So for the moment the maps focus has shifted to article writing having done most aerials, however I have decided to do aerials for Alexandra and Clyde but they will have a lower priority than completing Part 2 of the articles, so I am not how long it will take to do them. Some more…

Quick update of Chatto Creek with new aerial photo.  Overall view of the yard excluding the ballast pit. Close up of some of the facilities, the station building was off centred from the platform which is unusual. There was a water tank supplied by a race from the nearby creek, also it appears a trolley…

As I mentioned before, Auripo is one area we haven’t got good enough aerials of at the moment. These two pictures are lower quality aerials from 1976 and 1982. In this 1976 view we can see the shelter shed opposite the access road. Given what we now know about the placement of the 161 km…

Here is the updated map of Oturehua. This map was like many earlier ones of smaller stations, drawn from chainage charts which whilst proving reasonably accurate, have not always been up to date with later changes to yards. Hence this one does show some detail variation, although not major, from the maps I drew back…

 This is the Wedderburn site as it looks today. The south end of Wedderburn in 1965. A rail trail accommodation business has been established on the site of the house that was in the lower left corner. At one time there were as many as five houses at Wedderburn, but three of them seem to…

This is a sample of Wedderburn putting in an aerial photo without revising any of the previous map content. This will only take a little time. The issue of quality in resizing is down to the interpolation algorithm used. The Gimp default of “Cubic” is actually not too good. So choosing a better algorithm improves…

So here are two updated pictures of Omakau. It is just a tidyup with a new aerial image. I have decided not to change any of the other aerials for Alexandra-Clyde as it will take too long to do. Those maps were very time consuming because they documented multiple changes in yard layouts at the…

Here are the revised maps of Lauder. There were two houses at the west end of the yard, both now gone. Some of the other disappeared buildings and features include a trolley shed, station building, platform, goods shed etc. The loading bank, which was the older L shaped style, is one of the few remaining…

So these have been finally completed. Here are some samples: And now back to regular service – let’s go have a look at Lauder next.