On a wet fall evening you are stationed at Philly 30th Street. You have just picked up your last run of the day: NS 212, a mixed intermodeld running between Atlanta, Geogia and Croxton, New Jersey. In this two part scenario you will take the train from Nor...

After traffic has cleard up the dispatcher is letting you go from Trenton on to Newark. It is raining so you might need to use the sand when getting started. Now get on the road so you can get to Newark. Note: This is agsieg's scenario. I was fixing the pr...

On a wet and foggy morning in Barstow, you show up to work and get a little surprise. You are in charge of the joint Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern ZAILA, a mostly stack train running between Atlanta and Los Angeles. Even better, your lead engine is 81...

With your new crew member aboard you are ready to set off for San Bernadino. Be careful, though. If anything, the rains gotten worse and your train isn't any lighter. Good luck. 85 min/Hard Also, once again, special thanks to nstrainman for the idea and tr...

BNSF and Norfolk Southern are in the business of running joint intermodels across the country. You are incharge of such a train today. you stopped at Conkelly for a freight to pass and are jusst about ready to proceed. What's cool is you've got an NS Herit...

BNSF and Norfolk Southern are in the business of running joint intermodels across the country. You are incharge of such a train today. you stopped at Conkelly for a freight to pass and are jusst about ready to proceed. What's cool is you've got an NS Herit...

Norfolk Southern runs a daily train of empty oil tankers west. These are loaded with oil and shipped back. In this two part scenario, you will cross the Alleghenies with one of these trains. You are driving up to Cresson, where a performance inspector will...

Now that you have your inspector, you are ready to proceed West to Johnstown. Coast as much as possible and don't pound the brakes too hard. And, above all, remember: he's watching you... Sorry about the actual page shot. I need to clean out the screenshot...

On a pleasantly warm spring day you are sitting at Coram, just after a meet. You are incharge of a new project: a joint BNSF and NS autorack. The train runs to Seattle and is loaded up with imported cars, and then hauled back east to NS. Take this train to...

During winter, the mills get cold. Besides that, they need oil to lubricate the machines. That's why you are sitting in the Massillon Interchange with a long oil train bound for Dover. Take it to Dover Yard for later distribution. 40 min/Meduim Required DL...

Developed in the 1990s, AC traction revolutionized the coal hauling industry. However, the idea behind the General Electric AC6000CW was more geared toward fast intermodel service. CSX ran with the idea, while Union Pacific uses them for coal. Norfolk Sout...

This is the first of a series of scenarios depicting BNSF operation on the Northern Transcon (specifically Marias and Stevens Passes). They will cover mainline freight, locals, switching, passengers, and more. So, enjoy. You are in charge of a joint stack ...

Late August in Southern California. The sun, the sea, the California Girls, and the trains. One this particular day, you are in charge of a manifest running from BNSF's Argentine Yard outside Kansas City to San Diego. You will run the train into San Diego....

It's a warm August evening. You are a Norfolk Southern engineer based in Dover, Ohio. You have the New York Central Heritage Unit. Your last job of the day is to run coal to Stone Creek Foundrey and return coil cars to Dover to be finished later. You are r...

In anticipation for the upcoming Racetrack route, I decided to "get in the mood", so to speak. Consider this "Part 1", and "Part 2", "Lehigh Oil in Illinois", will come out after I get the Racetrack. And since some of the biggest traffic on the Racetrack i...

The train of oil empties has arrived in Chicago! You are the engineer of a BNSF crew that has just climbed aboard near BNSF's Western Avenue Yard. You will take the train west to La Crosse, Wisconsin, where the next crew will take over. You will run track ...

It's a beautiful fall days in the Alleghenies. You are in charge of NS train 26T, a daily intermodal train running from NS's 47th Street Yard in Chicago to Harrisburg Yard in Harrisburg, PA. You have stopped on the fourth main at Johnstown to allow the pas...