SAR Scenario East-West Express

Revision as of 11:21, 19 February 2021

 Vintage East-West Express: Terowie to Quorn Passenger 

Between 1917 and 1932 the Peterborough-Quorn Line was a vital link in the Transcontinental Railway between Sydney on the east coast and Perth on the west coast.

The South Australian Railways provided an express passenger service, the East-West Express, that ran between Terowie and Port Augusta via Quorn. At Terowie it connected with broad gauge services from Adelaide. At Peterborough it connected with narrow gauge services from Broken Hill where there was a standard gauge connection from Sydney. At Quorn it connected with narrow gauge services from the Central Australian Line. At Port Augusta it connected with standard gauge services to Kalgoolie, where there was a narrow gauge connection to Perth.

Passengers making the entire trip from Sydney NSW to Perth WA would change trains 5 times - Parkes NSW, Broken Hill NSW, Peterborough SA, Port Augusta SA and Kalgoolie WA. They would change track gauges 3 times (standard to narrow to standard to narrow) and have to navigate through 5 different rail systems (NSWGR, Silverton Tramway, SAR, Commonwealth Railways and WAGR) plus a taxi between two stations in Broken Hill. The entire journey from coast to coast would take 6 days, if all the connections were made.

Today passengers can board a luxury train, the Indian Pacific, in Sydney and travel the entire distance to Perth in 3 days without leaving the train.

SAR Peterborough Base Session Scenarios List Each location in the layout has a detailed set of track diagrams that provide the following information:- Line Index the names of the tracks, sidings and loops the location of various facilities - stations, turntables, water columns, coal stages, engine sheds, active industries the names of active industries and their products and consumables the names and locations of trackmarks for Drive To and Drive Via commands the names, properties and locations of track switches and lists of switch sets for particular movements Enhanced Interlocking Tower paths for those locations that have EITs Click or the graphic above to access the location data (link will open in this window). Other Links: (these will open in this window)  Locomotives and Rolling Stock - commodities carried  Active Industries - commodities produced and consumed

Duration:	3 hours
Loco:	SAR T 197 at Terowie Station Sidings Other Unrostered Locos: SAR T 23 on Peterborough Depot Siding 1 SAR T 231 at Terowie Depot SAR T 233 on Peterborough Depot Loco Road 1 SAR 407 on Peterborough Depot Repair Shop Road 4
Consist:	Attached to SAR T 197. 3 Kuranda BL1 coaches
Getting Started: The first step is to pause the session by pressing the P key. Next locate your loco. Either:- Open the Finder (press CTRL-F) and type, in the name field, the name of the loco. For example SAR T 197 (or just T 197 should be enough). Click the tick icon, OR Open the Driver List (bottom left of the screen) and select the loco from there - click the drivers Eye icon to jump to the loco. Take a few moments to get your bearings. Use the (this link will open in this window) and click on Terowie to load its location details and track plans. The  tab will give you the EIT Paths that are available if you wish to use them. The  tab will give you the location and names of the invisible Track Marks for Drive To commands. The  tab will show the names and locations of all active industries and their commodities. The  tab will give the names and locations of all junction switches as well as some switch sets you may want to use. Each location page has a direct link to the next location page, in all directions, so you can explore along the route. When you are ready to start, reload the Peterborough Base Session page (click the Scenarios button on your current location page) and select this Scenario again or just use the Back button on your browser - whichever is quicker. Press the P key to start the session.
Tasks: Shunt train into the narrow gauge platform at Terowie. Proceed according to the timetable. Terowie dep 08:05 Peterborough dep 08:30 Black Rock dep 08:58 Orroroo dep 09:14 Eurelia arr 09:38 (water)   dep 09:42 Carrieton arr 09:57 (coal)   dep 10:07 Moockra dep 10:21 Hammond dep 10:35 Bruce dep 10:49 Quorn arr 11:15
Driving Notes: The approaches to all locations are protected by invisible signals to prevent the AI Half Speed Slowdown Problem when approaching a signal at stop. Enhanced Interlocking Towers with set paths are available for your optional use at Terowie (departure), Peterborough (arrival and departure), Orroroo (arrival and departure), Carrieton (arrival and departure) and at Quorn (arrival). Details of all available EIT Paths are provided in the  tab at each location with EITs. Click for details. Trackmarks and industries have been provided for AI Drive To Trackmark, Drive via Trackmark and Drive to  Industry  commands. Details of all available Trackmarks and Industries are provided in the  and  tabs at each location. Click for details. Manual (no AI) driving is possible. For those locations without home or approach semaphore signals, a Caution warning sign has been placed at the location of the Main Approach Dn and Main Approach Up trackmarks. Details on all switches and suggested switch paths are provided in the  tab at each location. Click for details.