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BNSF's H-EVEGAL, pt.1

Just to do something different from MSTS (and to get my feet wet with Stevens Pass now that I finally have it) here is this scenario.
This series of scenarios is going to cover operations of BNSF symboled freight H-EVEGAL (High Priority Manifest, Everett, WA-Galveston,TX). The 1st scenario has you departing Everett and stopping for a meet at Skykomish, part 2 will cover climbing from Skykomish to Berne where you'll stop to conduct a brake test and to adjust your dynamic brake levels, in part 3 you will descend out of "Mountain Grade" territory from Berne to Meritt and finally in part 4 you will arrive in Wenatchee where you will go off duty.
This scenario in particular also serves as a little bit of an intro to DPU operation and how/why DPUs are placed where they are within trains in mountainous territories according to the 2003 edition of the Northwest Division timetable of BNSF (the most recent I could find on the web for public downloading), as well as how to compute and use horse power per ton when building trains and determining how many locos are needed to get a train over a section of line.
The only bit of DLC you will need is Stevens Pass. I recommend downloading the lastest version of the Krelnuts sound pack to enhance the experience, but it's not neccesary.
Parts 2-4 will be coming within the next couple of weeks, as well as more MSTS scenarios.
Have fun :)
UPDATE 5/17/2014: There will now be only 3 parts to this series. Part 2 was originally supposed to be from Skykomish to Berne and then part 3 from Berne to Merritt but after some testing and consulting my downloaded copy of the timetable and the Air Brake and Train Handling (ABTH) rules I've decided that splitting parts 2 and 3 would not flow very well and mostly likely would not be needed. Therefore part 2 has been extended to include the whole run from Skykomish to Merritt. Will be available soon! :)