, but it remained a regular
occurrence in UP’s Wyoming Division. You are the engineer of UP livestock
Extra 1471 East and as the scenario begins you are at Echo on a rainy spring
1963 morning where you’ll pick up stock cars from the Park City Branch. With
an aged set of F7s as power, your climb of the Wasatch will be a grind.
- Duration: ~ 80 minutes.
- Featured: UP Electro-Motive F7A.
Acknowledgments and Credits
For cooperation and support in developing this scenario pack, our thanks are extended to:
- Simon Staunton, Third Party Partner Manager, Dovetail Games
- David Walker and Laura Joyce, Third Party Support, Dovetail Games
- Dovetail Games’ QA department.
- Jonathan Lewis and Milepost Simulations, developer of the Union Pacific Wasatch Grade route.
- Cesar “Mannu” Pach and DTM, developer of many of the excellent locomotives featured in this pack.
Gary Dolzall authored the scenarios included in this pack. © 2023 High Iron Simulations.
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