I have just uploaded to the DLS three new layouts that are designed to be merged with pgibbons Picton 2 Goulburn layout. The merging instructions are in the descriptions of each layout file.
They are:-
1. NSWGR Medway Quarry Branch. Medway Junction to Medway (Sth Marulan) Quarry. This 7.5km branch line is still in operation and produces limestone for the Berrima Cement works.
2. NSWGR Berrima Branch 1960s. Berrima Junction to the Berrima Cement Works (Blue Circle Cement Company) and then onto the Berrima Colliery. This is the original 12km branch line as it existed upto the mid 1970s. The colliery produced coal for the kilns at the cement works. The Cement works also consumed limestone from the Medway Quarry to produce cement.
3. NSWGR Berrima Branch 2000s. Berrima Junction to the Berrima Cement Works (now the Boral Cement Company). The line terminates at the cement works but now includes the new Berrima Inghams Stockfeed facility.
While all 3 layouts can be merged with Picton 2 Goulburn (but not both 2 and 3 at the same time), adding layouts 1 and 3 will give you the ability to run limestone trains between the Medway Quarry and Berrima in the modern era.
Some screenshots:
(Berrima Branch 1960s) A coal train leaves the cement works behind while running back to Berrima Colliery to pick up more coal for the kilns.
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(Berrima Branch 1960s) The same train crosses the Hume Highway (the main Sydney - Melbourne highway before the expressway was built).
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(Medway Quarry Branch) A limestone train with 4909 and 4910 in charge loads at the Medway Quarry.
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(Berrima Branch 2000s) - a more recent limestone train makes it way along the branch line to the cement works while a grain train unloads at the Ingham stockfeed facility in the background.
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They are:-
1. NSWGR Medway Quarry Branch. Medway Junction to Medway (Sth Marulan) Quarry. This 7.5km branch line is still in operation and produces limestone for the Berrima Cement works.
2. NSWGR Berrima Branch 1960s. Berrima Junction to the Berrima Cement Works (Blue Circle Cement Company) and then onto the Berrima Colliery. This is the original 12km branch line as it existed upto the mid 1970s. The colliery produced coal for the kilns at the cement works. The Cement works also consumed limestone from the Medway Quarry to produce cement.
3. NSWGR Berrima Branch 2000s. Berrima Junction to the Berrima Cement Works (now the Boral Cement Company). The line terminates at the cement works but now includes the new Berrima Inghams Stockfeed facility.
While all 3 layouts can be merged with Picton 2 Goulburn (but not both 2 and 3 at the same time), adding layouts 1 and 3 will give you the ability to run limestone trains between the Medway Quarry and Berrima in the modern era.
Some screenshots:
(Berrima Branch 1960s) A coal train leaves the cement works behind while running back to Berrima Colliery to pick up more coal for the kilns.
(Berrima Branch 1960s) The same train crosses the Hume Highway (the main Sydney - Melbourne highway before the expressway was built).
(Medway Quarry Branch) A limestone train with 4909 and 4910 in charge loads at the Medway Quarry.
(Berrima Branch 2000s) - a more recent limestone train makes it way along the branch line to the cement works while a grain train unloads at the Ingham stockfeed facility in the background.