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bingley_hall
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 Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 2:04 pm Post subject: Puttapa Ore |
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Seems like news is thin on the ground in this specific forum so to keep things rolling....
Over the last few weeks, three ore trains have run on the Leigh Creek line and loaded zinc ore on the main line at Puttapa. The train is made up of a Broken Hill ore rake during layover at Port Pirie and runs to the following approximate schedule with 2 x PN 3000hp (81,G,BL,DL) units at the front.
The trains have run every two weeks on 2/3, 19/4 and 3/5 ex Pirie, but the pattern changes with a train booked to run this weekend as well.
The coalie has been running erratically of late and 7102 on Sunday has been runnin' about 7 hours later than scheduled ex the Northern PS, but I am told that this Sunday the coalie will run and the ore train will have to run as scheduled.
Pity, cos I've seen a few ripper shots of the later running train - unfortunately I don't have clearance to re-post them.
Saturdays
7102 1550 Port Pirie to Northern Power Station
Sundays
7102 0145 Northern PS to Copley (loads Puttapa 0600-0930)
1257 1900 Copley to Spencer Jct
Mondays
1259 0700 Spencer Jct to Port Pirie
The ore is coming from one of the small deposits in the Flinders and is of a much higher quality than the Broken Hill ores.
According to the Perilya webs site:
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| The Beltana mine is the first phase of the Flinders Project, located 520 kilometres north of Adelaide in the Flinders Ranges, and involves direct shipment of high grade zinc oxide ore through Port Pirie to smelters in Asia. |
http://www.perilya.com.au/our-business/development/flinders
It would appear that there is a stockpile of 300,000 tonness of which 100,000 has been sold. A loaded train takes out approx 3,000t.
Bing 
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simont141
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If only I had known a few weeks ago when I was up there!
Just a couple more questions ...
Just from looking at the running times you've got there, it looks like it loads on the way to Copley before turning? Thought it might be more efficient to turn then load.
Are the trains similar lengths to the coalies? I'd assume not given there's only 2 locos up front.
Stick that one up your arse! for the info.
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bingley_hall
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If only I had known a few weeks ago when I was up there!
Just a couple more questions ...
Just from looking at the running times you've got there, it looks like it loads on the way to Copley before turning? Thought it might be more efficient to turn then load. |
I think its because it stables at Copley for up to 11 hours after loading...if they went to Copley then loaded, they would have to run back to Copley again to stable, but of course they would then be facing in the wrong dircetion to do that...I thunk!
Remember that crew availability and rosters, and the running of the coalie, would all have some bearing on the timetable.
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55 standard BH ore wagons
Stick that one up your arse!, Bing
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simont141
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Yeah makes sense. There wouldn't be any crossing loops able to take either length train, thus having to wait at one end for the other to come through (potentially).
Might make a trip up there when I'm at Quorn for the June long weekend. Might get lucky ...
One a side note, I just read about the Guiness World Record for the longest train set by an ore train over in WA:
"The heaviest ever train weighed 99,732.1 tonnes (220 million lb) and was 7.353 km (4.568 miles) long. Assembled by BHP Iron Ore (Australia), the train travelled 275 km (171 miles) from the company's Newman and Yandi mines to Port Hedland, Western Australia, on 21 June 2001."
A far cry from the Puttapa Ore train 
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