Continuing from the previous article of this series about the Gowanbridge-Murchison section of the railway (which was only ever construction and never ran for any public services). Coming up from Owen River as the road rounds the Rait Road junction there is another small bridge or culvert under the railway line. This is Owen Junction,…

From today I have started working on the Nelson Section maps having merged the Nelson-Marlborough map project into the Canterbury-Westland project some time ago. So that it is easier to work on the Main North Line maps as there are very few railways in Nelson-Marlborough. What is particularly relevant as the impetus for getting this…

Well one of the things (among many) that is going to come out usefully from the Retrolens imagery is to more exactly show the details of the Nelson Section. A key point of contention has always been the route the line took past Glenhope, particularly the incomplete formation, and given there are a significant number…