Numbering System -
 

The Consolidated Shales Mining Company uses a system of four digit numbering to identify in detail each of its locomotives and items of rolling stock, as well as its items of maintainance plant..................................

The method of deriving vehicle numbers are as follows:
 
1st DIGIT
VEHICLE TYPE
1
Ore Car
2
Logistics Vehicle
3
research Vehicle
4
Steam Outline Locomotive
6
Index or match Car
7
Diesel Outline Locomotive
8
Passenger carrying Vehicle
9
Maintainance or Breakdown Vehicle
2nd DIGIT
POWER CATEGORY
1
Powered Unit (Master) with On-Board Power & Speed Controller
2
Powered Unit (Slave) with On-Board Power Only
5
Non-Powered Vehicle with On-Board Power Only
6
Non-Powered Vehicle
8
Powered Unit (Master) with Direct Battery Drive Only
3rd & 4th DIGITS
VEHICLE NUMBER
 
In order to comply with the 'company's' requirements, all Consolidated Shales Narrow Gauge Society locomotives and rolling stock are also numbered using this system
 
Locomotive and Rolling Stock Details -
 
Road Nos:      1670, & 1672-1679 (Inclusive)
 
 

Type: Hi-Capacity Bogie Ore Car (HICAP)
Built By: Hemingbrough Workshops,
Introduced: January 2008
Material Built In: Styrene Sheet with Iron Strip Weighting
Length Over Headstocks: 500mm
Weight: 1.21Kg (2lbs 11oz) tare / 3.3Kg (7lbs 6oz) gross
Power Source: Not fitted
Bogies: Tenmille Products (AG05)
Wheels: Brandbright 20mm Diameter  (RSA4/0)
Gauge: 32mm
Minimum Radius: 1200mm (4ft)
Couplers: Bachmann 'F' type knuckle (G Scale) at each end
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Not fitted
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Not fitted

Notes: Freelance Hi-Capacity Ore Cars with working bottom discharge doors on the west side of each vehicle
 
 
 
Car No.1670, from the 'non-discharge-door' side
  
Overhead View, showing the unpainted interior and slot leading down to the discharge doors on the right-hand side of the vehicle. - The interior of the car has been left unpainted to assist with the ore discharging process.
 
Road No:      2690
 
 

Type: Bogie Tank Car
Rebuilt By: Hemingbrough Workshops,
Livery: Galvanised Metal Grey
Introduced: October 2007
Material Built In: Injection-Moulded Plastic
Length Over Headstocks: 450mm
Tare Weight: 1.2Kg (2lbs 10oz)
Power Source: Not fitted
Wheels: Garden Railway Specialists 24.5mm Diameter (PG502)
Gauge: 32mm
Minimum Radius: 750mm (2ft6in)
Couplers: Bachmann 'F' type knuckle at each end
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Not fitted
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Not fitted

Notes: Former LGB Model
 
Road Nos:      2691 - 2693
 
 

Type: Bogie Flat Car
Rebuilt By: Hemingbrough Workshops
Livery: Consolidated Shales Logistics Department Dark Green
Introduced: October 2007
Material Built In: Injection-Moulded Plastic
Length Over Headstocks:
Tare Weight: 0.5Kg (1lbs 2oz)
Power Source: Not fitted
Wheels: Garden Railway Specialists 24.5mm Diameter (PG502)
Gauge: 32mm
Minimum Radius: 750mm (2ft6in)
Couplers: Bachmann 'F' type knuckle at each end
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Not fitted
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Not fitted

Notes: Former LGB Models – Used for conveying containerised materials and other mining equipment between Harrison Point and Coolamusta Mine
 

Road No: 7811
Name: 'STEELMAN COPELAND'
 
 
Steelman Royale 0-4-0
  
Steelman Royale 0-6-0
Derived from the 'STEELMAN ROYALE' types of locomotive as shown above, which were built by Thomas Hill at their Kilnhurst works in the UK
 

Type: Single Diesel Outline Locomotive
Wheel Arrangement: Bo
Built By: Hemingbrough Workshops
Livery: Consolidated Shales Traction Department Ivory
Introduced: September 2006
Material Built in: Styrene Sheet
Length Over Headstocks: 300mm
Weight: 2.83Kg (6lbs 4oz)
Speed: 6 metres(19ft 9in)/min (Fixed)
Power Source: Two Yuasa 12V 2.1Ah lead-acid batteries (Maplin Part No.XG74R) discharging through a 2.2A circuit breaker (Maplin Part No.AK09K)
Motors & Drives: Two Comodrill 940D motors with built-in 5:1 epicyclic gearboxes (Maplin Part No.N02BQ), driving each powered axle through a 25:1 worm and pinion final drive as supplied by ‘Bonds ‘O’ Euston Road, Midhurst, West Sussex
Driving Wheels: Garden Railway Specialists 24.5mm Diameter (PG500)
Gauge: 32mm
Minimum Radius: 750mm (2ft6in)
Controls: Fitted to the top of the compressor housing on the left-hand side of the locomotive
Couplers: Bachmann 'F' type knuckle (G Scale) fitted at each end
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Fitted at each end
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Fitted at each end
Sound Unit: One Soundtraxx Sierra 'SD45' unit with ‘air pop’, single tone warning horn and yard bell – The loudspeaker is mounted in the radiator at the No.2 end
 
Notes: Named after the famous music composer
 
Road No: 7812
Name: 'STEELMAN TOMLINSON'
 
 
Inspired by an Irish Rail Class 121 ‘Hi-Nellie’ type of locomotive as shown above
 

Type: Single Diesel Outline Locomotive
Wheel Arrangement: Bo
Built By: Hemingbrough Workshops
Livery: Consolidated Shales Traction Department Ivory
Introduced: April 2007
Material Built in: Styrene Sheet
Length Over Headstocks: 300mm
Weight: 2.88Kg (6lbs 6oz)
Speed: 6 metres(19ft 9in)/min (Fixed)
Power Source: Two Yuasa 12V 2.1Ah lead-acid batteries (Maplin Part No.XG74R) discharging through a 2.2A circuit breaker (Maplin Part No.AK09K)
Motors & Drives: Two Comodrill 940D motors with built-in 5:1 epicyclic gearboxes (Maplin Part No.N02BQ), driving each powered axle through a 25:1 worm and pinion final drive as supplied by ‘Bonds ‘O’ Euston Road, Midhurst, West Sussex
Driving Wheels: Garden Railway Specialists 24.5mm Diameter (PG500)
Gauge: 32mm
Minimum Radius: 750mm (2ft6in)
Controls: Fitted to the top of the compressor housing on the left-hand side of the locomotive
Couplers: Bachmann 'F' type knuckle (G Scale) fitted at each end
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Fitted at each end
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Fitted at each end
Sound Unit: One Soundtraxx Sierra 'SD45' unit with ‘air pop’ and single tone warning horn and yard bell – The loudspeaker is mounted in the radiator at the No.2 end
 
Notes: As Locomotive No 7811, but fitted with an Australian Cab, Larger Fuel Tank, and external silencer by the Consolidated Shales Mining Company

Named after 'Tomlinson', the Australian  builders of rolling stock

 

 
Road No: 7213
Name: 'STEELMAN SCHOMA'
 
 
'Slave' version of a German 'SCHOMA' type of diesel as shown above, which are used by London Underground Limited on their engineering trains
 

Type: Single Diesel Outline Locomotive
Wheel Arrangement: Bo
Built By: Hemingbrough Workshops
Livery: Consolidated Shales Traction Department Ivory
Introduced: July 2007
Material Built in: Styrene Sheet
Length Over Headstocks: 300mm
Weight: 2.86Kg (6lbs 5oz)
Speed: 6 metres(19ft 9in)/min (Fixed)
Power Source: Two Yuasa 12V 2.1Ah lead-acid batteries (Maplin Part No.XG74R) discharging through a 2.2A circuit breaker (Maplin Part No.AK09K)
Motors & Drives: Two Comodrill 940D motors with built-in 5:1 epicyclic gearboxes (Maplin Part No.N02BQ), driving each powered axle through a 25:1 worm and pinion final drive as supplied by ‘Bonds ‘O’ Euston Road, Midhurst, West Sussex
Driving Wheels: Garden Railway Specialists 24.5mm Diameter (PG500)
Gauge: 32mm
Minimum Radius: 750mm (2ft6in)
Controls: Not Fitted
Couplers: Bachmann 'F' type knuckle (G Scale) fitted at each end
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Fitted at each end
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Fitted at each end
Sound Unit: One Soundtraxx Sierra 'SD45' unit with ‘air pop' – The loudspeaker is mounted in the radiator at the No.2 end
 
Notes: Set on a ‘STEELMAN’ frame - If anything got Diesel Locomotives the name 'Box-on-Wheels', then was is it!
 
Road No: 7824
Name: 'DOUBLE GOODWIN'
 
 
Alco C855 'A'
Alco C636 with 'Century' cab
Derived from one of the two Alco 'CENTURY' C855 'A' locomotives built in 1963 for the Union Pacific Railroad at the Schenectady works in the USA - Fitted with an Alco 'Century' type cab.
 

Type: Double Diesel Outline Locomotive
Wheel Arrangement: B-B
Built By: Hemingbrough Workshops
Livery: Consolidated Shales Traction Department Ivory
Introduced: October 2007
Material Built in: Styrene Sheet
Length Over Headstocks: 450mm
Weight: 3.64Kg (8lbs 05oz)
Speed: 6 metres(19ft 9in)/min (Fixed)
Power Source: Two Yuasa 12V 2.1Ah lead-acid batteries (Maplin Part No.XG74R) discharging through a 2.2A circuit breaker (Maplin Part No.AK09K)
Motors & Drives: Two Comodrill 940D motors with built-in 5:1 epicyclic gearboxes (Maplin Part No.N02BQ), individually driving each powered inner axle through a 25:1 worm and pinion final drive as supplied by ‘Bonds ‘O’ Euston Road, Midhurst, West Sussex. – For extra traction, both outer axles are connected to the inner axles by ‘Delrin’ chain drives
Bogies: Hemingbrough Workshop Standard Locomotive
Driving Wheels: Garden Railway Specialists 24mm Diameter
Gauge: 32mm
Minimum Radius: 1200mm (4ft) With Checkrail
Controls: Fitted to the top of the compressor housing on the left-hand side of the locomotive
Couplers: Bachmann 'F' type knuckle (G Scale) fitted at each end
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Fitted at each end
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Fitted at each end
Sound Units: Two PhoenixSound 'ALCO' units, both with ‘air pop’, and one with multi-tone warning horn and yard bell – The loudspeakers are mounted in the radiator in the roof
 
Notes: Named after the Locomotive Builder 'A.E.Goodwin' in New South Wales, the company that used to build Australia's Alco and Montreal Locomotive Works Locomotives under license.
 
Road No: 7825
Name: 'DOUBLE GONINAN'
 
 
General Electric U50B type locomotive
Montreal Locomotive Works M636 locomotive, built by Commonwealth Engineering (the Australian MLW licensee), and rebuilt by Hamersley Iron complete with 'Pilbara' type cab
Derived from the General Electric USA 'U50-B' type of locomotive built in 1963 for the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads at the Erie Works, Pennsylvania – An Australian  Cab has been provided by Consolidated Shales.
 

Type: Double Diesel Outline Locomotive
Wheel Arrangement: B-B
Built By: Hemingbrough Workshops
Livery: Consolidated Shales Traction Department Ivory
Introduced: October 2007
Material Built in: Styrene Sheet
Length Over Headstocks: 450mm
Weight: 3.43Kg (7lbs 9oz)
Speed: 6 metres(19ft 9in)/min (Fixed)
Power Source: Two Yuasa 12V 2.1Ah lead-acid batteries (Maplin Part No.XG74R) discharging through a 2.2A circuit breaker (Maplin Part No.AK09K)
Motors & Drives: Two Comodrill 940D motors with built-in 5:1 epicyclic gearboxes (Maplin Part No.N02BQ), individually driving each powered inner axle through a 25:1 worm and pinion final drive as supplied by ‘Bonds ‘O’ Euston Road, Midhurst, West Sussex. – For extra traction, both outer axles are connected to the inner axles by ‘Delrin’ chain drives
Bogies: Hemingbrough Workshop Standard Locomotive
Driving Wheels: Garden Railway Specialists 24.5mm Diameter (PG500)
Gauge: 32mm
Minimum Radius: 1200mm (4ft) With Checkrail
Controls: Fitted to the top of the compressor housing on the left-hand side of the locomotive
Couplers: Bachmann 'F' type knuckle (G Scale) fitted at each end
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Fitted at each end
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Fitted at each end
Sound Units: Two PhoenixSound 'U-BOAT' units, both with ‘air pop’, and one with multi-tone warning horn and yard bell – The loudspeakers are mounted in the radiators in the roof
 
Notes: Named after the Locomotive Builder 'A.Goninan' in Perth, the company that builds Australia's General Electric Locomotives under license.
 
Road No: 7826
Name: 'DOUBLE CLYDE'
 
 
 
Derived from the General Motors USA Electro-Motive Division 'DD35A' type of locomotive shown above. - These were built with American 'SPARTAN' cabs in 1963 for the Union Pacific Railroad at the La Grange Works, Illinois, USA.
 

Type: Double Diesel Outline Locomotive
Wheel Arrangement: B-B
Built By: Hemingbrough Workshops
Livery: Consolidated Shales Traction Department Ivory
Introduced: October 2007
Material Built in: Styrene Sheet
Length Over Headstocks: 450mm
Weight: 3.65Kg (8lbs 1oz)
Speed: 6 metres(19ft 9in)/min (Fixed)
Power Source: Two Yuasa 12V 2.1Ah lead-acid batteries (Maplin Part No.XG74R) discharging through a 2.2A circuit breaker (Maplin Part No.AK09K)
Motors & Drives: Two Comodrill 940D motors with built-in 5:1 epicyclic gearboxes (Maplin Part No.N02BQ), individually driving each powered inner axle through a 25:1 worm and pinion final drive as supplied by ‘Bonds ‘O’ Euston Road, Midhurst, West Sussex. – For extra traction, both outer axles are connected to the inner axles by ‘Delrin’ chain drives
Bogies: Hemingbrough Workshop Standard Locomotive
Driving Wheels: Garden Railway Specialists 24.5mm Diameter (PG500)
Gauge: 32mm
Minimum Radius: 1200mm (4ft) With Checkrail
Controls: Fitted to the top of the compressor housing on the left-hand side of the locomotive
Couplers: Bachmann 'F' type knuckle (G Scale) fitted at each end
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Fitted at each end
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Fitted at each end
Sound Units: Two PhoenixSound 'SD40-2' units, both with ‘air pop’, and one with multi-tone warning horn and yard bell – The loudspeakers are mounted in the radiators in the roof
 
Notes: Named after the Locomotive Builder 'Clyde Engineering' in New South Wales, the company that builds Australia's General Motors Locomotives under license.
 
Road No: 7827
Name: 'DOUBLE HUNSLET'
 
 
Derived from the Hunslet 90 Tonne type of locomotive as shown above. - These are used in the steelworks at Scunthorpe UK
 

Type: Double Diesel Outline Locomotive
Wheel Arrangement: B-B
Built By: Hemingbrough Workshops
Livery: Consolidated Shales Traction Department Ivory
Introduced: November 2007
Material Built in: Styrene Sheet
Length Over Headstocks: 450mm
Weight: 2.58Kg (5bs11oz)
Speed: 6 metres(19ft 9in)/min (Fixed)
Power Source: Two 12V 1.2Ah lead-acid batteries discharging through a 2.2 Amp circuit breaker
Motors & Drives: Two Comodrill 940D motors, with built-in 5:1 epicyclic gearboxes individually driving each powered inner axle through a 25:1 worm and pinion final drive as supplied by ‘Bonds ‘O’ Euston Road, Midhurst, West Sussex. – For extra traction, both outer axles are connected to the inner axles by ‘Delrin’ chain drives
Bogies: Hemingbrough Workshop Standard Locomotive
Driving Wheels: Garden Railway Specialists 24.5mm Diameter (PG500)
Gauge: 32mm
Minimum Radius: 1200mm (4ft) With Checkrail
Controls: Fitted to the top of the compressor housing on the left-hand side of the locomotive. - An extra warning horn control has been fitted for the No.2 end
Couplers: Bachmann 'F' type knuckle (G Scale) fitted at each end
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Fitted at each end
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Fitted on each end of cab
Sound Units: Two PhoenixSound 'F' units, both with ‘air pop’ and single tone warning horn, and one with yard bell – The loudspeakers are mounted in the radiators at each end

Notes: This locomotive is permanently allocated to shunting duties at Coolamusta Mine and for working the maintainance and supply trains
 
Road No: 8603
Name: 'ORIEL'
 
 

Type: Driving-Trailer/Business Car
Rebuilt By: Millfields Workshops
Livery: Maroon
Introduced: May 2009
Material Built in: Injection Moulded Plastic
Length Over Headstocks:
Tare Weight:
Power Source: Not fitted
Wheels: Garden Railway Specialists 24.5mm Diameter (PG502)
Gauge: 32mm
Minimum Radius: 750mm (2ft6in)
Couplers: Bachmann 'F' type knuckle at each end
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Fitted at each end
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Fitted at the Driving/Observation End only

Notes: Former LGB Model, converted for use by the 'Company's management for business purposes and line inspections - This carriage is fitted with a lavatory, kitchen, dining saloon, and a conference/observation area. - It is also fitted with a standard driving position at the observation end, which enables the any attached locomotive to be driven remotely
 
Road No: 9809
Name: ‘YELLOW PERIL’
 
 

Consolidated Shales Railway Department: Maintenance
Type: Leaf-fall Clearance Unit
Wheel Arrangement: A-1
Built By: Hemingbrough Workshops
Introduced: July 2006
Material Built In: Styrene Sheet
Length Over Headstocks: 300mm
Weight: 1.68Kg (3bs 11oz)
Power Source: One Yuasa 12V 2.1Ah lead-acid batteries (Maplin Part No.YJ69A) discharging through a 1.0A circuit breaker (Maplin Part No.AK07H)
Motors & Drives: One Comodrill 940D motor with built-in 5:1 epicyclic gearboxes (Maplin Part No.N02BQ), driving the powered axle at the No.2 end through a 25:1 worm and pinion final drive as supplied by ‘Bonds ‘O’ Euston Road, Midhurst, West Sussex
Driving Wheels: 21mm Diameter
Gauge: 32mm
Controls: Fitted on the roof of the vehicle
Couplers: Not fitted
Jumper Cables for Working in Multiple: Not Fitted
Switched Head & Tail Lights: Fitted at each end
Sound Unit: Not fitted

Notes: Derived from a Plasser & Theurer ‘07’ tamping Machine – Fitted with two computer fans in the roof, both of which suck air in, and then blow it out again at the bottom of the front valences