NSW S008 S016 S024 grain silos, workhouse plus optional 1 or 2 bins, gravity feed

NSW S008 S016 S024 grain silos, workhouse plus optional 1 or 2 bins, gravity feed

A 1920-design workhouse receiving grain by road and loading grain to rail wagons in NSW. In addition to workhouse grain storage, total storage can be increased by the addition of 1 to 2 cylindrical silo bins, each of 800 tons or 1.02 million litres capacity.
The user sets the number of storage bins by opening the asset's Properties editor in Surveyor. LH click on the 'Number of bins' hot button to cycle through numbers 0 to 2.
Drivable trucks loaded with grain may unload into the grills under the road shed. NSWGR BWH and RU type grain hoppers may load under the jib over the asset's fixed track. Central load ports are assumed unless WSP (Wagon Service Points) information is provided in the config file's 'extensions' container. An example of WSP parameters to oontrol off-centre loading points is provided in <kuid:368725:15044-46> 'NSWGR RU 4-wheel wheat wagon'.
The sequential loading of rail wagons is by gravity feed. Loading is one wagon at a time at the rate of 126500 litres (100 tonnes) per hour.
The grade on the asset's fixed track is 1 in 100, and a similar grade should be given to the flexible track attached to either side of the fixed track. The empty wagons are pushed by locomotive to the high end of the siding.
In the real world, shunters would uncouple several empty wagons at a time, gravitate them down to the loading point, load these wagons, then gravitate them to the low end of the siding. Repeat this procedure until all wagons are loaded.
In Trainz, the asset script detects the empty wagons, uncouples a rake of up to 4 wagons at a time, releases the hand brakes on the rake so that it falls towards the silo loading jib, then stops each wagon in a rake under the jib. Once a rake is loaded, the brakes are again released so that it gravitates to the low end of the silo siding.
Loading one RU wagon will take 15 minutes at realistic speed. This can be accelerated by the user in the Properties editor.
A naming convention must be followed to establish a relationship between track marks and junctions used to find and set paths during the script-controlled loading operation.
There can be up to 4 'Empty' sidings upgrade from the silo and 4 'Full' sidings downgrade from the silo. The Empty sidings are collectively referred to as the 'Empty nest'. Similarly, the Full sidings are referred to as the 'Full nest'.
At the downgrade end of each siding there must be a track mark facing upgrade. These are named to identify the silo, the nest and the switching path required to access the siding from the silo loading bay.
Please read the document 'readme.txt' included with this asset to obtain details of the naming convention applying to the silo, the junctions and track marks.
If the location at which the silo is to be placed did not or cannot have a grade on the tracks, use asset <kuid:368725:25054> 'NSW S008 S016 S024 grain silos, workhouse plus optional 1 or 2 bins, engine tow'.

Author: Leigh Stokes (ElStoko)

NSW S008 S016 S024 grain silos, workhouse plus optional 1 or 2 bins, gravity feed
• config.txt 14.12KB
• icon.tga 16.04KB
• load_dump.wav 119.14KB
objects
attach_pts.trainzmesh 2.16KB
bin_0.trainzmesh 15.04KB
bin_1.trainzmesh 9.22KB
bin_2.trainzmesh 5.21KB
cap.trainzmesh 3.00KB
corrug_iron_albedo.png 1.16MB
corrug_iron_albedo.texture.txt 41 bytes
corrug_iron_baked_normals.png 10.51KB
corrug_iron_baked_normals.texture.txt 110 bytes
corrug_iron_parameters.png 95.00KB
corrug_iron_parameters.texture.txt 79 bytes
glass_albedo.png 38.77KB
glass_albedo.texture.txt 57 bytes
glass_normal.png 9.58KB
glass_normal.texture.txt 82 bytes
glass_parameters.png 1.33KB
glass_parameters.texture.txt 65 bytes
grill_albedo.png 1.53MB
grill_albedo.texture.txt 35 bytes
grill_normal.png 1.63MB
grill_normal.texture.txt 84 bytes
grill_parameters.png 667.70KB
grill_parameters.texture.txt 67 bytes
grommet_extended.trainzmesh 2.48KB
grommet_rest.trainzmesh 1.96KB
jib.kin 43.06KB
jib.lm.txt 246 bytes
jib_0.trainzmesh 23.75KB
jib_1.trainzmesh 18.78KB
jib_2.trainzmesh 8.49KB
jib_albedo.png 215.80KB
jib_albedo.texture.txt 33 bytes
jib_normal.png 135.63KB
jib_normal.texture.txt 80 bytes
jib_parameters.png 57.24KB
jib_parameters.texture.txt 63 bytes
road access_albedo.png 1.14MB
road access_albedo.texture.txt 41 bytes
road access_normal.png 521.06KB
road access_normal.texture.txt 96 bytes
road access_parameters.png 17.01KB
road access_parameters.texture.txt 79 bytes
silo_wall_albedo.png 1.38MB
silo_wall_albedo.texture.txt 39 bytes
silo_wall_normal.png 825.69KB
silo_wall_normal.texture.txt 92 bytes
silo_wall_parameters.png 112.26KB
silo_wall_parameters.texture.txt 75 bytes
workhouse_0.trainzmesh 82.62KB
workhouse_1.trainzmesh 58.62KB
workhouse_2.trainzmesh 23.81KB
• readme.txt 7.62KB
• silo_gravity_loader_v4.gs 109.15KB
• thumbnail.jpg 10.81KB