Siemens has installed six 8DA11 Gas Insulated Switchgear Panels to provide additional traction power capacity to Queensland Rail’s (QR) Jilalan Rail Yard, as part of the rail yard’s infrastructure upgrades.
Siemens’ electrification works for Queensland Rail’s (QR) Jilalan Rail Yard represents the second of two major applications of Siemens mobility solutions for this project.
Following the successful delivery of points machines for the same project in late 2008, the power systems works have been achieved on time and within budget, the company says.
Siemens installed six 8DA11 Gas Insulated Switchgear Panels to provide additional traction power capacity to the rail yard. The Siemens switchgear is maintenance-free, employs the smallest footprint for rail-approved GIS equipment and has seen over 1,000 panels installed globally since entering the market in 1996, according to Siemens.
QR is making a significant investment in its Jilalan Rail Yard to improve productivity on the Goonyella Rail System, including upgrade works to the tracks, signalling systems, overhead power and telecommunications systems.
QR hopes that partnering with Siemens for signalling and power systems works will enable QR, once all works are completed, to increase throughput peak capacity of the system from 29 to 42 trains per day, a large portion of which are hauled by locomotives either manufactured or refurbished by Siemens, Siemens said.
“The long-term outlook for coal demand continues to be strong. The Jilalan Rail Yard project is being undertaken to increase the capacity of the Goonyella Rail Systems to deliver our customers’ coal from Central Queensland mines to the coal terminals at Hay Point and Dalrymple Bay,” said QR Network executive general manager, Michael Carter.
“The finalisation of traction power supply to the rail yard will mean that we are now closer to the project’s completion.”