Category: Otago Central Railway
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Otago Central Railway [64A]: Middlemarch-Ranfurly 1 / OCR Maps From Here
This isn’t a new series as such but it is about adding to the work already done in this sector of mapping the OCR. Yesterday I had a look for new Retrolens aerial photo content for the stations in the Ida Valley area and have obtained a significant amount from recent RL additions. I then…
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Otago Central Railway [63R]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 18 (Auripo-Oturehua 1)
Whilst working on the maps of Oturehua I took a look at Retrolens to see if any different aerial photography of the area was available. It was very pleasing to discover that new imagery from Survey 112 of 1939 has recently been uploaded for Oturehua. There will be a delay in completing these maps while…
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Otago Central Railway [63Q]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 17 (Ida Valley-Wedderburn 2): Ida Valley Ballast Pit
Ida Valley Ballast Pit is located near the 95 mile peg of the Otago Central Railway between Ida Valley and Oturehua. It was open only during the construction era – between 1903 and 1904 – and was a tablet station. Because that latter fact I now have to locate exactly where it was and mark…
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Otago Central Railway [63P]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 16 (Ida Valley-Wedderburn 1)
It’s been a busy week for me with lots of internet issues at home slowing down the work, but I am pushing on with Central Otago and other stuff at the moment. After Ida Valley, we head back to Oturehua, and beyond that, Wedderburn. This is an interesting section because of the climb over the…
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Otago Central Railway [63O]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 15 (Auripo-Ida Valley 2)
Here are the final maps for Ida Valley. I first wrote about Ida Valley station some five weeks ago and had hoped to complete the map quite quickly, but various other issues have meant this has not happened as soon as expected. It is obvious by now that the maps for the Otago Central Railway…
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Project update
Quick update as to where things are up to right now. I was busy over the weekend doing some local transport activism so there hasn’t quite been the expected progress. However I expect to have the Methven branch tiles finished today ready to begin mapping and also push on with the Otago Central Railway at…
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North Island Main Trunk [5]: Johnsonville-Tawa 5 / Methven Branch / Otago Central Railway
So another set of proofs for the Tawa Historical Society below. Meanwhile everything else is sort of progressing. A lot of map drawing time lately has been taken up on researching the Methven Branch. I haven’t actually drawn anything for branch maps yet, and I just discovered I need to redo most of the aerial…
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MSL Branches [2E]: Methven Branch 5 / Otago Central / Wellington-Tawa
This is really just a quick catchup as I have been busy with various things and not much actual map work has been done in the last few days. On Friday morning I had a trip into Christchurch Archives to look at Methven Branch stuff. As they are only open half days and have been…
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Otago Central Railway [63N]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 14 (Auripo-Ida Valley 1)
Since I am working on the maps of Ida Valley station at the moment here is an overview shot. Ida Valley is the first station I have had to draw entirely off diagrams. This means that tracks are drawn at standard centres and the GIS measurement tool is used to measure the size and position…
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Otago Central Railway [63M]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 13 (Lauder-Auripo 2)
Here are the final maps for Auripo station. I now have to do the rail trail Google Maps coverage of Lauder to Auripo and mark in the peg locations and any other interesting detail on the maps. The only reasonable aerial coverage we currently have of Auripo is from 1982. You can see a bit…