Hello,
I currently try to rebuild the Rio Tinto's Iron Ore Network between Karratha and Paraburdoo in Western Australia + maybe even its branchlines for my fictional APM Railroad. I'll try to get the route as prototypical as possible though + also do the real units.
It is pretty hard to get enough information about the line and its operation procedures, given the fact that it is private and in a very remote location. Also the Images on Google Earth for example do not show the current track layout since they are far too old (2011 mostly).
So if anyone here is from Australia or knows friends from there that could provide some info, please do so
Most needed are:
- Infos about the Signals and what aspects they show (the ones that still exist),
- Unloading procedures (do they use the mainline units for that, switchers, do they seperate them into parts, when do they get checked for faults, what about air brake tests?),
- Then the current or old Yard layouts / Maps of them + the mines,
- the Siding names,
- Speed signalling (do they use in cab signals, is there a general limit, speed signals?)
- Locomotives, i've seen Images with 2 or 3 at the front - are 2 actually able to pull 29.000t along the whole line?
- Grades, is there a maximum in both directions?
- ECP Brakes, Dynamics - do the units even have the last ones? Seen a cab without indicator for dynamic braking lately
I do know about the Pilbararails website, know of most images and charts available at google - i searched about stuff for more than 30h in the last days i guess. But it's still not enough for beeing able to rebuild it.
Any kind of help would be appreciated.
Greetings from Germany,
Felix
PS: posting this in general since it does not quite fit into any category in my opinion - its not only about the prototype and could have screens and pictures of the line in it later
I currently try to rebuild the Rio Tinto's Iron Ore Network between Karratha and Paraburdoo in Western Australia + maybe even its branchlines for my fictional APM Railroad. I'll try to get the route as prototypical as possible though + also do the real units.
It is pretty hard to get enough information about the line and its operation procedures, given the fact that it is private and in a very remote location. Also the Images on Google Earth for example do not show the current track layout since they are far too old (2011 mostly).
So if anyone here is from Australia or knows friends from there that could provide some info, please do so
Most needed are:
- Infos about the Signals and what aspects they show (the ones that still exist),
- Unloading procedures (do they use the mainline units for that, switchers, do they seperate them into parts, when do they get checked for faults, what about air brake tests?),
- Then the current or old Yard layouts / Maps of them + the mines,
- the Siding names,
- Speed signalling (do they use in cab signals, is there a general limit, speed signals?)
- Locomotives, i've seen Images with 2 or 3 at the front - are 2 actually able to pull 29.000t along the whole line?
- Grades, is there a maximum in both directions?
- ECP Brakes, Dynamics - do the units even have the last ones? Seen a cab without indicator for dynamic braking lately
I do know about the Pilbararails website, know of most images and charts available at google - i searched about stuff for more than 30h in the last days i guess. But it's still not enough for beeing able to rebuild it.
Any kind of help would be appreciated.
Greetings from Germany,
Felix
PS: posting this in general since it does not quite fit into any category in my opinion - its not only about the prototype and could have screens and pictures of the line in it later
