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The TGR (Tasmanian Government Railways) '''Fingal Line''' is a route with supporting sessions that are available on the DLS. They are designed for '''T:ANE''' but they also work in '''TRS19''' (all versions). The line is narrow gauge (3ft 6in - 1047mm).
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The TGR (Tasmanian Government Railways) '''Fingal Line''' is a route with supporting sessions that are available on the DLS. The route and sessions are designed for '''T:ANE''' but they also work in '''TRS19''' (all versions). The line is narrow gauge (3ft 6in - 1047mm). All required assets are either built into TANE and TRS19 or are available on the DLS.
  
 
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<td>[[file:Fingal Line Strip Map.png|link=|alt=Fingal Line Strip Map]]</td>
 
<td>[[file:Fingal Line Strip Map.png|link=|alt=Fingal Line Strip Map]]</td>
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<td>The Trainz layout is modelled on the actual route that branched off the main north-south '''Hobart''' to '''Launceston''' line at '''Conara Junction''' and ran east 75km (about 47mi) to '''St Marys''' near the east coast. The entire line, plus two short colliery branch lines, as it existed in the 1950s in in the route. The current line (2020) has been truncated at '''Fingal''', about 2/3rds of its 1950s length, and all stations and yards have been removed.<br><br>
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<td>The Trainz layout is modelled on the actual route that branched off the main north-south '''Hobart''' to '''Launceston''' line at '''Conara Junction''' and ran east 75km (about 47mi) to '''St Marys''' near the east coast. The entire line, plus two short colliery branch lines, as it existed in the 1950s has been modelled in the route. The current line (2020) has been truncated at '''Fingal''', about 2/3rds of its 1950s length, and all stations and yards have been removed.<br><br>
  
 
Four stations were manned during normal office hours - '''Conara Junction''', '''Avoca''', '''Fingal''' and '''St Marys'''. '''Cullenswood''' was manned as needed for coal operations. Some of the "stations" were nothing more than "halts" with a station name sign and nothing else (including no platform).<br><br>
 
Four stations were manned during normal office hours - '''Conara Junction''', '''Avoca''', '''Fingal''' and '''St Marys'''. '''Cullenswood''' was manned as needed for coal operations. Some of the "stations" were nothing more than "halts" with a station name sign and nothing else (including no platform).<br><br>
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Products carried in the 1950s were:-
 
Products carried in the 1950s were:-
 
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*Passengers
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*[[image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=Passengers]] '''Passengers'''
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*Coal
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*[[image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]] '''Coal'''
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*General Goods
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*[[image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]] '''General Goods'''
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*Logs & Timber
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*[[image:Apples-icon.png|link=|alt=Apples]] '''Apples'''
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*Sheep & Wool
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*[[image:Timber-icon.png|link=|alt=Logs]] '''Logs & Timber'''
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*Apples
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*[[image:Sheep-icon.png|link=|alt=Stockyard]] '''Sheep'''
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*Fertilizer
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*[[image:Wool-icon.png|link=|alt=Wool]] '''Wool'''
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*Fuel
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*[[Image:Oils_Icon.png|link=|alt=Oils_Fuels]] '''Fuel'''
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*[[image:Bags-icon.png|link=|alt=Fertilizer]]Fertilizer
 
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These products are commodities in the supporting sessions.<br><br>
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These products are commodities in the supporting sessions. Currently, in 2020, coal is the only product carried on the line.<br><br>
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Currently, in 2020, coal is the only product carried on the line.</td>
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Details of the DLS route, the supporting sessions and user discussions can be found in the '''Trainz Freeware Announcements''' forum at [[file:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] '''[https://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?142493 TGR Fingal Line 1955]'''
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<span style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: 700;">TRS22 and Trainz Plus</span>
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The route and all its sessions will install in both '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22''' without any errors. The sessions will all run in both exactly as as they do in '''TRS19'''.
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<span style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: 700;">Sessions Available on the DLS</span>
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<td>'''RIDE''' version</td>
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<td>entirely AI controlled. No driver interaction needed.</td>
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<td>'''DRIVE''' version</td>
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<td>User controlled to meet set goals with considerable assistance using navigation points and message popups. No shunting. All points and signals are automatically set.</td>
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<td>'''BASIC''' and '''SHUNT''' versions</td>
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<td>User controlled to meet set goals with considerable assistance using navigation points and message popups. Shunting required. Some points will have to be set by the user.</td>
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<td>'''ADVANCED''' version</td>
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<td>User controlled to meet set goals with minimal assistance using navigation points and message popups. Shunting required. All or most points are set by the user.</td>
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<td>'''EXPERT''' version</td>
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<td>User controlled to meet set goals with no assistance beyond an initial task description. Shunting required. All or most points are set by the user.</td>
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<td>'''FREE ROAM''' version</td>
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<td>User controlled with no set goals.</td>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">1.  TGR Fingal Session 1: St Marys Day Mixed Passenger RIDE Version</span>
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AI controlled mixed goods and passenger train running from Conara Junction to St Marys. Provides a running line side commentary throughout the session. '''Duration:''' 2 hours.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">2.  TGR Fingal Session 2: St Marys Night Passenger DRIVE Version</span>
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A passenger rail motor night service from Conara Junction to St Marys. The stopping pattern (a series of passenger request stops) used in each session "run" is randomly selected from over 400 possiblities. '''Duration:''' 2 hours.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">3.  TGR Fingal Session 3: ASG Transfer BASIC Version</span>
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Special order train delivering a withdrawn ASG loco (dead attached) for storage on a siding at Conara Junction. While this is not a timetabled service it was a prototypical event as withdrawn ASG locos were stored at Conara Junction from 1955 onwards. '''Duration:''' 25 minutes.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">4.  TGR Fingal Session 3E: ASG Transfer EXPERT Version</span>
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Special order train delivering a withdrawn ASG loco (dead attached) for storage on a siding at Conara Junction. While this is not a timetabled service it was a prototypical event as withdrawn ASG locos were stored at Conara Junction from 1955 onwards. Train orders only. '''Duration:''' 25 minutes.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">5.  TGR Fingal Session 4: Conara Mixed Goods BASIC Version</span>
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Mixed pickup freight service from Cullenswood to Conara Junction. Includes shunting operations. '''Duration:''' 3 hours.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">6.  TGR Fingal Session 4A: Conara Mixed Goods ADVANCED Version</span>
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Mixed pickup freight service from Cullenswood to Conara Junction. Includes shunting operations.'''Duration:''' 3 hours.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">7.  TGR Fingal Session 4E: Conara Mixed Goods EXPERT Version</span>
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Mixed pickup freight service from Cullenswood to Conara Junction. Includes shunting operations. Train orders only. '''Duration:''' 3 hours.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">8.  TGR Fingal Session 5: Cornwall and Mt Nicholas Coal BASIC Version</span>
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Coal pickup service from St Marys to Conara Junction. Includes shunting operations. '''Duration:''' 4 hours.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">9.  TGR Fingal Session 5E: Cornwall and Mt Nicholas Coal EXPERT Version</span>
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Coal pickup service from St Marys to Conara Junction. Includes shunting operations. Train orders only. '''Duration:''' 4 hours.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">10. TGR Fingal Session 6: Avoca Coal Shuttle BASIC Version</span>
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Coal service from Conara Junction to Avoca and return. Includes about 1 hour of shunting operations. '''Duration:''' About 4 hours.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">11. TGR Fingal Session 6E: Avoca Coal Shuttle EXPERT Version</span>
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Coal service from Conara Junction to Avoca and return. Includes about 1 hour of shunting operations. Train orders only. '''Duration:''' About 4 hours.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">12. TGR Fingal Session 6S: Avoca Coal Shuttle SHUNT Version</span>
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Shunting of empty and loaded coal wagons at Avoca. '''Duration:''' About 1 hour.
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">13. TGR Fingal Session 7: Free Roam</span>
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A mixture of all possible freight, passenger and mixed services. No session objectives, no AI control. Rolling stock and locomotives typical of the period are located around the layout. Full documentation is provided at the start of the session.<br><br>
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The locomotives used on the line in the 1950s and supplied as assets are:-
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*'''T Class''' (steam) - 6 were purchased from the South Australian Railways
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*'''X Class''' (diesel electric) - built specifically for the TGR by English Electric
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*'''DP Class''' (passenger DMU) - built specifically for the TGR in their own workshops and by Waddingtons in Queensland
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A variety of rolling stock including 4 wheel coal wagons, gondolas, cattle wagons, box vans, flat wagons, fuel tankers and guards vans (cabooses) are included.
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Latest revision as of 14:25, 27 February 2024

The TGR (Tasmanian Government Railways) Fingal Line is a route with supporting sessions that are available on the DLS. The route and sessions are designed for T:ANE but they also work in TRS19 (all versions). The line is narrow gauge (3ft 6in - 1047mm). All required assets are either built into TANE and TRS19 or are available on the DLS.

Fingal Line Strip Map The Trainz layout is modelled on the actual route that branched off the main north-south Hobart to Launceston line at Conara Junction and ran east 75km (about 47mi) to St Marys near the east coast. The entire line, plus two short colliery branch lines, as it existed in the 1950s has been modelled in the route. The current line (2020) has been truncated at Fingal, about 2/3rds of its 1950s length, and all stations and yards have been removed.

Four stations were manned during normal office hours - Conara Junction, Avoca, Fingal and St Marys. Cullenswood was manned as needed for coal operations. Some of the "stations" were nothing more than "halts" with a station name sign and nothing else (including no platform).

Products carried in the 1950s were:-

  • Passengers Passengers
  • Coal Coal
  • Goods General Goods
  • Apples Apples
  • Logs Logs & Timber
  • Stockyard Sheep
  • Wool Wool
  • Oils_Fuels Fuel
  • FertilizerFertilizer

These products are commodities in the supporting sessions. Currently, in 2020, coal is the only product carried on the line.

Details of the DLS route, the supporting sessions and user discussions can be found in the Trainz Freeware Announcements forum at WikiLink.PNG TGR Fingal Line 1955

TRS22 and Trainz Plus

The route and all its sessions will install in both Trainz Plus and TRS22 without any errors. The sessions will all run in both exactly as as they do in TRS19.

Sessions Available on the DLS

RIDE version entirely AI controlled. No driver interaction needed.
DRIVE version User controlled to meet set goals with considerable assistance using navigation points and message popups. No shunting. All points and signals are automatically set.
BASIC and SHUNT versions User controlled to meet set goals with considerable assistance using navigation points and message popups. Shunting required. Some points will have to be set by the user.
ADVANCED version User controlled to meet set goals with minimal assistance using navigation points and message popups. Shunting required. All or most points are set by the user.
EXPERT version User controlled to meet set goals with no assistance beyond an initial task description. Shunting required. All or most points are set by the user.
FREE ROAM version User controlled with no set goals.


1. TGR Fingal Session 1: St Marys Day Mixed Passenger RIDE Version

AI controlled mixed goods and passenger train running from Conara Junction to St Marys. Provides a running line side commentary throughout the session. Duration: 2 hours.

2. TGR Fingal Session 2: St Marys Night Passenger DRIVE Version

A passenger rail motor night service from Conara Junction to St Marys. The stopping pattern (a series of passenger request stops) used in each session "run" is randomly selected from over 400 possiblities. Duration: 2 hours.

3. TGR Fingal Session 3: ASG Transfer BASIC Version

Special order train delivering a withdrawn ASG loco (dead attached) for storage on a siding at Conara Junction. While this is not a timetabled service it was a prototypical event as withdrawn ASG locos were stored at Conara Junction from 1955 onwards. Duration: 25 minutes.

4. TGR Fingal Session 3E: ASG Transfer EXPERT Version

Special order train delivering a withdrawn ASG loco (dead attached) for storage on a siding at Conara Junction. While this is not a timetabled service it was a prototypical event as withdrawn ASG locos were stored at Conara Junction from 1955 onwards. Train orders only. Duration: 25 minutes.

5. TGR Fingal Session 4: Conara Mixed Goods BASIC Version

Mixed pickup freight service from Cullenswood to Conara Junction. Includes shunting operations. Duration: 3 hours.

6. TGR Fingal Session 4A: Conara Mixed Goods ADVANCED Version

Mixed pickup freight service from Cullenswood to Conara Junction. Includes shunting operations.Duration: 3 hours.

7. TGR Fingal Session 4E: Conara Mixed Goods EXPERT Version

Mixed pickup freight service from Cullenswood to Conara Junction. Includes shunting operations. Train orders only. Duration: 3 hours.

8. TGR Fingal Session 5: Cornwall and Mt Nicholas Coal BASIC Version

Coal pickup service from St Marys to Conara Junction. Includes shunting operations. Duration: 4 hours.

9. TGR Fingal Session 5E: Cornwall and Mt Nicholas Coal EXPERT Version

Coal pickup service from St Marys to Conara Junction. Includes shunting operations. Train orders only. Duration: 4 hours.

10. TGR Fingal Session 6: Avoca Coal Shuttle BASIC Version

Coal service from Conara Junction to Avoca and return. Includes about 1 hour of shunting operations. Duration: About 4 hours.

11. TGR Fingal Session 6E: Avoca Coal Shuttle EXPERT Version

Coal service from Conara Junction to Avoca and return. Includes about 1 hour of shunting operations. Train orders only. Duration: About 4 hours.

12. TGR Fingal Session 6S: Avoca Coal Shuttle SHUNT Version

Shunting of empty and loaded coal wagons at Avoca. Duration: About 1 hour.

13. TGR Fingal Session 7: Free Roam

A mixture of all possible freight, passenger and mixed services. No session objectives, no AI control. Rolling stock and locomotives typical of the period are located around the layout. Full documentation is provided at the start of the session.

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

The locomotives used on the line in the 1950s and supplied as assets are:-

  • T Class (steam) - 6 were purchased from the South Australian Railways
  • X Class (diesel electric) - built specifically for the TGR by English Electric
  • DP Class (passenger DMU) - built specifically for the TGR in their own workshops and by Waddingtons in Queensland

A variety of rolling stock including 4 wheel coal wagons, gondolas, cattle wagons, box vans, flat wagons, fuel tankers and guards vans (cabooses) are included.


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