SAR Scenario Wilmington Freight V1

Revision as of 09:15, 11 May 2024

	3   Gladstone to Wilmington Local Freight
A scenario in the SAR Peterborough Base Session

A twice weekly freight service from Gladstone to Wilmington dropping wagons at locations as required.

 The Historical Bit 

The 1964 Working Timetable for the  Wilmington Line  contained only two regular freight services through to Wilmington, running on Mondays and Fridays only. An additional service to Wilmington ran only "when required". On Wednesdays there was a freight service to Booleroo Centre, with two additional services available "when required".

The 1982 Working Timetable consisted of a single weekly freight service to Wilmington. By 1984 the freight and livestock facilities at most of the locations along the line had been permanently closed.

The line had no signals beyond Gladstone Yard and train order working was in operation. The line was closed in 1990 and the track has been removed. Most of the track right of way is now a walking and cycling Rail Trail .

Era:  1920s to 1980s  Duration:  3 hours  Loco:  SAR T 257 on Gladstone  Yard 2  See for a full list of locos.  Consist:  Attached to SAR T 257 MTW Flat wagons QLX Box vans WHE Gondola covered wagons 1 Guard Van The wagons have been placed in the order of their destinations with Laura at the front (loco) end and Wilmington at the rear. Each wagon has its destination as part of its name e.g. QLX Wirrabara indicating its destination is Wirrabara.

Each location in the layout has a detailed set of track diagrams that provide a variety of useful information The  Getting Started  guide below gives a summary of what is available. To display this information click any graphic, or go to the bottom of the page for all the session links (all links will open in this window).

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Orders: Proceed onto the Wilmington Line to all locations identified in the names of each wagon dropping the wagons as required. Position WHE covered wagons at the  Grain Silos , QLX wagons at the  Goods Sheds , MTW flat wagons at the  Goods Cranes . Leave each wagon at its unloading point Take water at Booleroo Centre. Turn the loco on the  WYE  at Wilmington. Coal and water the loco at the Wilmington  Loco Coal & Water  Stage. Driving Notes: A summary of the facilities and product loads at all locations along the line is provided in the link The Wilmington Line is not signalled beyond Gladstone Yard. Train Order working is in operation on the line. You have been issued with orders and the authorisation for the entire Wilmington Line. All facing junctions on the Wilmington Line have a speed limit of 15mph. The approaches to all locations are protected by invisible signals to prevent the AI Half Speed Slowdown Problem when approaching a signal at stop. Trackmarks and industries have been provided for AI Drive To Trackmark, Drive via Trackmark and Drive to  Industry  commands. Click for details. Manual (no AI) driving is possible. As a visual driving aid, a Caution warning sign has been placed at the location of the Main Approach Dn and Main Approach Up trackmarks. Click for details. If driving manually in yards, you are responsible for correctly setting any catch points.

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