A morning school run from Gladstone to Jamestown on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays.
Combined morning school run and passenger service from Gladstone to Terowie on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. |
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The Historical Bit
School runs, services specifically for getting school students to and from their schools, were a regular occurrence in the division. School buses usually did not exist or the roads were in such poor condition that bus travel was not practical. Sometimes separate following trains were run for the boys and for the girls or they were segregated into separate carriages. This was in an era where gender specific schools and/or classes were much more common than they are today. But it was not always possible to co-ordinate the train services with the school times so some students would have to leave school halfway through the day to ensure that they could catch the only service back home each afternoon.
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 200 (or just T 200 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 Driver Mode 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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Orders:
- Reverse the train into Gladstone Station .
- On Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays proceed to the Stations at Caltowie and Jamestown. Terminate at Jamestown.
- On Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays proceed to the Stations at Yangya (request stop), Caltowie, Jamestown, Belalie North, Yongala, Peterborough and Terowie. Terminate at Terowie.
- Coal (if needed) and water at the destination.
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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.
- Trackmarks and industries have been provided for AI Drive To Trackmark, Drive via Trackmark and Drive to Industry commands. Click
 for details.
- Industry active stations (where you can use the Drive To industry command) are only at Gladstone, Jamestown, Peterborough and Terowie. Industry active stations will have a longer than expected wait time.
- 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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This page was created by Trainz user pware in February 2021 and was last updated as shown below.
