Category: Midland Line
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Midland Line [1A]: Otira-Greymouth 1: Stillwater
Just for something completely random but it is happening because the Midland Line and particularly the Stillwater Ngakawau Line are two where I need to finish off the basic detailing. With the help of Linz aerial photos I will also draw in any yard tracks and sidings found along the way. These posts are not…
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Road/Rail Bridges on the Hokitika/Ross Line [2]
The second location of a combined bridge is at the Taramakau River as mentioned above, being Bridge 13, between 14 and 15 km. It is lattice girder steel with six spans each 121 feet long (total length around 220 metres). It is founded in the bed on steel cylinders which must suggest a heavy flow…
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Road/Rail Bridges on the Hokitika / Ross Line
Road/rail bridges in New Zealand have been and are of three types: Single shared deck. The most common type but also the most difficult to operate as it disrupts train and traffic equally when one mode must have exclusive use. Bridges either had bridgekeepers with gates at each end to close off the traffic, or…
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Road/Rail Bridges on the Hokitika/Ross Line [1]
Road/rail bridges in New Zealand have been and are of three types: Single shared deck. The most common type but also the most difficult to operate as it disrupts train and traffic equally when one mode must have exclusive use. Bridges either had bridgekeepers with gates at each end to close off the traffic, or…
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Current Projects on NZ Rail Maps
During the current holiday period I am working on a lot of cleanup projects and other activities. Some of these include: Reorganising and restructuring several projects, particularly Northland-Auckland and Canterbury-Westland, that have data in the old single purpose layer structures. Adding information to a number of projects, especially Canterbury-Westland and Palmerston North Gisborne Line. New…