New Zealand Rail Maps

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  • NZRM Progress Report 2023-05-09: Midland Line, Main North Line, Auckland

    In the past week the work on NZ Rail Maps has mainly been in the Midland Line project which is scheduled for completion by the end of the month. After a bit of slack time, work resumed again in full force towards the end of last week and is pushing ahead rapidly. The current work…

  • Prices Creek, Otago Central Branch

    Prices Creek was a steam locomotive watering place at 59.5 miles on the Otago Central branch. Opened in 1924, it operated until 1963 when the branch line was deviated to replace the bridge over the creek. The deviated route is part of the Otago Central Rail Trail and those traveling on the trail at this…

  • NZRM Progress Report 2023-04-28: Midland Line, Stratford Okahukura Line

    This week, work has focused on receiving the latest batch of aerial photos that have come in from the Crown Aerial Film Archive via Linz. These are all for the Midland Line, and cover both the main line and the branches of the Midland Line that are currently being worked on for maps development and…

  • NZ Education, Rail Heritage Communities Mourn Michael Anderson

    It is with considerable regret that the New Zealand education and rail heritage communities are mourning the loss of one of their most outstanding contributors, Michael Anderson, who passed away last week. Michael lived much of his life in Christchurch and became active at the Ferrymead Railway, part of the Ferrymead Heritage Park, whilst still…

  • NZRM Progress Report 2023-04-21: Midland Line, Oamaru Showgrounds, PNGL

    Work continues at Volume 9, Midland Line in particular in recent times. A large batch of nearly 160 aerial photos requested from Linz is being delivered at the moment and checked in for various details as they arrive. This will expand coverage of different parts of the Ross Branch, and the Midland Line between Moana…

  • Rewanui Station

    Aerials of the Rewanui station and historical mining features of the area dating from the 1970s. The branch line closed 1985 after the last State mine loading to rail shut down. The branch line and main railyard, which was split between the station area to the right and the loading backshunt to the left, where…

  • NZRM Progress Report 2023-04-12

    Work is continuing to complete Volume 9 of NZ Rail Maps covering the Midland Line and its branches. A batch of aerial photos has been received from Linz covering mainly some of the major stations of the area, Greymouth, Hokitika, Rewanui, Ross and Stillwater. These are now being worked into the maps whilst the detailing…

  • Midland Line Maps Nearing Publication

    In the past week, more progress has been made on preparing the Volume 9 (Midland Line) maps of the New Zealand Rail Maps Project for publication. The existing historical mosaics have been brought together and preparations made to add some more from requests made to Linz from the Crown Aerial Film Archive for NZR aerial…

  • Volume 2 / Volume 9 Progress Report

    This week the Project is continuing work on both Volume 2 and Volume 9 of the maps. Volume 9 is being brought forward for all of the maps of this section to be printed in the next two weeks. This comprises the main line of the Midland Line starting from 3 km, just west of…

  • Updates to NIMT – Palmerston North & Midland Line Maps

    This week work has continued adding new content mainly to the NIMT maps for the Palmerston North area. The limited content available at the Retrolens site has been supplemented by significant historical aerial photo resources dating back to 1937 (at Longburn) and the area covered by this particular project will run from Linton to Whakarongo…