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	Central Otago New Zealand - Heart of the South- Maniototo
		When the Central Otago railway line was constructed, it bisected the Maniototo Plain, and Ranfurly became the central point of the line.
		The closing of the Central Otago Railway line in 1989 had a detrimental effect on the town and other small, neighbouring communities, but the recent opening of the Otago Central Rail Trail, the vast majority of which traverses the Maniototo district, is bringing new life to the area.
		It is the most charming of Otago's gold rush settlements (often referred to as the ‘Jewel of the Maniototo'), with a wealth of surviving Victorian architecture, and some buildings constructed from adobe (sun dried mud brick).
	www.nzsouth.co.nz /centralotago/maniatot.html (2050 words)

	The Dunedin Railway Station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Stations and lines in Otago and Southland were administered from NZR offices in the station building while public facilities included a bookstall, refreshment rooms, waiting rooms, toilets, booking office, and luggage and parcels counters.
		Railway refreshments rooms were legendary at the time, trains often stopping at stations no further apart than Oamaru, Palmerston, Dunedin, Milton, Clinton and Gore.
		The Dunedin Railway Station is home to a buffet restaurant, the Sports Hall of Fame and Taieri Gorge Railway, which runs daily tourist trains from the station into the Taieri River Gorge and return.
	www.cityofdunedin.com /city/?page=restore_railway (1612 words)

	Railways of New Zealand: Otago Central Branch Railway
		The Otago Central Branch Railway was one of the longest and most fascinating inland branch lines in New Zealand.
		The present day Taieri Gorge Railway begins at the 4 km peg and almost immediately begins a climb to Salisbury (145 metres altitude) at the entrance of the Taieri Gorge passing through the 437 metre Salisbury Tunnel.
		The line on entering Clyde formerly crossed the main highway to enter the township, whereas from 1980 it was deviated to a new terminus on the outskirts.
	www.trainweb.org /enzedrail/branch/otagocentral (1088 words)

	Waipiata Hotel: History
		The establishment of the hotel followed soon after the Cenrtal Otago Railway line reached the town and as the hotel was sited just a short distance from the Railway Station, it no doubt profited from the business the new railway brought to the area.
		The establishment of the Otago Central Rail Trail, opened in February 2000, has brought a new life to the hotel which has undergone recent redecoration and upgrading to provide travellers and visitors with comfortable accommodation and services that the modern traveller has come to accept.
		The Central Otago Railway reached Waipiata shortly after the construction of a major bridge over the Taieri River 3 km to the south of the town in 1895.
	www.waipiatahotel.co.nz /history.html (754 words)

	Otago New Zealand Tourism Online Magazine and Tourist Directory
		Central Otago is the only region in New Zealand to experience a continental climate, having the hottest summers and coldest winters in New Zealand.
		Nestled between the Taieri plains and Central Otago is Middlemarch and Strath Taieri.
		The Otago Central Rail Trail stretches 150km from Clyde to Middlemarch on the Strath Taieri.
	www.otago.co.nz /centralotago.htm (768 words)

	Otago Central Rail Trail - South Island, New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Otago Central Rail Trail is a year-round recreational facility, designed for walkers, mountain bikers and horse riders.
		And, for 83 years, the railway brought a steady stream of commerce and activity to a number of towns and communities throughout Central Otago.
		Six years, and over $850,000 were then spent preparing and upgrading the closed railway for its current use, which involved redecking the trail’s 68 bridges, several over 100m in length, and furnishing them with hand rails.
	www.otagocentralrailtrail.co.nz (394 words)

	Central Otago District Council
		Central Otago has an excellent public base hospital at Clyde, close to Alexandra. Dunstan Hospital handles geriatric, minor surgery and emergency cases but serious cases are usually transferred to Dunedin.
		Central Otago is also well served with state and parochial schools at pre school and primary and secondary levels.
		Otago Polytechnic has a campus at Cromwell that specialises in courses associated with horticulture, catering and tourism. Of particular significance to Central Otago is the Polytechnic’s new crop centre that provides advisory services to horticulturists (commercial and hobby) on commercially viable new crops.
	www.codc.govt.nz /information/district_history (542 words)

	Taieri Gorge Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Taieri Gorge Railway is a railway based at Dunedin Railway Station in the South Island of New Zealand.
		It is New Zealand's longest tourist railway and stretches along the former Otago Central Railway from the 4 km peg on ONTRACK's Taieri Branch, 18 km west of Dunedin, to Middlemarch, a distance of some 60 kilometres.
		The Taieri Gorge Railway begins at the 4 km peg and shortly thereafter passes around a spectacular horseshoe curve at the foot of the Salisbury bank and begins a climb at 1 in 50 to the summit at 145 m, the entrance to the Taieri Gorge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taieri_Gorge_Railway (523 words)

	Otago Excursion Train Trust
		The Otago Excursion Train Trust is the founder of the Taieri Gorge Railway and is now the joint owner of the company with the Dunedin City Council.
		The Branch (nowdays the Otago Railway and Locomotive Society, operators of the Ocean Beach Railway) accepted the challenge, purchased a number of veteran carriages in conditions ranging from fair to derelict and commenced the long task of restoration.
		By December 1989 when the NZR announced the closure of the Otago Central Railway, the "Limited" had become sufficiently established as one of Dunedin's major tourist attractions that the Dunedin City Council decided to purchase the line as far as Middlemarch to allow the Trust to continue operations.
	www.taieri.co.nz /trust.htm (934 words)

	Otago Rail Trail - Otago Central Rail Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Otago Central Rail Trail, first opened in February 2000 is, not only the first, but also the longest (150km) Rail Trail in New Zealand.
		The heritage of the old railway line has been preserved, with the retention of viaducts and bridges, and some of the old Railway Stations.
		The Otago Central Rail Trail runs for 150kms between Clyde and Dunedin passing through the intermediary towns of Clyde, Alexandra, Chatto Creek, Omakau, Lauder, Oturehua, Wedderburn, Ranfurly, Waipiata, Hyde and Middlemarch before terminating in Dunedin.
	www.otagorailtrail.co.nz (360 words)

	Otago Central Railway
		Construction was slow due to the difficulty of the terrain and the shortage of funding.
		As the line was developed, little settlements with schools for the railway families developed, only to be abandoned as work moved on.
		The Middlemarch Railway Station, and the weatherboard Railway cottages nearby, are classic examples of the style of architecture used at the time.
	www.middlemarch.co.nz /otago_centra_railway.html (353 words)

	Bike the Central Otago Rail Trail with our New Zealand railway line biking tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This biking tour explores the remote and picturesque Central Otago area on the newly opened 150km recreational Rail Trail.
		The rail trail, completed at the turn of the 20th century, follows the former Otago Central Branch railway line from Middlemarch to Clyde, providing a vital link between New Zealand’s largest city (Dunedin) and the country’s major goldfields.
		Central Otago has the greatest extremes of weather variation in New Zealand, with temperatures ranging from -10 to 35°C. The altitude of the rail trail ranges from 200 — 600 metres above sea level, and the region can be subject to strong winds.
	www.puretrailsnewzealand.co.nz /railtrail.htm (1698 words)

	Central Otago New Zealand - Alexandra
		Located in the heart of Central Otago, Alexandra is situated at the junction of State Highway 8 and provincial Highway 85.
		These winds shed their water on the peaks before reaching inland, resulting in Central Otago's distinction as being one of the driest areas in New Zealand, hence its official classification as semi-desert.
		In the heart of Central Otago with a population of around 4 500, Alexandra is 190 km from Dunedin, 93 km from Queenstown, 88 km from Wanaka and 30 km south-east of Cromwell.
	www.nzsouth.co.nz /centralotago/alex.html (1402 words)

	History of the Taieri Gorge Railway
		It's history is both the history of the Otago Central Railway and of the Otago Excursion Train Trust, which ran it's first excursion train on the railway in 1979 and became so succesful that they bought 60 kms of the railway when it closed in 1990, forming todays company and its operations.
		The Otago Central Railway branched from the South Island Main Trunk at Wingatui, 12 kilometres south of Dunedin, and ran through Middlemarch, Ranfurly, Omakau and Alexandra to Cromwell in the heart of Central Otago, 235 kilometres from the Junction
		Transport licensing protected the railway from road competition until 1961 for the carriage of livestock and until 1983 for general freight Removal of these restrictions and the upgrading of roads into Central Otago meant the decline of the line and in 1976 regular passenger trains ceased.
	www.taieri.co.nz /history.htm (875 words)

	DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
		By June 1862 he had submitted a proposal for regulations for the Otago goldfields, whereby they would be administered by a centralised organisation (headed by Pyke) rather than by locally elected mining boards.
		Although the Otago Central railway was first mooted in the early 1870s, Pyke emerged as its tireless advocate, its 'sleepless guardian': he resolved a dispute over possible routes in favour of the Strath Taieri route, marshalled local support, and turned the first sod at Wingatui on 7 June 1879.
		Blunt and honest, he mixed freely with all, including 'the poorest miners in their frosty camp', and indeed was held in genuine affection by Central Otago's many small mining and farming communities.
	www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=2P33 (1378 words)

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		Construction camps were set up along the railway for the workmen and their families.
		The railway line was constructed between 1879 and 1921 and was used for 83 years.
		The Taieri Gorge Railway Limited bought 60km of the railway line for excursions from Dunedin to Middlemarch, while the rest was taken over by the Department of Conservation and opened in February 2000 as the Otago Central Rail Trail.
	www.lycos.com /info/middlemarch--rail-trail.html (629 words)

	News & Events at Foundation Studies, University of Otago
		Early on Saturday morning, 28 October, a group of students, staff and their families headed out to the beautiful region of Central Otago for a weekend of cycling on the former railway track in this area.
		Central to the project was the involvement of international English language students who facilitated an awareness of world issues and united our students with the wider community.
		The University of Otago Language Centre was up against strong competition from The New Zealand Tertiary Education Consortium, (winners of the award) which comprised of several tertiary institutions collaborating in the single largest offshore education project ever undertaken by New Zealand institutions.
	www.otago.ac.nz /foundationyear/news/index.html (1165 words)

	Tourism and Economic Development in Central Otago
		Alexandra, Central Otago’s largest town and the administrative centre, is situated at the confluence of the Clutha and Manuherikia Rivers.
		Ranfurly is the main centre for the Maniototo which is at the northern end of the Central Otago district.
		The railway line, closed in the 1980s, is now part of the Central Otago Rail Trail which is popular with walkers and cyclists.
	www.centralotagonz.com /index.cfm/living_costs (549 words)

	Dunedin Railway Station Centenary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This locomotive was built in 1917 and was the first Ab to reach Auckland, replacing the A class Pacific’s on the express train duties and had the honour of hauling the Royal train for the Prince of Wales out of Auckland in 1920.
		In September 1959 Ab663 was transferred to the South Island and after an overhaul at Hillside workshops it was based in Dunedin working the South Island main trunk, the Otago Central railway and the many other branch lines.
		It was given by the board to the NZ Railway and Locomotive Society, and stored until being moved to Ferrymead in 1978.
	www.dunedinstation.co.nz /trains1.htm (426 words)

	DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
		Educated in Dunedin, he was the first graduate of the newly established University of Otago, obtaining a BA in 1877 and an MA with first-class honours in mathematics in 1878.
		In the early 1880s he was employed on Central Otago railway surveys from Rough Ridge to Hawea, in the Cromwell district, and from Balclutha to the Catlins River.
		Hay helped plan most of the important railway works of the central North Island section and was responsible for the primary design of the Makohine, Mangaweka, Hapuawhenua, Taonui, Manganui-a-te-ao and Makatote viaducts.
	www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=2H24 (947 words)

	Otago Central Rail Trail Maniototo Plains New Zealand Cycling Hiking Horseriding Trail
		Central Otago is a place for all seasons, since each season has its own special flavour.
		Once a railway camp during construction of the Central Otago Railway, it is now a small stopover town and holiday spot.
		Hyde is known as the perfect stopover for those using the Central Otago Rail Trail, or as an alternative route, on State Highway 87, from Dunedin to Central Otago.
	www.atoz-nz.com /railtrail.asp (4931 words)

	Taieri.net.nz \| photo galleries
		Gold miners quickly followed, on their way to the Central Otago goldfields but also established mines in the area at Nenthorn (geocache), Mt. Ross and the Reefs.
		The line between Middlemarch and Clyde was pulled up in the 1990s and now forms the Otago Central Rail Trail - a recreational facility for walkers, cyclists and horse riders.
		The Taieri Gorge Railway run a daily train excursion between Dunedin and Pukerangi or Middlemarch that passes through the dramatic Taieri Gorge.
	www.taieri.net.nz /galleries/strath.html (579 words)

	Theses, Department of History, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
		Fruitgrowing in Central Otago 1945-1975 (BA (Hons), 1997).
		Millar, Marris A - The Beginnings of the Otago Central Railway 1870-1878 (BA (Hons), 1976).
		Moss, Anthony Cameron - The Otago Mounted Rifles 1864-1921 (BA (Hons), 1988).
	www.otago.ac.nz /History/theses/author_m.html (2146 words)

	New Zealand - March 2001
		The head of the Otago Central Rail Trail in Clyde.
		The Central Otago Railway, which had been built during the gold rush of the 1880s, was shut down.
		This 150km Rail Trail between Middlemarch and Clyde through central Otago was opened by his excellency the Rt Hon Sir Michael Hardie Boys, Governor-General of New Zealand, in February 2000.
	www.goatchurch.org.uk /atrips/nzeal/nzeal2/nzeal2.html (2392 words)

	Griffstan Light Railway.
		I have always wanted a railway around my garden, but have been put off by all the mass of fine details and strict rules as to how to go about it.
		That railway was built on the surface without much preparation and using in most places the gravel dug up from the many river beds around its locations.
		So I decided to give it a go, and also to put it on the internet so that others with the same skills as myself may be given a little hope that one day they too will run trains around their gardens....
	www.geocities.com /griffstan (248 words)

	Brian's Ghost railways: The Otago Central line
		The Central Otago line ran from Dunedin across to Alexandra the up through Clyde to Cromwell.
		This is the memorial to the Hyde railway disaster of 1943.
		With it's sweeping curves and comparatively gentle gradients formed for the railway, it must be an excellent cycling track.
	www.brian.geek.nz /trains/ghosts/south/otago.html (876 words)

	About the Otago Central Rail Trail \| Bike hire, accommodation and transport by Rail Trail Services
		The Rail Trail connects four Central Otago plains and valleys: the Strath Taieri with the township of Middlemarch, the Maniototo with Ranfurly at the centre, Ida Valley with Oturehua and the Manuherikia area with Alexandra and Clyde.
		The 235 km railway branched from the South Island Main Trunk at Wingatui (12 km south of Dunedin) and was begun in 1879.
		The railway reached Ranfurly in 1898, Omakau in 1904, Alexandra in 1906 and Clyde in 1907.
	www.railtrail.co.nz /the_rail_trail.html (1150 words)

	Maniototo, New Zealand - ranfurly
		The County Offices, banks and other services were moved from Naseby to Ranfurly and from the 1930's the town developed rapidly, adopting the Art Deco building style popular during that era.
		The refurbishment of the Railway Station into a Display Centre with a slide/audiovisual (in a restored railway carriage), photographs, and a video in the foyer, provide a time capsule of the history of the town, the construction of the Central Otago Railway and Ranfurly's development as the central point on the line.
		During the heyday of the railways, trains crossed over at Ranfurly at midday, and there was a mad scramble for sandwiches, a thick slice of fruit cake and cup of tea, all served on railway white china of considerable weight and thickness.
	www.maniototo.co.nz /ranfurly.htm (284 words)

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