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Train Simulator 2014 – EMD F45 Burlington Northern

EMD F45
Burlington

Northern

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1 BACKGROUND .........................................................................................3

1.1 EMD F45.......................................................................................................................3
1.2 Burlington Northern Railroad ...........................................................................................3

2 ROLLING STOCK ......................................................................................4

2.1 F45 Burlington Northern .................................................................................................4

3 CAB CONTROLS .......................................................................................5
4 SCENARIOS.............................................................................................6

4.1 Training: BN F45 Engineer Training - Simple Controls..........................................................6
4.2 Training: BN F45 Engineer Training - Expert Controls ..........................................................6
4.3 A Return to Glory Days ...................................................................................................6
4.4 Long Distance Runner ....................................................................................................6

5 CREDITS .................................................................................................6

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1 Background

1.1 EMD F45

The EMD F45 is a C-C cowled diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors
Electro-Motive Division between 1968 and 1971. Power was provided by an EMD
645E3 20-cylinder engine which generated 3,600 hp (2,680 kW).

After sponsoring the development of the FP45 passenger locomotive, Santa Fe
requested a similar freight locomotive from Electro-Motive. Where the FP45 was an
SDP45 wrapped in a full-width Cowl carbody, the new F45 was essentially an SD45
given the same treatment.

Santa Fe ordered two lots of twenty each, for 1968 delivery. Where the FP45s were
delivered in Santa Fe's red, yellow and silver warbonnet colors, the forty F45s came
in the blue and yellow freight colors. The second order of F45s were equipped with
stream lines so that they could be used as trailing units on passenger consists.

Great Northern (GN) ordered an initial lot of six, for 1969 delivery. These were
numbered immediately following a previous lot of SD45s. Another lot of eight was
ordered before the first six arrived. All were factory-painted in the GN's blue, white
and grey Big Sky Blue colors.

GN ordered twelve more for 1970 delivery - they were to be numbered 441-452 - but
the GN merged into the Burlington Northern (BN) prior to delivery, so they arrived
with BN numbers and BN's green, white and black Cascade Green colors.

BN followed with a final order for twenty in 1971. Afterwards they returned to
ordering SD45s. This final order differed in several small ways from the GN specs.

1.2 Burlington Northern Railroad

On March 2nd 1970, Burlington Northern Railroad was formed from a merger of four
historic railroads: The Great Northern Railway, the Northern Pacific Railway, the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle
Railway.

The Burlington Northern Railway formed the most northerly route of any railroad in
the western United States. This route started at Chicago and ran to La Crosse,
Wisconsin. Then the route continued northwest through Minneapolis and St. Paul,
Minnesota to Grand Forks, North Dakota. From Grand Forks the route ran west
through North Dakota, Montana, and Idaho to Spokane, Washington. At Spokane the
route was split into three routes.

The former Great Northern route proceeded west to Wenatchee, Washington, crossed
under the Cascade Range at New Cascade Tunnel, then into the Puget Sound region
through Everett, Washington. The former Northern Pacific proceeded southwest
towards the Tri-Cities, turned to Yakima, Washington, and crossed under the Cascade
Range at Stampede Tunnel, descending into the Green River Valley at Auburn,

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Washington, where it connected with existing lines running from British Columbia to
Portland, Oregon. The Spokane, Portland and Seattle also proceeded southwest to
the Tri-Cities and then followed the Columbia River to Vancouver, Washington.
When the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway was acquired, the route was extended
into the South Central and South-eastern United States.
On December 31, 1996, Burlington Northern merged with the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railway to form the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, which was later
shortened to simply the BNSF Railway.

2 Rolling Stock

2.1 F45 Burlington Northern
This locomotive appears as “EMD F45 BN” in the editor browser list.

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3 Cab Controls

1 Independent brake 8 Power handle
2 Train brake 9 Reverser
3 Horn 10 Headlights
4 Sander 11 Instrument lights
5 Bell 12 Wipers
6 Dynamic brake 13 Engine start/stop
7 Beacon Light 14 Cablight

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4 Scenarios

4.1 Training: BN F45 Engineer Training - Simple Controls

• Route Marias Pass
• Rating Easy
• Type Tutorial

Learn to operate the BN F45 using simple controls.

4.2 Training: BN F45 Engineer Training - Expert Controls

• Route Marias Pass
• Rating Easy
• Type Tutorial

Learn to operate the BN F45 using expert controls.

4.3 A Return to Glory Days

• Route Marias Pass
• Rating Medium
• Type Career

Join a Burlington Northern F45 heading westbound from Glacier Park.

4.4 Long Distance Runner

• Route Marias Pass
• Rating Hard
• Type Career

Drive a trio of BN F45s from Shelby to Blackfoot, carrying a heavy mixed tonnage.
You may experience some problems on the way, so be prepared to stop.

5 Credits

The team at RailSimulator.com would like to thank all our dedicated Beta Testers

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