Kicking Horse Pass

[3DZUG]

Kicking Horse Pass

Experience the impressive railroad line over the Kicking Horse Pass is a mountain pass in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. It lies at an altitude of 1627 meters on the border between the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta and between Yoho National Park and Banff National Park, and the continental divide runs across the pass. This route features the section between Field and Lake Louise and winds into the famous spiral tunnel over the pass.
Drive heavy freight trains on the CP AC4400CW or CKPC ES44AC, ride one of the world's most luxurious passenger trains 'The Canadian' or experience picturesque scenery from a helicopter perspective.

Features
- Route Kicking Horse Pass (Field to Lake Louise)
- Via Rail F40PH-2D locomotive and detailed drivers cab
- The Canadian train ( Baggage, Coach, Chateau, Manor, Dining, Skyline, Park car)
- Park car passenger interior
- CPCK ES44AC locomotive
- CP AC4400CW locomotive
- CP ES44AC locomotive
- Four sessions
- Helicopter ride along the route
- Dynamic fuel consumption
- Dynamic radio chatter system
- Dynamic weathering
- Realistic curve squeal sounds



Offer
store.trainzportal.com/collections/routes/products/pro-train-kicking-horse-pass

Impressions

 

[PerRock]

Love the new VIA Canadian content, especially since I rode on it earlier this year. However I ran into a few bugs with the trainset I hope you guys can sort out & patch. I sent a longer thing to your contact form on your website a while back, but figured I post the 2 big bugs here too:
1. All of the Manor sleeping cars show the same name regardless of the number assigned to them.
2. You're missing "Kootenay Park" which is #(88)708. You have #708 assigned to a nameplate, but it's the nameplate for #709 so all the nameplates after Kootenay Park are now off by one number. This one stands out to me, as Kootenay Park (which is now "Jasper Park", VIA just renamed it) is the park car I had on my train.

Thanks!

 

[3DZUG]

Love the new VIA Canadian content, especially since I rode on it earlier this year. However I ran into a few bugs with the trainset I hope you guys can sort out & patch. I sent a longer thing to your contact form on your website a while back, but figured I post the 2 big bugs here too:
1. All of the Manor sleeping cars show the same name regardless of the number assigned to them.
2. You're missing "Kootenay Park" which is #(88)708. You have #708 assigned to a nameplate, but it's the nameplate for #709 so all the nameplates after Kootenay Park are now off by one number. This one stands out to me, as Kootenay Park (which is now "Jasper Park", VIA just renamed it) is the park car I had on my train.

Thanks!

Hello, thank you for your feedback and hints. We will look into this as soon as possible and check it out.

 

[rayonier]

Any chance of a CP Rail reskin of the budd cars?

 

[rwk]

VIA started several years later than Amtrak, around 1978 probably for the same reason, CP and CN wanted out of the passenger business because it was no longer profitable. CP though operated a luxury train with Pullman cars and F units a while ago, not sure if that is still operating. Now CP is CPKC and the steam locomotive made a trip from Calgary to Mexico City a while ago to celebrate the merger. I'm surprised VIA is still using F40PH's, GE Genesis P42's, and 1950's streamlined coaches. Amtrak is slowly replacing their P42's with the Siemens Chargers, and is planning to retire their Amfleets for new Siemens coaches and Aero sets, the Horizons were pulled from service due to some issue and will probably be permanently retired. Are 3DZUG's routes non mergable since they are sold through the N3V store? I guess RoysTrainz western Canada routes now sold through N3V are not mergable. He used to have them on a personal site which is gone and he passed away a while ago.

 

[jd_james]

Hi! I would like to say that I tried this DLC and I am very disappointed that you even consider this to be worthy at best to be called a DLC.

The engine sounds for the F40PH-2Ds sound horrible and distorted. No clean engine rev ups or downs. It is all over the place! As for the coaches, The gangway bellows are missing between the coaches! Not exactly sure who modeled them, but that's quite a poor oversite and bad QC

The engine sounds is something you expect someone just slaps together in audacity and uploads it to the DLS.

I have requested steam for an immediate refund!

 

[ricomon35]

Hi! I would like to say that I tried this DLC and I am very disappointed that you even consider this to be worthy at best to be called a DLC.

The engine sounds for the F40PH-2Ds sound horrible and distorted. No clean engine rev ups or downs. It is all over the place! As for the coaches, The gangway bellows are missing between the coaches! Not exactly sure who modeled them, but that's quite a poor oversite and bad QC

The engine sounds is something you expect someone just slaps together in audacity and uploads it to the DLS.

I have requested steam for an immediate refund!

You're complaining about one locos engine sounds, and by that nitpick, negate the entire ROUTE?

Not a word about the real work of building the route, and it's quality? Which is very good?


Get real Dude.

LMAO !

 

[jd_james]

Alright, so you go to the store, on display you see a nice table. You buy it, bring it home and put it together. The table top is really nice. But you notice one of the legs was poorly manufactured. It's not as long as the others, it was not properly painted. But hey the table top is really nice! Everything is good!

No sir, I want both the tabel top and the legs to be properly made if you want my money!

 

[ricomon35]

Alright, so you go to the store, on display you see a nice table. You buy it, bring it home and put it together. The table top is really nice. But you notice one of the legs was poorly manufactured. It's not as long as the others, it was not properly painted. But hey the table top is really nice! Everything is good!

No sir, I want both the tabel top and the legs to be properly made if you want my money!

So, Be pro-active - change the engine sound yourself... solve the problem.

Or, you could run any set of power and stock you want, while contacting the creator about the engine sound issue.

Just being bitchy about your issue, will never get anything done, in a good way, for you, or anyone.


Rico

 

[IsambardKingdomBrunel]

So, Be pro-active - change the engine sound yourself... solve the problem.

Shouldn't have to when it is payware. He paid money for it so he is entitled to say what he likes about it.

Freeware on the other hand is untouchable.

 

[jd_james]

Shouldn't have to when it is payware. He paid money for it so he is entitled to say what he likes about it.

Freeware on the other hand is untouchable.

This is a good point. But to suggest I can just change the engine sound of the locomotive, isn't the case that you can not edit or modify DLC content? If so, the argument to "get real" is futile.

 

[wreeder]

You paid $40 or less if it was on sale for a route which is the standard price for a major route. The developers threw in some locos and rolling stock as part of the package. Clearly, based on another post, the team is willing to make changes. But you make a very over blown post where you declare:

I am very disappointed that you even consider this to be worthy at best to be called a DLC.

This is way out of line. Your opinion is yours to express but this is nonsense. It is an excellent route and updates are possible in the future to the rolling stock. To me your post was nothing more than an attempt to cast doubt on this product to hurt sales. You got your refund so go away and stop trolling this thread.

 

[PerRock]

Clearly, based on another post, the team is willing to make changes. But you make a very over blown post where you declare:

They said they would look into it, but in their recent VIA Rail release, none of the issues I raised here or through the official channels were addressed.