The Route I am proposing is Canadian Pacific’s Belleville sub running 211.5 miles starting in Smith Falls, Ontario to Toronto.
Starting at Smith Falls which is a yard and crew change point the ton itself is a CP town most of the town are employed or have been employed by the Canadian Pacific or will be employed by the CP. Smith falls still has a station served by Via rail, the line is also paralleled by the CN for a lot of the way from Toronto to east Brockville were Via rail cross over to CP to Smith Falls.
CPs Belleville Sub is a part of the transcon leading into Western Quebec which makes this line a critical line for the CP. This line see monster 12,000 feet trains mainly mixed freights – manifest block stacks and racks with a few solid manifests, stack trains, and CPs expressway however it's very rare to catch a solid auto rack train.
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Trains that run on this line are as follows:
CP 112 Vancouver – Montreal
CP 113 Montreal – Vancouver
CP 118 Edmonton – Montreal - usually – 10,000 – 12,000 feet in length with 2 units upfront or 1x1 mid train or 1 upfront 1 on the rear
CP 119 Montreal –Edmonton pretty much the same as 118 usually 2 unit in 1x1 or both upfront.
CP 132 the Express Way - Montreal – Milton (Toronto)
CP 133 Expressway Milton – Montréal.
CP 142 – Montreal – Toronto - Either solid stack or mixed manifest/stacks/Auto racks
CP 143 - Toronto- Montréal - Either solid stack or mixed manifest/stacks/Auto racks
CP 240 - Autorck (but think it got removed as autoracks are on most trains)01
CP 241
CP 302/330 – grain - Swift current SK – Montreal ST Luc Quebec
CP 303/331 – Grain Empty’s – Montreal – Swift current
CP 420 - Manifest
CP 421 - Manifest
CP 550 - Crude oil loads - Regina, SK/flaxton/Stampede ND to Albany NY
CP 551 - Crude oil empties - Albany NY – Regina SK OR Flaxton/Stampede ND - manifest/autoracks are usually attacked to the front
CP 650 - Ethanol – Toronto – Albany NY
CP 651 - Ethanol empties – Albany NY – Toronto - A block of manifest or autoracks are usually attaches to the point.
T25 the trenton turn
Locomotives
GP20CECO
AC4400CW
ES44AC
SD9043MAC from 1997-2011
SD40-2s
GP38-2
SD60
SD60M
GP9U
The belleville Sub is a follows:
MP 0.0 - Smith Falls - Yard
MP 2.0 - Smith Falls West
MP 8.1 - Elmsely - 10,088 feet siding
MP 15.5 - Glen Tay
MP 18.0 - Detector system
MP 21.0 - Elliott - 7,229 feet siding
MP 30.0 - Bolingbroke -7,187 feet siding
MP 34.2 - Detector System
MP 41.0 - Tichborne - 8,776 feet Siding
MP 52.2 - Wilkinson - 7,395 feet siding
MP 56.9 Detector System
MP 61.7 - Lens - 7,353 feet siding
MP 68.7 - Robindale - 7,156 feet siding
MP 79.8 - lonsdale -7,209 Feet siding
MP 82.1 - Detector System
MP 87.8 - thurlow
MP 90.8 - Belleville - 7,161 feet Siding
MP 101.8 - Trenton - 10 ,399 feet Siding
MP 107.7 -Detector System
MP 115.5 - Brighton -7,451 feet siding
MP 120.5 - Colborne - 7,768 feet siding
MP 127.0 - Detector System
MP 131.0 - Spicer - 8,102 feet siding
MP 134.9 - Coburg
MP 143.2 - Port Hope - 7,083 feet siding
MP 147.0 - Detector System
MP 155.6 - lovekin - 7,219 feet siding
MP 164.5 - Detector system
MP 169.0 - Darlington - 7,324 feet Siding
MP 174.2 - Oshwa - Yard
MP 179.2 - Whitby - 7,460 feet Siding
MP 183.8 - Detector System
MP 189.5 - Cherrywood - 8,150 feet siding
MP 195.2 - Staines
MP 195.9 - Nielsons - Yard
MP 197.0 - Toronto Yard - Yard
MP 198.1 - Mccowan - Yard
MP 199.5 - Kennedy JCT Havelock sub - Yard
MP 200.4 Detector system
MP 204.2 Don West
MP 204.8 Donlands
MP 206.3 - Leaside JCT Noth Toronto Sub - Yard
MP 209.5 - DON - Connection with Union Station Rail Corridor
MP 211.5 - Toronto -Yard
The Express way starts and terminates at toronto heading to Montreal. The Express way is Canadas TOFC train, 3 SD40-2 were used but recently the power has very unusual in last few weeks or very usually ubiquitous in the form of two AC44CW, ES44ACs or AC44CW, ES44AC upfront, but recently SD60 with an AC44CW, SD60, ES44AC, SD60 with 2 GP38-2s, AC POWER with 2 GP38-2/GP20CECO but the GP20CECOs have been leading too and SD60MS have been seen too leading and 2nd unit. and a single ES44AC pulled 8,000 feet of Express way behind her. the SD904MACs were some times used with a AC unit or SD40-2 OR another mac but the Belleville sub is under going major tranformations in the form of 12,000 feet siding some will be 15,000 feet minimum 12,000 feet maximum 15,000 feet.
112/113/118/119/142/143 can be monsters often reaching over 12,000 feet but with only 2 AC44CW, ES44AC or both units, usually upfront but they were getting run in 1x1 with the DPU either 2/3rds back mid train sometimes mid train smack bang in the middle or on the rear however CP #550 crude oil another monster 2 barrier cars and 128 tanks run in 1x1 one upfront one on the rear. A 550 was 151 cars long. Ethanol trains are usually 10 tanks + 2 barriers cars and both units upfront, grain trains can be 80 cars to 170 cars long 2x1 rear DPU or mid train at 112 cars it usually 1x1 loaded.
This route offers players a chance take the T25 trenton Turn out and switch the plastic plant at Oshwa along with other industries on the route. or taking 12,000 feet of 118 or 119 down the tracks or struggling out of toronto with a hefty underpowered train 550. At Toronto manned helpers GP9U/GP38-2, GP20CECOs are used for the Pemberton local but when an underpowered 118/119 or any train like that comes near the 3 units some times 3 GP9Us push a monster train up the hill.