Pinnox Greenhead Trip Drive

Pinnox Greenhead Trip Drive

Chatterley Whitfield colliery was the largest coal mine in the UK in the 1930s with an output that exceeded 1 million tons per annum. A large part of the mine's output was destined for the Cheshire salt fields or for export via Liverpool and this entailed a roundabout journey to the south via Stoke. The colliery built the Pinnox Mineral Railway which cut the journey distance and reduced the transport costs. The coal was then transported to Pinnox Junction where it was handed over to the LMS.

The Pinnox Mineral Railway also serviced three coal wharves which handled land sales to local industries and coal merchants. This session follows the Pinnox shunter on a morning trip delivering full wagons to Greenhead coal wharf and returning with empties. The trip takes just over half an hour. Because of the heavy loads and steep gradients great care has to be taken to avoid exceeding the speed limit or getting out of control. All trains must stop before proceeding over the ungated Scotia Road level crossing at Pinnox. In this session as well as driving you will be in control of changing all points except those in the immediate vicinity of Pinnox Crossing SignalBox. Successful completion of this session will require you to observe speed limits, obey signals and avoid a derailment.

Author: Andrew Howard (AndrewH)

Pinnox Greenhead Trip Drive
• config.txt 196.94KB
• greenhead.jpg 175.93KB
• licence.txt 1.47KB
• profile.dat 1.35MB
• profile.lyr 60 bytes
• profile.obs 1.22KB
• profile.rlr 36 bytes
• profile.trk 68 bytes