CN - ORE BARGE TO PORT ROSS
INTERACT BETWEEN TRAIN AND SHIP TO GET THE
ORE FROM MINE TO MILL VIA THE FLETCHERS BAY ORE DOCK
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One of the prominent industries in Murchison County is the Pacific Steel mill at
Port Ross.
It makes use of the availability of good grade ore found at the Rapanui quarry.
The ore has to be transported by wagon to the ore dock at Fletchers Bay and then shipped by
barge to the wharf at Port Ross. From there its another trip by wagon to the
Pacific Steel Mill
Today you will be doing the whole trip starting with loading the ore train at
the quarry.
The days work is divided into 3 parts
1:
TASK .. The
first part is loading and transporting the ore from the Rapanui Quarry to
Fletchers Ore Dock where you will unload into the dock holds.
You will find a pair of GP9s with a rack of ore hoppers ready to fill.
- Shunt the wagons slowly under the filling heads at the mine building to fill with ore
- When the hoppers are full its time for the run to the Fletchers Bay ore dock
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Fletchers Bay Main 2
- At the Fletchers Bay yard run the locos around the hoppers and push them out onto the dock
*** Run Around Train
- As you travel up the dock drive slowly over the filling grates to empty your load.
- When you have emptied the wagons pull them back into an empty siding in the
yard
2:
TASK ... Its now
time for a sea trip as you accompany the ore to Port Ross aboard the tugpusher.
- Climb aboard the tug to enjoy the sea trip to Port Ross
- Start by using the tug to pull the barges under the Ore Dock chutes. You will need to centre the barge on the flashing lights on the dock and you may need to fill one barge at a time)
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Fletchers Ore Barge Load
- Now reverse the barge out past both the red flashing buoys. You will need to go back as far as you can but stop before you hit the “end of
track” buoy.
(You may prefer to let the Driving Assistant take care of the barge trip from
here to Port Ross).
*** Navigate Via Trackmark ... Fletchers Ore Barge Reverse
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Port Ross Ore Barge Unload
- At Port Ross the the barges will stop beside the ore dump/loader house where
the ore is dropped onto an underwater conveyor for loading into
the ore bin.
You will need to unload one barge at a time.
3: TASK
.. There
are a pair of SW4s waiting to load the ore for the short trip up to the Steel
mill.
- Slowly pull the hoppers through the filling bay. You will need to stop to load
each one.
- Next take the hoppers to the Pacific Steel ore dump
for unloading.
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Pacific Steel ore unload
- Once the hoppers have been unloaded return the train to the wharf ore siding.
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Port Ross Ore Loader
- Before finishing this session return the barges to the Fletchers Bay docks ready for the next shipment.
*** Navigate Via Trackmark ... Port Ross Ore Barge Reverse
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Fletchers Ore Barge Wait
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