Photograph copyright HeritageFreak8098 and reproduced courtesy of RailPictures.Net.
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Norfolk Southern is one of the four main railroads in the USA, it holds some of the most amazing routes in the country and this route is one of the Norfolk Southern railfaning hot spots. Ok I do know that about 40 some miles or more of this is already in Train Simulator but this would be set in the modern day. We start in Harrisburg, PA where the Keystone Corridor ends, further on down the track is Altoona, PA which of is about five miles from the beloved Horseshoe Curve where many come to railfan the hundreds of trains that pass here each day. Later we have a few more towns then we pull into Pittsburgh where we pass by some of the old coal plants some of which still exist today. Not just freight trains run on the route, the Amtrak Pennsilvanan also does which runs from New York to Pittsburgh.
A Norfolk Southern freight train passes the Altoona Amtrak station shown in the background. Photograph copyright Brandon Fiume and reproduced courtesy of RailPictures.Net.
The locomotives I would like to see in this route would be the Amtrak P42DC the Norfolk Southern SD40-2 which is common on ends of coal trains to help it climb the mountains or on local trains, the Dash 9, the SD60-2, the ES44DC and the SD60MAC. For rolling stock: Norfolk Southern Grain Hopper, the Norfolk Southern Coal Hopper Piggy back intermodal cars, the single stack and double stack intermodal and the Amfleet Phase IV coach and cafe. If you have any more that you would like to see in the route just comment below.