SP - MAINLINE LOGGING
COLLECTING LOGS FROM WAIMAKU AND LAKE SUMNER AND DELIVERING TO THE HYDE LUMBER
MILL AT RANFURLY
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Today's task is to use modern motive power to move a heavy load of cut logs to
the Hyde mill
You will be able to make your own choice of a modern SP locomotive.
- Select a locomotive(s) from the choice at the Port Ross engine shed.
- Couple up to the empty logging car consist in the main Port Ross yard.
- Drive the consist to the Waimaku branch line (located between Port Ross and
Picton).
*** Naviagate Via Trackmark ... Waimaku Branch Back Shunt
*** Navigate To Trackmark
... Waimaku Logs
- Reverse the train down the branch line and into the log loading siding.
- There will be enough logs to fill half the wagons. Make sure that you full the
LAST five logging cars.
- Once loaded continue on to the Collingwood yard.
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... CollIngwood Siding Top
- Uncouple the full wagons and leave them on this siding.
- Drive the train ahead and then reverse the train on to the through loop (middle track) on the river side of the station.
- Now head the train for the Lake Sumner logging siding.
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Lake Sumner Siding
- At Lake Sumner load the remaining wagons on the log loading track.
- Run around the wagons on the siding loop.
- Pull the train back to Collingwood.
(we will try some automated AI martialling through Collingwood but, if the points prove too complex for the computer, you will need to Abandon Schedule and manually re-assemble the full train in the Collingwood yard with the engines in front facing up the river ready to head to Ranfurly.)
*** Navigate via Trackmark ... CollIngwood Siding Loop 5
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... CollIngwood Siding Loop 8
- At Collingwood we are going to re-assemble your train with the log cars that you left there and place engines at the front facing up river.
- Run the locomotives around to the front of the train heading up the river side from Collingwood. (Try the Run-Around-Train command on the Driver Assistant)
*** Run Around train
- Now couple to the front of the logging cars that where left at the siding. Try using the Driving Assistant ***Couple command.
Before you start hold down the CTRL key and right-click on the front wagon to find its name. Then pick the ***Couple command.
*** Couple ..... (enter the name of the wagon)
- Once the train has coupled Continue on to the Hyde Mill
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Hyde Mill Auran Logs
- Unload in the Auran log track siding. (You will have too many logs for the Hye
Mill siding so you will need to wait until the first ones that you dropped off
have cleared) \
Once the skids have cleared move the train to initiate a fresh unload.
- Now you will need to turn BOTH locos for the return trip. Uncouple them one at a time and turn them on the Ranfurly turntable.
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Ranfurly turntable 1 (leave the first engine in the pulp mill siding while you turn the second loco)
- Couple the turned engines back to the log cars.
- Run the train out to the Ranfurly siding
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Ranfurly Siding 2
- Run around the train to put the locos at the right end for the return trip (try using the Driver Assistant)
*** Run Around Train
- Return the empty logging cars to the siding at Waimaku
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Waimaku Log Siding LP 1
- Uncouple the wagons and drive past the loop point to the end of the track.
- To finish head back to Port Ross and leave the locomotives at the engine shed.
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Port Ross Loco
Shed 3
- End