Part 2 of the OCR series of 3 articles has reached deadline. The magazine will be out in about 2 months, so watch this space. It covers the line mainly from Alexandra to Ranfurly.

So here finally are the aerials for Clyde completed. The new Clyde area is for two eras, 1977 and 1981, and the old Clyde area is for 1962.  The maps will be updated when I have time as it is somewhat doubtful in this festive season that I will be able to do any more…

Getting the new aerial photos for Clyde together has been slow because of other priorities at a busy time of year. Getting the maps updated may not happen now until early next year, hence another article about Clyde instead of the completion of the maps. In fact I am probably not going to get any…

As the below image shows I am currently working on updates for Clyde with historical aerials. This is a more complex task than some of the others, even the Cromwell Gorge task, because there will be multiple images for some areas, and because of the overlapping multiple present day images. So it will take a…

As an introduction to Middlemarch here are comparisons between 1965 and 2013. Note the differences in the houses and station buildings. The maps will be drawn in due course.   The main changes in the yard buildings are the works depot and trolley shed to the south of the station building, obviously post 1965. In…

Here are the four different generations of aerial photos: 1958, 1965, 1983 and 2013. The maps to be updated in due course.

Not major changes, but at least we do have a map like all the others. Next to look at will be Alexandra.

Here is the aerial photo of Galloway, currently being updated.  Previous Galloway post 1st Galloway post