Paratoo to Gladstone/Terowie Express Freight
Express freight from Broken Hill to Port Pirie and Terowie. Train is divided at Peterborough.
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| Duration: |
Paratoo to Terowie x hours
Paratoo to Gladstone x hours |
| Loco: |
SAR T 250 on Paratoo Goods Loop
- Other Unrostered Locos:
- SAR T 23 on Peterborough Depot Siding 1
- SAR T 233 on Peterborough Depot Loco Road 1
- SAR 407 on Peterborough Depot Repair Shop Road 4
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| Consist: |
Attached to SAR T 250. 3 QLX wagons, 4 MTW flat wagons, 2 CCC gondola wagons, 2 WHE wagons, 3 Tank wagons, 2 DB Guard Vans (at either end). Each freight wagon has its destination as part of its name e.g. CCC Gladstone or MTW Terowie. |
| Task: |
- Take the train out of the loop and onto the main line.
- Proceed to a suitable vacant road in Peterborough Yard.
- Coal and water the loco as needed.
- The train has to be divided at Peterborough. Those wagons with Terowie in their names are to be marshalled into one train and combined with wagons stored on Goods Siding 1 that also have Terowie in their names.
- Those wagons with Gladstone in their names are to be marshalled into another train and combined with wagons stored on Goods Siding 1 that also have Gladstone in their names.
- Select a suitable and unrostered loco from the main depot and attach it to the front (eastern or Terowie) end of the Terowie train.
- Reattach SAR T 250 to the front (western or Gladstone) end of the Gladstone train.
- Proceed with both trains (seperately or simultaneously) to Gladstone Goods Transfer Narrow Gauge (all wagons) and Terowie Goods Transfer Narrow Gauge for QLX wagons and Terowie Goods Gantry Narrow Gauge for MTW flat wagons.
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