Category: Volume 8

  • NZRM Progress Report 2024-12-10: Volume 6, 7, 8, 9

    As outlined in previous posts, Volume 6 is a priority for completion. The main part of updates to Volume 6 is to update the Wairarapa Line suburban stations with recently obtained 1951 aerial photo coverage, and to add all the current stations on the NIMT between Wellington and Palmerston North that aren’t already mosaiced. NZR…

  • NZRM Progress Report 2024-12-06: Review of Year’s Work

    Towards the end of last year, a blog post suggested where work efforts should be directed for 2024. It referred to four volumes that were nearing completion and were hoped to be completed by the end of 2024. These were volumes 6, 7, 8 and 9. Progress has been made in a number of these…

  • Main North Line: Wharanui To Ward

    Well good day and here is some stuff from the Main North Line, which is the current ambit of map production. We are currently filling in some small details of Volume 8 which covers the MNL all the way through from Ashley to Picton, and the Nelson Section. Volume 8 is one of those we…

  • Mina Station, Main North Line

    Mina is a small rural locality on the Main North Line at 119.4 km. It was formerly the railway station for the Cheviot township. The section of railway it is located from was formerly known as the Cheviot Branch because at that time, the main line was the route via the Weka Pass to Waiau.…

  • NZRM Progress Report 2023-10-17A: Proposed Work Schedule To End of 2024

    After consideration the work schedule for the maps project from date to the end of next year is proposed as follows. The plan is to complete up to four volumes which are already well in hand and therefore only need a relatively small amount of work to complete. So all of these are in the…