Train Simulator: Feather River Canyon Route

Western Pacific’s Feather River Canyon route is one of the most famous, scenic, and highly-engineered railroad lines in all of North America. The Western Pacific was a late comer to America’s railroad scene – WP was not incorporated to build its main line from Salt Lake City to the San Francisco Bay Area until 1903, and its final spike was not driven until 1909. As a result, the Western Pacific was constructed to exceptional engineering standards that featured numerous high trestles, bridges, and tunnels, and a routing that topped the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains with an eastbound ruling grade of 1 percent.

Train Simulator’s Feather River Canyon route recreates the dramatic Western Pacific main line from Oroville to Quincy Junction, California, as it existed in the late 1960s and early 1970s and the route also includes a segment of the Inside Gateway (Western Pacific’s important connection with the Great Northern and later Burlington Northern) from Keddie to Crescent Mills, as well as the trackage of the lumber-hauling Quincy Railroad short line.

The route brings to life the remarkable locations and features of the Feather River Canyon, including famous Keddie Wye and Spanish Creek trestle, bustling Oroville yard and roundhouse, the iconic rail and road bridges of Pulga, and the nearly countless tunnels, such as the “Honeymoon Tunnels” near Belden, that Western Pacific’s visionary builders used to form the WP into a railroad engineering marvel.

Included with the Feather River route are General Electric U30B and EMD F7 diesels in Western Pacific’s flashy orange and silvery livery and a selection of period-authentic freight rolling stock including a Western Pacific bay-window caboose.

Scenarios

Seven career scenarios and eight railfan scenarios are included for the route:

• Keddie Consignment: Part 1
• Keddie Consignment: Part 2
• Keddie Consignment: Part 3

Crescent Mills to Keddie

• Oroville Bound: Part 1
• Oroville Bound: Part 2
• Oroville Bound: Part 3

Plus 8 railfan scenarios

More scenarios are available on 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!

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Key Features

Western Pacific’s fabulous Feather River Canyon route from Oroville to Quincy Jct., California, including a segment of the Inside Gateway and the Quincy RR short line

General Electric U30B diesel in WP orange and silver livery

Electro-Motive F7A and F7B diesels in Western Pacific livery

Period-authentic freight rolling stock including a WP bay-window caboose

Scenarios for the route

Quick Drive compatible

• Download size: 1,949MB
• Release Date: 2016-02-15