BLS Loetschberg Mountain Route

Discover one of the most beautiful European railway routes, the Loetschberg mountain route, which represents an important connection between the Bernese Oberland and the Valais.

One of the many highlights on this route is the 14,612 meter long Lötschberg summit tunnel. In addition to the freight and regional trains, many car loading trains also pass through this tunnel, which represents an important connection for road traffic there.

The route is world-famous among railway enthusiasts due to its double loop (turn tunnel) on the north ramp, its many engineering structures and the south ramp in the Rhone Valley. With the opening of the Lötschberg Base Tunnel in 2007, it accommodates a large part of the traffic between Frutigen and Brig. Since then, the mountain route has only been used by RegioExpress and freight trains, which do not have a route through the base tunnel.

ROLLING STOCK
The player locomotive
The "BLS Mountain Route" package includes a locomotive that can be used as a player locomotive:

• The "Loetschberger RABe 535"
• BLS Re 465 001 "Mehr DurchZug"
• BLS Re 465 012 "The Blue"
• BLS Re 465 005 "Green"
• BLS Tm-232 tractor

Car material

• The "blue train" BLS 1st class EW IV
• The "blue train" BLS 2st class EW IV
• The "blue train" BLS baggage car

Freight wagons

• BLS Uacs tank truck gray can be loaded
• BLS Uacs tank truck gray empty
• BLS Lgns flat wagon can be loaded
• BLS Lgns flat wagon empty
• BLS Uacs tank truck Shell loadable
• BLS Uacs Shell tanker truck empty
• BLS Sps stake car can be loaded
• BLS Sps stake car empty
• BLS Sgns container wagon can be loaded
• BLS Eaos high side gondola
• Habbins sliding wall wagon
• BLS Gbs covered two-axle vehicle brown/red
• BLS Ks stake wagon for wood
• BLS DB “Sputnik” freight train support car red/white
• Laaer's car transport truck

Vehicles for AI traffic

• The RABe 524 / Flirt TILO
• The BR 185 of the DB (German Federal Railway version)
• Car transport train

TRAIN DRIVER TASKS | SCENARIOS

• BLS_01 | Loetschberger  RE 4265 to south
  Loco: Loetschberger multiple unit
  Journey: Spiez – Kandersteg - Brig
• BLS_02 | Loetschberger  RE 4274 to Spiez
  Loco: Loetschberger multiple unit
  Journey: Brig – Kandersteg - Spiez
• BLS_03 | Gravel from Augand near Wimmis
  Loco: Tm diesel with gravel truck
  Journey: Spiez – Augand > Load gravel and drive to Heustrich > Locomotive back to Spiez
• BLS_04 | InterCity redirected via the mountain route
  Loco: Re 465 blue with express train beige/blue EW IV
  Journey: Spiez – Kandersteg - Brig
• BLS_05 | Goods via the BLS mountain route
  Loco: Re 465 "Durchzug" with local freight train
  Journey: Containers loading in Frutigen > Trip Frutigen-Brig with stops > Containers Unloading in Brig
• BLS_06 | Mixed train to Kandersteg
  Loco: Re 465 green
  Train: Passenger train with general cargo
  Journey: Spiez – Kandersteg
• BLS_07 | In the “Regio” via the BLS south ramp
  Loco: Loetschberger multiple unit
  Train: Regional train
  Journey: Brig – Goppenstein – Brig
• BLS_08 | Gravel from Blausee
  Loco: Tm, Tm
  Train: Gravel train
  Journey: Loaded in Blausee > Drive to Kandersteg – north portal > Unloading at construction site
• BLS_09 | Containers from Italy
  Loco: Double traction 2 x Re 465 green and "Mehr Durchzug"
  Train: Containers train
  Journey: Simplon tunnel – Spiez
• BLS_10 | Evening trip through the Kandertal
  Loco: Loetschberger RABe 535
  Journey: Kandersteg – Spiez

• Train Simulator (latest version)
• + European Loco & Asset Pack
• Operating system:  Windows 10 / 11 (64 bit)
• Processor: Quad-Core with 3 GHz
• RAM: 4 GB DDR4-RAM (2666 MHz)
• Graphic card: 2 GB VRAM
• Free disk space: ca. 2.8 GB