About The railway corridor used is part of the Main North railway line. The Hunter Valley infrastructure is owned by the State Government owned RailCorp and managed by the Federal Government owned Australian Rail Track Corporation under a 60-year lease until 2064. In November 1994, it was announced that the line would be opened up to other operators. Prior to only FreightCorp and its predecessors operated trains. The other infrastructure associated with coal transport, such as load points, is privately owned, usually by a mine or a coal loader. West of Maitland the line is formed of two tracks, with three in places, with the lines being shared with passenger trains operated by NSW TrainLink. East of Maitland the line is formed of four tracks with the southern pair exclusively for the use of coal trains with an underpass at Hanbury west of Waratah allowing trains to reach Port Waratah without having to interface with the northern pair of tracks. In 2006 the Sandgate Flyover was opened to similarly allow trains to access Kooragang Island. As at December 2012 there were 50 to 60 coal trains per day up to 1.5 kilometres in length. To alleviate congestion which frequently sees loaded trains queuing, in November 2013 construction commenced on five relief roads at Hexham that will be located between the two running lines, with the westbound line relocated further south. This will allow coal trains to be pass one another and reach the ports in a more logical order. It is scheduled for completion in 2015. Aurizon, East Coast Rail and Pacific National both provide locomotives and freight wagons to operate coal trains. East Coast Rail provide crews to operate Xstrata owned rolling stock, with Pacific National doing likewise for Whitehaven Coal and Southern Shorthaul Railroad for Centennial Coal. Rollingstock Aurizon 5000 class 5020 class 6000 class (C44aci), 6020 class (C44aci), 6040 class (C44aci), CF class (C44aci) Magnetic Rail Group 2200 class (422 class) GWR class (C44aci), XRN class (C44aci) Pacific National Class 92 (C44aci), Class 93 (C44aci) LDP class (GT46C-ACe), TT class (GT46C-ACe) Class 90
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Nice but I don't see Australian content to ever come to TSW, would fail due to research costs alone. Still would love to see this!
They could probably get a contractor to help with getting sounds, also a lot of engines used are also used in usa locos, getting images should not be too hard could probably get train crews, mechanics and cleaners to get them for them. Would love to have any thing from Australia (preferably from NSW or QLD)
Would love to see it but as Spikee says, unlikely as too far outside DTG’s comfort zone. I mean vegetation alone would require an entire fresh set of gum and eucalyptus tree. Probably the best chance is if the public editor fully matures and some of those currently doing Aussie content in Trainz decided to jump ship, or the former MSTS route and stock builders came out of retirement to have a go. However you only have to look at TSC to see the lack of Australian content, to see that TSW unlikely to fare any better.
FYI eucalypts _are_ gum trees (and apart from a couple of myrtles, the majority of gum trees are eucalypts and the two words are basically synonymous here)
