SAR Peterborough to Gladstone

[pware]

Some screenshots from my latest offering to the DLS - the third in a series of layouts based on real routes in the South Australian Railways Peterborough Division in the mid north of the state. All are set in the mid 1960's just before the completion of the transcontinental railway line.

This layout covers the 65km from Peterborough to Gladstone and follows the original route of the line prior to the many diversions introduced by the new line.

Gladstone Yard. Garratt 406 takes an empty ore train back to Broken Hill while an 830 class diesel is on shunting duties with a pair of fuel tankers.

406 with a loaded ore train passes Gladstone Showground on its way to Port Pirie.

An 830 class diesel climbs through one of many curves on the approach to Caltowie. This section was bypassed and abandonded when the new line was completed in 1969.

A freight waits in the yard at Belalie North, one of several stations and freight yards that were bypassed by the new Transcontinental line. This section of the original line was closed and abandoned in 1969.

Peter Ware

 

[trw1089]

Thanks for a great layout Peter. I was seriously considering the Wilmington branch at some time in the future, but it will be a little way off. Did you lay the narrow gauge as 3'6" or standard gauge?

Cheers
Tony

 

[axe1970]

Hey there,

It looks awesome. Well done.

 

[pware]

Thanks for a great layout Peter. I was seriously considering the Wilmington branch at some time in the future, but it will be a little way off. Did you lay the narrow gauge as 3'6" or standard gauge?

Cheers
Tony

Thank you for the feedback.

I used standard gauge - I just could not find the assets I needed for a full narrow gauge layout. Gladstone at the time represented (mid 1960s) was dual narrow and broad gauge so I trialled a dual gauge track from the DLS but it kept generating the "exception error" message whenever a train arrived at an active industry to load/unload.

Peter

 

[PGibbons]

Ground Elevations

Peter
Another great addition to the SAR world - love the construction work areas - allowing for future construction no doubt.

Just wondering how/why Gladstone ended up at a minus elevation ???

PG

 

[nicola86]

Hi Pware,
What is the kuid of tracks in the first image?
Thanks.

Nicola

 

[lesley]

Look under the username natvander.

Tom

 

[pware]

Peter
Another great addition to the SAR world - love the construction work areas - allowing for future construction no doubt.

Just wondering how/why Gladstone ended up at a minus elevation ???

PG

My initial starting point was Quorn which I set at the default elevation of 0m. I initially never intended to go beyond more than about 20km but I quickly ended up at Peterborough (130km later) with an elevation of 55m above Quorn. From that point on I decided to keep the elevations at their correct values (relative to Peterborough) so Gladstone had to end up with a significant negative elevation. Keeping the elevations consistent between the layouts has allowed me to successfully merge this layout with my Peterborough to Terowie layout.

The construction work areas show where the standard gauge line went through bypassing much of the original narrow gauge route shown in the layout.

Peter

 

[pware]

Hi Pware,
What is the kuid of tracks in the first image?
Thanks.

Nicola

Not sure of the KUID but it is listed in the DLS under the name NSW ML Timber Stain in various spline lengths

Peter Ware

 

[Ghostryder]

peter

love the route in fact love all the routes you have made thank you for sharing them with us.

Cheers

Ghosty

 

[pware]

Thank you to all those who have commented or provided feedback on this layout and others. I appreciate your comments.

Here are some additional scenes from the layout showing the earthwork construction for the standard gauge line that eventually replaced the narrow gauge line depicted in the layout.

Peter Ware

 

[PGibbons]

Enough said.

Peter
regardless of the elevations and such all of the SAR routes are great and I have also merged them into a single entity. I always like to check out other OZ based routes to see what I can learn and how I might improve some of my building efforts.
I tried to see if Transdem would make the necessary elevation adjustments but it didnt seem to work - perhaps you may be able to experiment and see !
Keep up the good work - we look forward to more of your SAR efforts.

PG

 

[tdstead]

Just downloaded the layot with the full petersborough network into ts12 with no problems at, no faulty, no missing ... great

Shame you built this layot before the wounderful Terowie buildings were released in 2.7, had a look at google maps, not much left of the town now, mostly empty lots by the looks.

Tom

 

[tdstead]

Here is a photo of that new content, might not be in right positions, the General store on the corner near pub was not part of the collection, just something to replace the 7-11 store that was there

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[pware]

Thank you for that - it looks great.

I (eventually) plan to redo the whole Peterborough Division to the correct elevations and using NG42 assets that have become available more recently.

 

[tdstead]

Glad you like it.

Had a good look at Google maps today, As I thought they are in the wrong location but you probly had no reference at the time. I found the pub location just off the corner of Fredrick & Main, and was able to recognize the other building he made and worked out the whole main st. My intrest in this town since I first saw the content and with the new technology makes it really easy to have a look for myself.

Tom