Australian screenshots

seeseeme said:
A silly question as I know it has been answered somewhere on the forum before but the search feature cannot find it.

What is the standard Rail Gauge for NSW, QLD, and VIC please.

Another question, is there a standard distance between dual tracks in each state?

Thanks for any help.

Craig
:):):)
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Hello Craig,

The standard gauge in all three states is 4 foot 8 and a half inches or whatever that is in millimetres. The space between the two rails of a piece of track is called the 4 foot for this reason.

The standard distance between dual tracks is roughly 6 foot give or take a bit for clearance and wider rolling stock or narrow locations.

The area between the outer most track and the boundary fence is called the cess and this can vary dramatically.

Railwayz
 
Davido said:
Zec,
Are those shots in native mode and are you blurring the scene around the loco's slightly?

Or is it my old eye's :eek:


Cheers
David
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I'm pretty sure they're in native mode... They look no different in either mode anyway, since the map was designed for native mode :)

The blur is added in photoshop. I'm somewhat trying to give the feel of a bit of depth of field, but those two shots are a little over done (particularly that second one). Just been getting a little annoyed seeing perfectly sharp scenery in the distance in my screenies (in-game doesn't bother me, but in my screenies it does) :hehe:

Zec
 
seeseeme said:
A silly question as I know it has been answered somewhere on the forum before but the search feature cannot find it.

What is the standard Rail Gauge for NSW, QLD, and VIC please.

Another question, is there a standard distance between dual tracks in each state?

Thanks for any help.

Craig
:):):)
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New South Wales's state track gauge is virtually exclusively 'Stephenson' standard gauge (4' 8.5").

Queensland has a short section of standard gauge running across the border from NSW to Brisbane but the actual Queensland state network is so-called Cape Narrow Gauge (3' 6"), as used also in Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.

Victoria's state network was originally Irish broad gauge (5' 3", shared with South Australia) but a standard gauge line from Albury to Melbourne was constructed in the 1960s.

Additionally, the Melbourne to Adelaide broad gauge route was converted to standard gauge in the mid 1990s, and now the old broad gauge route to Albury is gradually being closed and dismantled in favour of the direct standard gauge line.

Of course there were other private lines in those three states as well which often used their own individual gauges (the old Silverton Tramway from Broken Hill was built to 3'6" for instance), but the above are the main line gauges for those 3 states. :)

As for distance between tracks, I have no idea as to what the common standard was, although it's most likely not as wide as the British 'six-foot'. But that's just a big guess on my part.
 
seeseeme,
I don't know about a standard distance between the tracks. The track that comes up from NSW comes out at Acacia Ridge and is basically a dual guage line all the way in to Roma Street. The dual guage uses one rail as a common rail (shared by both guages ) and the other is two separate rails each spaced to accomodate the respective width. eg I II. There is only one place where this varies and that is platform 2 at Roma Street. There it is a gauntlet gauge, where the QLD guage fits inside of the NSW guage thus -> II II. This is as far as I am aware in Brissy anyway.
HTH
Glen
 
Thanks everyone for the help. I had a rough idea on the various State gauges but was never very sure. I noticed on the DLS yesterday that someone had made a lot of "toolz" to help with the distance between dual tracks or even more so while I have one at the moment, these new toolz seem to possibly be better.

Thanks again,

Craig
:):):)
 
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hi all,
nice to see the previous page full of screenshots,good to see the usual suspects putting out some very nice work indeed
i'm just trying something here to see if it looks ok


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cheers,
patchy
 
ad602000 said:
Again this started out as an upgrade of the old model and ended up a total rebuild from the bogeys up. Everything is new and has been beta tested in 2010. However, it is very usable in 2004 and upwards. The beta testers are happy with it and you can find it over at Victrainz Content Release announcement forum You need to Register to view the message and link

cheers
pete

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Pete. I don't appreciate you using my textures and modifying them for your models then uploading them without atleast crediting me. You didn't credit me with the End Platforms (which I didn't mind) but you haven't asked about the CPHs.
 
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PUBLIC APOLOGY


Good morning Daniel,

I apologise, after thinking about how I went about the project and looking back at the main texture. I now realise that it originally commenced life as the texture you created for the end platform cars, before I heavily modified it for the CPH. I did not recognise it as the same in the end, if I had I would have contacted you.

Given that I created the textures before I started the model, over 18 months ago, I truly forgot and no offence or plagiarism intended. It was a genuine mistake and oversight I am happy to now withdraw the model.

Let me know what you wish

cheers
pete
 
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No thats fine Pete and thankyou for the apology:)

Continue with the release etc but just have a little mention it uses a texture of mine. Although I did check the texture before posting and its about 3/4 the same.

Cheers,
Daniel
 
Some Recent QR Shots (a fair few pics here)

Afternoon all

On Monday, the coal started to roll again on the Toowoomba Line. We see an empty train departing Fish Is
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Flying up the Oxley Bank
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And at a much more sedate pace west of Grandchester
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Crawling through Laidley at 40kph, a speed this train won't exceed again until at least Toowoomba due to damage along the line
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Later that evening, a loaded coalie grinds up the range from Laidley
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Dynamic brakes working hard while dropping into Grandchester
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Nearly home - Murarrie
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The next morning sees a SMU departing Nundah towards town
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Ryan
 
A work in progress,
an addition to the Toowoomba line,
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the concrete Lockyer Creek bridge just up the road from me, between Grantham and Murphy's Creek in the Lockyer Valley.
This bridge is featured in the April 2011 issue of the "Aust Model Railway Mag"

Cheers,

Bill.
 
hi bill

very nice work

my missus has that bridge in flood damaged photos

Ryan_McC
how far does your route go after laidley?
when will it be released?

thanks mates
ron
 
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