Loco coal stages and fuel-oil points need to be refilled regularly. This service delivers coal to the loco coal stages at Jamestown and Peterborough, and bunker c oil (for the SAR 400 class Garrett locos) to the loco (main) depot at Peterborough. |
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Era: |
1920s to 1969 |
Duration: |
2 hours |
Loco: |
SAR T 258 on Gladstone Goods Loop
See for a full list of locos. |
Consist: |
Attached to SAR T 258
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The wagons have been placed in the order of their destinations with Peterborough at the front (loco) end and Jamestown at the rear (guard van) end. Each wagon has its destination as part of its name e.g. Tank Peterborough indicating its destination is Peterborough.
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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 the loco, in this case SAR T 258 (or just T 258 should be enough). Click the tick icon, OR
- Open the Driver List (bottom left of the screen) and then scroll through the list to find the loco name (SAR T 258) 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).
- 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.
The tutorial uses the first stage of this scenario, from leaving Gladstone to arriving at Jamestown, so if this is your first scenarios then the Tutorial may be an ideal starting point. |
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Orders:
- Proceed to Jamestown and unload the Jamestown CCC (coal) wagons at the Loco Coal & Water Stage. Store the empty coal wagons on one of the Loco Depot Siding roads.
- Proceed to Peterborough and unload one of the Peterborough CCC (coal) wagons at the Sub Depot Loco Coal Stage and the remaining CCC wagons at the Main Depot Loco Coal & Water Stage. Store the empty coal wagons on one of the Loco Depot Siding roads.
- Unload the Tank wagons at the Main Depot Loco Fuel & Water Point. Store the empty Tank wagons on one of the Loco Depot Siding roads.
- Coal and water the loco as needed and stable in the Loco Depot Shed yard.
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This page was created by Trainz user pware in February 2021 and was last updated as shown below.