Buy Train Simulator Classic Train Simulator: Tennessee Pass PC key

Train Simulator Classic Train Simulator: Tennessee Pass is an add-on route for Train Simulator Classic, set on the Rio Grande Railroad’s Tennessee Pass line across the Colorado Rockies. You operate steam and diesel trains on a 62-mile main line from Buena Vista to Minturn, plus the five-mile D&RGW Leadville Branch from Malta to Leadville. The route reaches 10,221 feet above sea level, making it the highest standard-gauge main line in the United States.

The Tennessee Pass route

The route follows the Arkansas River west from Pueblo and climbs through tunnels, cuts and fills toward Tennessee Pass, with main-line grades of up to 3 percent. Its mix of single and double track supports operations using train orders, Absolute Block Signals (ABS) and Centralized Traffic Control (CTC). The line remained the Rio Grande’s main standard-gauge crossing of the Rockies until the Moffat Route and Dotsero Cutoff opened in 1932, and continued to carry freight after the Rio Grande merged with Southern Pacific in 1988. Following Union Pacific’s merger with Southern Pacific in 1996, the route became largely redundant; it remains in place but is inactive.

The route recreates 1940s and 1950s operations, with detailed yards, structures and servicing facilities at Minturn, Malta, Buena Vista and Leadville. Its scenery depicts the Rocky Mountains, and its freight rolling stock represents the period and includes equipment from the D&RGW and other railroads.

Locomotives and freight

You can operate Rio Grande’s Alco-built L131 2-8-8-2 articulated steam locomotive, designed for the Tennessee Pass grades, as well as Electro-Motive F7 (A/B) and GP7 diesels in their “as delivered” black-and-gold Rio Grande liveries. The equipment includes eleven types of period-appropriate freight rolling stock, including Rio Grande steel and wood cabooses.

Scenarios and operations

The route includes eight career scenarios and two free-roam scenarios, and supports Quick Drive. The career scenarios are:

• Winter Diesel Manifest Part I
• Winter Diesel Manifest Part II
• Autumn Westbound Part I
• Autumn Westbound Part II
• Leadville Local Part I
• Leadville Local Part II
• Fruit Express Part I
• Fruit Express Part II