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Activities for GN Hi-Line (version 3)
On this page I will publish all my activities for the GN Hi-Line route, version 3. The route is available for free at train-sim.com. So far, you can find here: a few Diesel Activities and several Steam Activities. I also got permission from Rick Franzosa to host his GN Activities here, you can find them here: Rick's Activities. Enjoy, and run safely!
Special Note: These activities try to simulate the respective period as closely as possible. This is why you will be required to either get a really large number of (freeware) rolling stock downloads, or have some knowledge of how to substitute rolling stock in activities. If you do not feel like doing either of these options, then you should not download the activities I designed.
Playabilty and Errors: All of the activties below have been tested by me and were successfully finished. However, there are quite a few possible ways of how it might not be able to finish the activities on your MSTS installation (rolling stock physics, timing of the work orders, and other possibilities), so I cannot guarantee that you will able to successfully complete all of the activities below. If you experience any problems, please let me know about it so I can try to fix it.
Early BN Activities
| Hi-Line Manifest EB | Take an eastbound manifest from Shelby to Havre after its crew has gone dead on the law. Download: BN_Act01.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4 |
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| Hi-Line Manifest WB | Take a low-priority westbound manifest from Havre to Cut Bank and dodge heavy traffic. Download: BN_Act02.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4 |
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| Summit Helper | Assist an eastbound freight up Walton Hill against heavy traffic. Return your helpers to Essex. Download: BN_Act03.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 |
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| Summit Helper (Winter) | Assist an eastbound freight up Walton Hill through winter snowfall. Return your helpers to Essex. Download: BN_Act04.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4 |
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| Marias Pass TOFC (westbound) | Run a very hot TOFC train over Marias Pass, all the way from Cut Bank to Whitefish in just under four hours. Download: BN_Act05.zip |
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| Kalispell Local Series | A set of freestyle switching activities, all focusing on a Whitefish-based crew, for various seasons and services. Download: ...will be available with version 3.3 |
| MILW Great Falls Switching | Operate a Milwaukee local, servicing various industries on Milwaukee's trackage around Great Falls. Download: ...will be available with version 3.3 |
Diesel Activities
| Train 237/238 | This activity will let you run the 1947 "Baby Empire Builder", a three-car streamliner between Great Falls and Havre. Download: GNActD09.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 |
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| Ft Benton Grain Extra | Two activities, in which you will run a grain extra from Great Falls to Fort Benton and back. Service the elevators along the line. Download: GNActD08.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4 |
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| BLW/ZT Update for Diesel Acts | This package contains all three previously released diesel activities (see below), adapted to be run with Gaetan Belanger and Rick Franzosa's payware GN sets (available at Valleypass. Download: GNActD07.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3 |
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| Hotshot Into the Sun | Take a hot TOFC train from Havre to Cut Bank. Showcase activity for version 3.1 of the route. Download: GNActD06.zip — Pictures: #1, #2 |
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| Great Falls Switching | Two activities based on the same serive, switching and local work at Great Falls. Difficult to very demanding! Download: GNActD05.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 |
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| Kalispell Lumber | Service the tie plant at Somers. Start and end is at Whitefish. (Difficult!) Download: GNActD04.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 |
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Steam Activities
| Marion Lumber | Take a heavy load of timber from Marion to GN's tie plant at Somers, test your skills on the heavy grades. Download: ...will be available with version 3.3 |
| Trains #41/42 | Run the daily passenger service from Great Falls to Sweet Grass, via Shelby, and return. Download: ...will be available with version 3.3 |
| Oriental Limited (EB) | Run the 1920s Oriental Limited from Whitefish to Cut Bank and see the sun set over the Rockies. Download: ...will be available with version 3.3 |
| Prairie Local Freight | Run a low-priority manifest from Havre to Great Falls, with a pickup along the way, and against some traffic. Download: ...will be available with version 3.3 |
| Trains 245 and 248 (UPDATED for Version 3.2!) |
Run the daily local passenger service from Columbia Falls to Kalispell and back. Download: GNActS16.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 |
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| Train #41 | Run the daily (ex. Sun) Shelby - Sweet Grass ( - Lethbridge, Alberta) passenger train on a winter day in 1949. Download: GNActS15.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4 |
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| Train #236 | Take the daily Butte-Havre passenger train from Great Falls to Havre. Download: GNActS14.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3 |
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| Oriental Limited (WB) | Run the Oriental Limited, the Empire Builder's predecessor, westbound over Marias Pass. Download: GNActS13.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 , #6, #7, #8, #9, #10 |
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| Foggy Run | Deliver a load of gravel from Walton to Kalispell, with pickups and setouts along the way. You will operate in bad weather. Download: GNActS12.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 , #6, #7, #8 |
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| After the Blizzard | Run a MOW train from Blackfoot to Glacier Park to assist line repairs after a major blizzard. Download: GNActS10.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3 |
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| Walton Gravel | Service the gravel pit at Walton, working a Whitefish-based local freight. Download: GNActS09.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 |
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| Train #235 | Take the Havre-Butte passenger train from Havre to Great Falls. Download: GNActS07.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 |
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| Walton Helper UPDATED! | Work a Walton-based helper engine on a freight train between Walton and Summit. Has two parts. Download: GNActS08.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3 |
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| Kalispell Lumber | Service the lumber mills between Whitefish and Kalispell. (Difficult!) Has two parts. Download: GNActS06.zip — Pictures: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 |
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Rick's Activities
Required Rolling Stock for Rick's Activities: equipment list.txt| GN Grain Extra 1 | Run a grain extra from Havre to Great Falls. Set in the late 60s. For use with the BLWZT GN Pack. Download: Grain1.apk |
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| GN Grain Extra 2 | Run a grain extra from Havre to Shelby. Set in the late 60s. For use with the BLWZT GN Pack. Download: zgrain2.apk |
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| BN Rainbow Grain Extra | Run a early Burlington Northern grain extra over the Hi-Line. For use with the BLWZT GN and SPS Packs. Download: zgrain3.zip |
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| '57 Empire Builder, Part 1 | Take the 1957 Empire Builder from Havre to Shelby. For use with the BLWZT GN Pack. Download: 1957ebw.apk |
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| '57 Empire Builder, Part 2 | Take the 1957 Empire Builder from Shelby to Summit. For use with the BLWZT GN Pack. Download: 1957ebw2.apk |
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| '57 Empire Builder, Part 3 | Take the 1957 Empire Builder from Summit to Whitefish. For use with the BLWZT GN Pack. Download: 1957ebw3.apk – get the Lite Version: zgneb3l.zip |
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| '57 Empire Builder, Parts 4+5 | Take the 1957 Empire Builder from Whitefish to Sandpoint. BLWZT GN Pack. Requires Hawk's Whitefish 4 Route! Download: zgneb4.zip – zgneb5.zip |
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| '67 Empire Builder, Part 1 | Take the 1967 Empire Builder from Havre to Shelby. For use with the BLWZT GN Pack. Download: 1967ebw.apk |
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| '67 Empire Builder, Part 2 | Take the 1967 Empire Builder from Shelby to Summit. For use with the BLWZT GN Pack. Download: 1967ebw2.apk |
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| '67 Empire Builder, Part 3 | Take the 1967 Empire Builder from Summit to Whitefish. For use with the BLWZT GN Pack. Download: 1967ebw3L.apk |
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