Cascades Sub-Division
  
 The Cascades Sub-Division is in the Kingsgate Division of Pacific & American Railroad and runs from Eugene to Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Cascades Sub-Division features a large yard at Eugene and another at Klamath Falls. There are countless forest-based industries along the right of way including lumber yards, veneer manufacturing and wood chip processing. Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern motive power is common on this line.

 The Cascades Sub-Division connects to the Whitefish Sub-Division at Eugene and to the Hoodoo Pass Sub-Division at Klamath Falls. These connections can be viewed on the main route map and are further illustrated on the Cascades Sub-Division map.

 Several add ons and patches have been released for the Cascades Crossing Route. All of these add ons and patches can be purchased or obtained from the Maple Leaf Tracks web site.

 Pacific & American work orders will use the Cascades Crossing Route equipment as well as the available add on equipment. The actual requirements will be noted in the work order readme files. Be sure to check the requirements of a work order before you attempt to install it. If you are missing any equipment you will have problems and may not be able to install the activity.

 Pacific & American will be using equipment and activities for Cascades Sub-Division work orders from:

·          Cascades Crossing equipment

·         ESPEE over The Tehachapi Pass add on (AO1)

·         Santa Fe over The Tehachapi Pass add on (AO2)

·         Vintage Trains over The Tehachapi Pass add on (AO3)

·         Cajon Pass Route and add ons

·        The Tehachapi Pass II - California Gateway Edition Route

·         The P&A Fleet

 You will not have to download trains from any place other than Pacific & American. We host our own trains which use our physics to make them compatible with Maple Leaf Tracks equipment and to make them as real as we can make them and still be fun to use. They can be found on the P&A Fleet pages. However, you will have to purchase the routes and other add ons to run work orders that require them.

 

A Southern Pacific mixed freight meets a friend as it battles the elements on the Cascade Sub-Division
A Southern Pacific mixed freight meets a friend as it battles the elements on the Cascade Sub-Division

The terrain on this route is truly fascinating. In the west you have both urban and rolling farmland. As you move east, you get into heavy coniferous forest. Then, after passing Cascade Summit, you turn south toward Klamath Falls. The scenery turns from heavy coniferous, to a spotted pine forest, to almost desert-like terrain as the railway moves through the rain shadow of the Cascade Mountains.

Freight Ops on Cascades Crossing

Freight Ops on Cascades Crossing

Cascades Crossing recreates the operations of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Oregon during the early 1990's. The route spans 220 miles of mainline from the rail centers of Eugene and Klamath Falls, Oregon. Between these two locations lay some very challenging stretches of railway, including a 52 mile stretch of steep mountain territory with plenty of bridges, countless tunnels, and helper locomotives.

Graphics and Maps Courtesy of Maple Leaf Tracks