This afternoon, Craig joined me in running the sequence of events that constituted the operating session I had posted the previous time.
This part will look at the morning interstate freight arriving into the yard. Then the yard pilot will make up a train consisting of the empty VLXs which will be shunted on a pilot run to Sadliers.
Initial view of yard before operating session begins
Below photo shows the oil pots at Shell which are currently being loaded and will be picked up later in the session.
Below we see the Pilot arrive at the yard for duties with the interstate goods from Adelaide arriving on road 3.
The Yard Pilot is ready to break up the train.
Below we see the first wagon to come off is the Guards van and the VLXs behind will be placed in front of the Van before proceeding to Sadliers to be loaded for the afternoon interstate run back to Adelaide.
The below shots shows the Van coming off and will be shuffled and placed at the rear of the VLXs.
A trip down the main line and we arrive at Sadliers for the shunt of the empties.
Below we see the shunt into Sadlier take place with the Van on the Main road whilst shunting the empties back into Sadliers to be loaded. The Y will need to hook up onto the van and bring it into road 2 then run around it. Then it will proceed back to the yard.
In the next blog post, we return to the yard, where the session will continue as per the sequence outlined in the previous post.
Shelton, sorry I couldn't make it, maybe next time! Now that you seem settled on this layout, it might be time to start thinking about what comes next. As in how you fill in the scenery, what goes where. Is there a station? What yard facilities? How many buffer stops? What sort of landscape?
ReplyDeleteThe list seems daunting, but if you start in one location, make some notes, then work around the track, you will be surprised how easy it will become. Once armed with the list, time to break it down a bit more. Then start with one small job to kick it off. Anthony has some great reference books that he may be able to point you in the direction of where to source them.
I guess what I'm trying to say in a very long winded way is,
To make this track layout stick, you need to ground it in a landscape.
Get your pen and paper ready! Commence!