| A seasonal pickup service delivering grain to Gladstone from Peterborough and Wilmington. |
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The Historical Bit
The Terowie-Peterborough-Quorn Line was roughly the dividing line in the state of South Australia between the grain producing region and the cattle and sheep grazing region. West of the line there was enough rain to produce one crop of grain each year. East of the line the country was too dry for crops and could only be used for grazing.
The grain storage silos followed this pattern with many of the locations west of Peterborough (towards Port Pirie) equipped with grain loaders while locations east (towards Broken Hill) had only livestock loading facilities.
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1960s |
| Duration: |
2 hours 30 minutes |
| Loco: |
The  has locos available at the Peterborough Loco Depot
The has locos available at the Gladstone Loco Depot
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| Consist: |
To be attached to the selected loco
From Peterborough:-
- 1 Guard Van in the Peterborough Car Shed
- WHE Gondola covered wagons at Yongala, Jamestown and Caltowie Grain Silos
From Gladstone:-
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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). |
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 your selected loco, for example SAR T 23 (or just T 23 which should be enough), then click the tick icon, OR
- Open the Driver List (bottom left of the screen) and then scroll through the list to find either:-
- the loco name (SAR T 23) OR
- the driver icon (named Driver 23) - this is a non-animated icon
- then click the drivers Eye icon
 to take control of 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).
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 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:
- For services starting from Peterborough move to the Car Shed and couple to an available Guard Van
- For services starting from Gladstone move to the Goods Siding and couple to the empty WHE wagons and GV guard van
- Proceed according to the working timetable shown below
- Services along the Wilmington Line are to load and drop wagons at the specified silos for collection on the return trip. Take coal and water as required. Turn the loco on the WYE at Booleroo Centre (if terminating there) or at Wilmington
- Services from Peterborough are to collect loaded WHE wagons at the locations indicated. Take coal and water if required at Jamestown
- At Gladstone deliver the wagons and guard van to a storage siding at the Grain Loader
- Coal and water the loco (if required) and stable at the Loco Depot
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| Gladstone Local Grain Timetable |
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Frequency
Train № |
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(Mon, Thu)
GL31/33 |
(Tue, Fri)
GL35/37 |
(Wed, Sat)
GL39/41 |
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(if required) |
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| Gladstone Depot |
CEFJOWX |
dep |
08:00 |
08:00 |
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| Goods Siding |
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08:mm |
08:mm |
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Collect wagons and guard van |
| Yard |
dep |
08:mm |
08:mm |
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| Wirrabara |
UX |
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hh:mm |
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Deliver and load 3 WHE wagons. Leave wagons in grain siding |
| Booleroo Centre |
ΔWX |
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hh:mmW |
hh:mmW |
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Water loco if required. Turn loco if required. Deliver and load 6 WHE wagons (GL31/33) or 3 WHE wagons (GL35/37). Leave wagons in grain siding |
| Melrose |
UX |
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hh:mm |
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Deliver and load 3 WHE wagons. Leave wagons in grain siding |
| Wilmington |
ΔCEUWX |
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hh:mmCW |
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Deliver and load 3 WHE wagons. Leave wagons in grain siding. Coal and Water loco if required. Turn loco |
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| Peterborough Depot |
CEFJOWX |
dep |
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08:00 |
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| Peterborough Car Shed |
dep |
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08:mm |
Collect guard van |
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| Yangya |
FUX |
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hh:mm |
Collect loaded WHE wagons |
| Jamestown |
CFOWX |
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hh:mmCW |
Collect loaded WHE wagons. Coal and Water loco if required |
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dep |
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hh:mm |
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| Caltowie |
FX |
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hh:mm |
Collect loaded WHE wagons |
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| Train № |
GL32/34 |
GL36/38 |
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| Wilmington |
dep |
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hh:mm |
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Collect loaded WHE wagons |
| Melrose |
dep |
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hh:mm |
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Collect loaded WHE wagons |
| Booleroo Centre |
dep |
hh:mm |
hh:mmW |
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Collect loaded WHE wagons. Water loco if required |
| Wirrabara |
dep |
hh:mm |
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Collect loaded WHE wagons |
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| Gladstone Yard |
arr |
hh:mm |
hh:mm |
hh:mm |
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Grain Loader |
arr |
hh:mm |
hh:mm |
hh:mm |
Deliver wagons |
| Gladstone Depot |
arr |
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Coal and Water loco if required. Stable loco |
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| Location Symbols: |
| Δ = Turning Triangle |
C = Loco Coal Loader |
E = Engine Depot |
F = Fixed Signals |
J = Junction |
| O = Loco Turntable |
U = Unattended |
W = Loco Water Tank |
X = Crossing Loop |
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This page was created by Trainz user pware in January 2022 and was last updated as shown below.
