Kicking Horse Pass

KICKING HORSE PASS

Following in the footsteps of its highly successful predecessor, Maple Leaf Tracks Inc. is proud to announce Kicking Horse Pass 2.0. This is a new product, completely re-designed to meet the requirements for the new breed of Train Simulator expansion packs. Its graphical elements have been completely rebuilt from scratch, including new scenery objects, and new locomotive and rolling stock pieces.

Kicking Horse Pass 2.0 was developed, in association with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, to ensure historical accuracy and realism. The route, which is one of the most famous mountainous rail crossings in the World, begins just east of the Rocky Mountains. From there, it follows the beautiful Bow River as it enters the Bow River Valley on its trek to the top of Kicking Horse Pass. Along the way, it passes some well-known locations such as Exshaw, Gap, Canmore, and Banff.

After leaving Banff, it continues along the Bow River passing the majestic Rocky Mountains that rise up on both sides of the tracks. After passing through the resort town of Lake Louise, it starts the gruelling climb up the grade to the Continental Divide and the top of Kicking Horse Pass. What comes next is a nerve-wracking ride down one of the steepest and most dangerous stretches of mainline railway track in the World. From the top of the Pass, the downward grade increases to as much as 2.4% as you move 14,000 ton unit trains through the famous Spiral Tunnels, past the imposing Cathedral Crags, and finally ending your run in the small town of Field, nestled in the spectacular Kicking Horse Canyon. It is a virtual railway experience you will not soon forget!

Kicking Horse Pass 2.0 comes completely ready to run, and requires no extra downloading or installations.

Kicking Horse Pass Route - Features:

90+ miles of mainline railway operations.

Includes 14 different locomotives, and over 25 different pieces of rolling stock:

GM - EMD (General Motors - Elektro Motive Division) - GP9u (4 Axle - Diesel Road Freight)

GM - EMD (General Motors - Elektro Motive Division) - GP 38 (4 Axle - Diesel Road Freight)

GM - EMD (General Motors - Elektro Motive Division)

- SD 40-2 (6 Axle - Diesel Road Freight)

GM - EMD (General Motors - Elektro Motive Division) - SD 40-2F (6 Axle - Diesel Road Freight)

Custom-built bridges and buildings from prototype photos and drawings

GRS Searchlight Signaling

Custom Sounds and Cab views

13 Challenging activities up to 3 hours driving

Documentation

And much more!

System Requirements:

• Microsoft® Train Simulator (1.0 or higher)

• Multimedia PC with a Pentium II 350 MHz equivalent or higher processor with 8 MB 3D video hardware acceleration or better

• Microsoft Windows ® 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 or

Windows XP operating system (Does not support Windows NT®)

• 32 MB of RAM for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME; 64 MB for Windows 2000

• 330 MB of available hard disk space

• DirectX ® 7. 0a API or later

• DirectX 7. 0a or later compatible 4 MB video card capable of 800 x 600 resolution in 32K colors

• DirectX 7. 0a or later compatible sound card with speakers or headphones for audio

• Quad- speed CD-ROM drive

• Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

• Super VGA, 1-bit color monitor or better supporting 800 x 600 resolution

Recommended Requirements:

• Multimedia PC with a Pentium III 1.0 GHz equivalent or higher processor with 32 MB 3D video hardware acceleration or better

• 256 MB of system memory

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