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NS AGS South Phase 1 Route:

Phase 1 of the NS AGS SOUTH DISTRICT covers roughly 85 miles between NS Norris Yard in Birmingham, and Powers Alabama. Along the route are numerous industries and transfer yards serviced by eleven NS local jobs.

Included along the the route:

• NS Norris Yard (Classification Hump Bowl)

• Tuscaloosa Yard

• Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility (BRI)

• BNSF East Thomas Transfer Yard

• CSX Bessemer Transfer Yard

• Bessemer Yard

• 32nd St Yard

• Mercedes Yard

• 11 Local Jobs

• 2 Amtrak Station Stops

• NS AGS SOUTH Operation PDF Documents In The UserGuide Folder

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NS South Fork Secondary Route:

The 30 mile NS South Fork Secondary runs from South Fork to either Windber Pa, or Central City. The South Fork Secondary is strictly a coal route. The line climbs steeply out of South Fork, past the South Fork Dam Memorial, on a nearly 2.4% ruling grade up to the summit. Most trains will either run in a 3X3 or 3X2 configuration, in a push-pull manner.

Along its course up to each of these mines, there is a split at “Scalp Level” (MP 14.3). This is where the South Fork Secondary splits and goes to Rose Bud #78 which is 3.5 miles from “Scalp Level” switch or 11.9 miles to the Huskin Run Mine and 16 miles to Shade Creek Mine.

NS Operations at South Fork

Inbound MTY coal trains (651,571,577) will run with road crews from Tyrone, in the East. Once at CP-W the train will enter the “Single Track” where an AI Special Instruction is set up to “Stop and Relinquish” at the East Wye Switch.

From this point, South Fork Local Crews will continue up the runner track to “JK”. The road power is assigned from the origination plant (Baltimore, Leetsdale, Ashtabula). From this point, the train will be assigned using the following symbols C47, C48, C49, C50 and C90-as these are the local symbols used on the South Fork Secondary.

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Run8's BNSF Bakersfield Sub:

The route covers roughly 110 miles of mainline between BNSF Bakersfield Yard in Bakersfield, CA to Calwa Yard in Fresno, California. Along the route are numerous grain facilities that are used to unload grain cars for disribution across the central valley. The route also sees 12 Amtrak San Joaquin passenger trains a day servicing 4 stations along the route!

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CSX Baldwin Route:

The CSX Baldwin Route for Run8 fills an important missing gap in operations for the A Line route.

The route joins the CSX A line route at 2 points, Southward from Callahan, and Westward from Whitehouse.

The Baldwin Diamond is the center point with 4 Subdivisions meeting from all Points:

1. Callahan Subdivision, South from the junction of the Nahunta Subdivision on the CSX A Line.

2. Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision.

3. Tallahassee Subdivision, runs west from the Diamond to Sanderson, the real line goes west to Tallahassee, FL then west on to New Orleans, LA.

4. Wildwood Subdivision, also known as the S Line, runs past Baldwin yard, the Prototype continues to Plant City and Tampa, FL.

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BNSF-UP Fresno to Modesto Route:

The new route(s) includes over 250 miles of track and industries. A new M&ET MP15. Several yards and four new Amtrak stops and some with new stations. There are also new grade charts, Fresno Modesto Notes, and Central California Industries PDF documents in the UserGuide folder.

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Run8's Lone Pine Branch and Trona Railway:

The UP\SP Lone Pine Branch starts at the Main 2 Switch just north of Mojave Yard, heading northeast across Highway 14. This branch originally ran for about 150 miles to Lone Pine, CA. In the early 1980's, the Southern Pacific Railroad filed for abandonment of roughly 100 miles from Searles, CA, to Lone Pine. Since then, this branch is only about 50 miles in length, running between Mojave Yard and Searles Yard. Between Mojave and Searles, there are a few industries served at Chaffee, Cantil & Saltdale.

The Trona Railway operates between Searles Yard and the town of Trona, CA, roughly 30 miles in length. Searles Yard is used as an interchange between the UP\SP Railroad and the Trona Railway. This line serves three mineral mining operations that operate next to Searles Lake (a dry lakebed) near the towns of Trona and Argus, CA. The current parent-company owns all three of these operations along with the Trona Railway and its tracks & equipment.

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CSX Fitzgerald Sub:

Located in the heart of central Georgia, the Fitzgerald Subdivision is one of CSX's most vital arteries in the Southeast, linking Southern Georgia and Florida to the Midwest, including Atlanta, Birmingham, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, and St. Louis, to name just a few major locations. 

The Fitzgerald subdivision's northern end starts at the busy crew change point of Manchester, Georgia, which is also where the Lineville Subdivision from Birmingham and the Manchester Subdivision from Atlanta both merge into one single track line. The route then heads south, 220 miles, through several central Georgia towns, including Oglethorpe, Cordele, and Fitzgerald, to name just a few, before finally ending at the busy Waycross terminal in South Georgia.

The time period for the Fitzgerald Sub is set in the early 2000s, which was an extremely busy time for the route with multiple coal trains still heading to the Florida power plants as well as the usual freight, intermodal, molting sulfur, phosphate, rock, and autorack trains. This was also a time period where there was less line capacity, which always made for a challenging day for the Fitzgerald Subdivision dispatcher.

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Run8's BNSF San Bernardino Sub covers an area of Southern California between San Bernardino\Colton and Los Angeles (Hobart Yard). This line was originally laid by ATSF (Santa Fe) as part of their trans-con line.

The original scope of this project was the BNSF mainline between San Bernardino and Hobart, inlcuding LAUPT for Amtrak. However, we extended the original scope to also include the Union Pacific Alhambra Sub and the LAJ. You will notice that there are extra areas outside of this scope, as we have intention for them in future projects.

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Run8's Arvin and Oak Creek Branches:

The Arvin Branch joins the SP\UP mainline at Magunden, about 3 miles railroad-east\south of Kern Jct. The branch is approximately 17 miles in length, snaking its way to the south and east, passing thru the towns of Lamont, Digorgio, and ending in Arvin, CA.

The Oak Creek Branch runs between the Wye at Mojave, CA, and a CalPortland cement plant located in Creal, about 8 miles west of Mojave. The grade is 2% and greater uphill westbound. The branch is unsignalled.

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The BNSF Seligman Sub West route is roughly 150 miles long and extends the Run8 network from Needles, CA to Seligman, AZ. The route features a double mainline with seperated grades at various places and there are several large industries that are served by locals along the route including the massive Kingman Industrial Park east of Kingman. Amtrak's popular Southwest Chief's #3 and #4 will run at 90MPH in many places and they also change crews at Kingman, AZ. Yes, this may be another desert route but it is an extremely scenic one that runs along the historic highway US Route 66 which spans from the breathtaking Colorado River crossing to the beautiful Crozier Canyon and the scenic Pinon Forests beyond. Oh and one more important thing, the many, many cool features that only Run8 can deliver!

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The Run8 CSX Waycross route covers approximately 80 miles in the southeast part of Georgia, the CSX Waycross expansion begins in two places at the current ALine limits. First at Race Pond, GA on the Jesup sub the line travels to Waycross, and to Rice Yard with its receiving yard feeding the 64 track operational Hump Classification bowl! Second at Winokur, GA and continues up to the famous little town of Ludowici, GA. The route also includes the Rayonier Plant which is the worlds largest wood pulp processing facility at Doctortown just north of Jesup and many other cool features that only Run8 can deliver!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please visit HyRail Simulations website to get an important ALine update that will merge the ALine route, if you own it, with the Waycross route after you install it.

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The Run8 Train Simulator BNSF Cajon Sub route includes roughly 120 miles of mainline and shortline action featuring BNSF, Amtrak, and UP trains. With the BNSF and Amtrak mainline action between Barstow and San Bernardino and the UP mainline action between Siverwood and West Colton and the included San Bernardino A and B yards, West Colton Classification Yard, and the old Colton Yard this is one route that is sure to please. Now combine all of that with the steep westbound 3.4 percent grade that comes down Cajon Pass from Summit into San Bernardino on main 2 and you will experience one of the most challenging runs that a Class 1 railroad can offer here in the USA.

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The A Line through Florida has provided the backbone for the states' economy since the 1800s evolving into the Plant System which ultimately became the Atlantic Coast Line in 1900, The "A" in A line stands for ACL Trackage and was designated after the 1968 merger of the ACL and the Seaboard Air Line into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which evolved into the Seaboard System and ultimately CSX today.

This route for Run8 Train Simulator encompasses 150+ miles from just north of Folkston, GA to South of Orlando, FL and includes facilities such as intermodal, auto rack loading and unloading, unit coal, aggregates, orange juice, other fruits and vegetables. Our route is set prior to the implementation of the Sunrail project.

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CSX Selkirk yard is one of largest classification yards in the northeast. Serving New England, south to New York City, and north to the City of Albany via the Port Sub.

Today's Selkirk yard is a major hub for the gateway west and south. On any given day, 70+ trains either orginate, terminate or pass though Selkirk. Trains enter the yard, if terminating, 11 tracks called the receving yard, from there the power of the train is cut away and then brought into the fuel plant. From there the inbound trains, have their air bleed, and then humped over the 3.2% grade and re classed for new trains. Now you can enjoy this route in Run8 complete with a working hump and classification yard!

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CSX Mohawk Sub.

Run8's CSX Mohawk Sub route is roughly 120 miles long. The route features a accurate signal system and working defect detectors. And other railroads that use the line include Amtrak, MHWA, and the NYSW! There are also many yards included along the route such as Dewitt Yard where there is a large intermodal operation. And we also included many of the large industries along the route so there is plenty of local and shortline operations to keep you busy.

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