The weekly Commonwealth Railways freight service from Quorn to Hawker. |
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The Historical Bit
Up until 1956 the narrow gauge (3ft6in, 1067mm) Central Australia Railway from Port Augusta north to Maree and on to Alice Springs ran via Quorn and Hawker. In 1956 a new standard gauge (4ft8.5inch, 1435mm) line to Maree was opened which followed a more direct route bypassing Quorn and Hawker. The narrow gauge line sections from Port Augusta to Quorn and from Hawker to Maree were closed leaving only the section between Quorn and Hawker open for traffic.
The Commonwealth Railways, the operator of the Central Australia Railway, ran a weekly freight service on this section until 1972 when the service was cancelled and the line closed. It was the only scheduled service running on the line. They used SAR locos and a mixture of CR and SAR rolling stock.
File:SAR Hawker Freight.png |
Era: |
1956 to 1972 |
Duration: |
Hawker Run x hours xx minutes
Hawker and return y hours yy minutes |
Loco: |
SAR T 255 at Quorn Loco Depot Shed
Other Unrostered Locos: None |
Consist: |
1 CR Water Tank wagon, x CCC Gondola wagons, x QLX Box vans, x CR Flat wagons, x CR NGS open wagon, x 8T Livestock wagons, 1 Guard Van on Quorn Yard 1 . Each wagon has its destination as part of its name e.g. NGS Gordon indicating that its destination is Gordon.
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Each location in the layout has a detailed set of track diagrams that provide a variety of information. The Getting Started guide below gives a summary of the information that is available.
To display the data click any Line Index graphic, or go to the bottom of the page for all the session links (all links will open in this window). |
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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 255 (or just T 255 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 Quorn. 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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This page was created by Trainz user pware in October 2021 and was last updated as shown below.