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The Historical Bit
By the 1960s the Wilmington Line was in decline. Freight services largely ran on demand and passenger services sometimes consisted of a passenger car attached to a freight service. All passenger services on the line ended in 1969.
When the Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line was converted to standard gauge in 1969-70 the Wilmington Line became isolated from the rest of the narrow gauge network.
The line had no signals beyond Gladstone Yard and none of its locations were manned. Normally only one train was given authority to use the line at any one time.
The line was eventually closed in 1990. A section of the line has been converted to a "rail trail".
Getting Started:
- If you have already closed the opening message window then the first step is to pause the session by pressing the P key.
- Next locate your loco. Either:-
- Open the Finder Tool (press Ctrl F ) and type, in the Name field, the name of the loco. For example SAR T 257 (or just T 257 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. Click
 (this link will open in this window) to show the location details and track plans for Gladstone. In each location details page:-
- the
 tab gives an overall summary of each location with a "potted" history (where available).
- the
 tab reveals the invisible  Track Marks for Drive To commands.
- the
 tab lists all active industries and their commodities.
- the
 tab describes the names, locations and settings of all junction switches as well as some switch sets you may want to use.
- Each location details page has direct links to the adjacent locations 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.
- Switch back to TRS19 Driver and either close the opening message window or press the P key to start the session.
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Tutorial:
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A tutorial on using these scenarios is provided in the link on the left. The link will open in this window |
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Tasks:
- Take the train onto the Wilmington Line.
- Deliver wagons according to their destination names. WHE covered wagons are delivered to Grain Silos . MTW flat wagons are delivered to the Yard Goods Cranes . QLX wagons are delivered to the Goods Sheds .
- Water at the Booleroo Centre Water Column.
- Turn the loco on the WYE at Wilmington.
- Coal and water the loco at the Wilmington Loco Coal & Water Stage.
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Driving Notes:
- The Wilmington Line is not signalled beyond Gladstone Yard. Normally only one train is allowed on the line at any one time.
- You have been issued with an authority ticket for the Wilmington Line.
- 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
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- 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.
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This page was created by Trainz user pware in February 2021 and was last updated as shown below.
