The railway serves to provide transport of coal from Klondyke mine Co. sidings to the gasworks of Messrs G.Ormless and sons. (Purveyers of Town Gas to the World)
Wagons are left overnight in the unloading road (#3) and No.2 road (#2) in two sets of six with a brake each. A further set is left in the Klondyke headshunt+(#4).
Locomotives arrive at the factory from the locomotive shed (#8) (yet to be built, the "shed" at the moment is an old dresser in the kitchen) via the gasworks headshunt (#1) to pick a set of wagons up. The wagons are weighed empty over the weighbridge (#7). When the unloading road is vacant, the set stabled on No.2 road is transferred to the unloading road via the headshunt.
The train so considered then proceeds to the reception road of Klondyke sidings (#5) over the flat crossing. At this point, a locomotive (The Klondyke shunter) waiting on the Klondyke headshunt* (#4) attaches to the rear of the train, draws it back into the headshunt and propels it into the loading road (#6). This leaves the train engine left on the reception road, free to go into the headshunt where the driver has a brew in the thoughtfully provided shunters cabin adjacent. ( I swear this line runs on tea; Co-op 99 nothing else hits the spot)
After loading, the train engine proceeds back to the stop blocks on the Klondyke reception road (#5), the train itself is drawn into the now vacant headshunt and shunted back onto the train engine. The Klondyke shunter then goes back into the headshunt, leaving the way clear for the train to propel out of the sidings and go back to the gasworks over the flat crossing as shown by the direction arrows.
On arrival back at the gasworks, trains enter on the headshunt (#1) and are pushed back over the weigh bridge (#7) where they are weighed loads and into either the unloading road (#3) or No.2 road (#2).
Finally, any out of course rolling stock failures will be placed in the cripple road (#9)
Requirements for this operation: Four Locomotives, three sets of six side tip wagons and three brake vans.
*The set left in the Klondyke headshunt (#4) is picked up before the Klondyke shunter arrives and fits into the rotation of trains described above.
Additional traffic includes various inspection, maintenance and staff trains.
Now obviously, a gasworks produces many things including coke. At the moment coke goes out for local delivery by road and all the other chemicals are also distributed by road. But I have plans for a transfer siding and shed, with a length of standard gauge track for show (with a 10T van, tank wagon and coke wagon?), will enable T.S.L.R. to have all sorts of wagons for transporting the chemicals that were produced from coal. The line could also do with a coal tar distillers, and a pit prop/mining equipment supply depot.
Reference to this site, a website that I can recommend totally, 100 Tons of coal produces approximately 64 Tons of Coke, 7 Tons of Coal Tar, 1Ton of Benzol, 3 Tons of Ammoniacal Liquor as well as town (coal) gas.
So, if I have this right, eventually each train of six wagons going towards the gasworks with say 25 Tons of coal aboard will require 3 coke wagons, 1 Coal Tar wagon, 3 Barrels of Ammoniacal liquor, A barrel of Benzol, and a barrel of Iron Sponge (H2S removal) going out of the works.
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| (Diagram from above GANSG website link) |
Last page update:03/02/2015
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