Saturday, 9 April 2016

Good Day and Welcome!

Hello all,
and welcome to my new blog. My name is Ronan. I have made this page to document the construction and operation of the Black Hill Quarry Railway, BHQR for short. The railway is fictitious and is based off of several narrow gauge railways from around Australia. It's mainly based off of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company.


A Mount Lyell Abt loco hauling a mixed train over Quarter Mile Bridge

My railway's purpose is to haul stone from a quarry and service the local towns of the area. The  railway begins at a small town nestled in a valley with a three road yard, a small station building and locomotive servicing facilities. It then leaves the yard over a long bridge climbs a steep grade up to the quarry. At the quarry there is a siding with a stone hopper to load wagons and a run around loop with a turntable and water column at the end of the head shunt. The railway then climbs out of the yard above the other line up to a small station with a passing loop. The line then continues to climb to the top of the hill, there a small waiting shelter services passengers. The heads on along relatively flat ground to another station with a passing loop then it passes another waiting shed with a siding. It then rolls downhill to a small station before arriving at the harbor at the end of the line. In the near future I will upload a progress report, a track plan and the railway's logo. That's all for now,

Ronan.

No comments:

Post a Comment