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	Taieri Gorge Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 Otago Excursion Train Trust was formed in 1978 to operate excursions on the Otago Central Railway line.
		The Trust then stepped in, in partnership with Dunedin City Council, to form the Taieri Gorge Railway Limited to purchase the line as far as Middlemarch, along with some locomotives to operate trains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taieri_Gorge_Railway (523 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.
		By the end of the mid-1870s the gold rushes in Otago were well past and attention was being focused on the agriculture and pastoral potentials of Dunedin's hinterland.
		In 1995 the close relationship between the City of Dunedin and the Otago Excursion Train Trust was cemented with the formation of the Taieri Gorge Railway Limited, a Local Authority Trading Enterprise jointly owned by the City and the Trust, which now operates the Taieri Gorge Railway with assistance of the Trust's volunteer members.
	www.taieri.co.nz /history.htm (875 words)

	Railways of New Zealand: Otago Central Branch Railway
		From its inception in 1978, the Otago Excursion Train Trust, of Dunedin, ran regular excursions on the line, particularly in the Taieri Gorge, and the Blossom Festival trips to Alexandra became a regular annual feature.
		From 1987 the OETT began the operation of a daily passenger excursion to Pukerangi, the Taieri Gorge Limited, using its own newly constructed passenger cars with the regular OETT carriage stock.
		The NZRLS party left the train at Clyde on the Saturday and returned the following Monday; while the train was in Clyde, a local excursion was run for the public of the area.
	www.trainweb.org /enzedrail/branch/otagocentral (1088 words)

	Dj 3107 (1210) - Taieri Gorge Railway
		DJ3107 started life as Dj 1210, and was one of a number of Dj class locomotives selected to haul the Southerner passenger train and wear a special colour scheme.
		After withdrawal, 3107 was one of 5 Dj class locomotives initially purchased by the Otago Excursion Train Trust for use on the Taieri Gorge Railway, on the just closed Otago Central Branch.
		3107 is named "Otago Daily Times", and is now painted in the TGR's own livery, which is a cross between the 1970's "Southerner" livery and standard Dj blue.
	www34.brinkster.com /wekapass/djclass/dj1210his.htm (131 words)

	Dj 3228 (1222) - Taieri Gorge Railway
		Otago Excursion Train Trust (Taieri Gorge Railway), Dunedin
		Preserved by OETT for use on Taieri Gorge Railway
		After withdrawal, 3228 was one of 5 Dj class locomotives initially purchased by the Otago Excursion Train Trust for use on the Taieri Gorge Railway, on the just closed Otago Central Branch.
	www34.brinkster.com /wekapass/djclass/dj1222his.htm (123 words)

	Rail transport in New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Four heritage rail operators, the Railway Enthusiasts Society, Steam Incorporated, Mainline Steam Trust and the Otago Excursion Train Trust, own and operate their own carriage and mainline-certified steam or diesel locomotive fleets.
		These groups have operated special excursion trains on the national network since 1978, and have been allowed to use suitable locomotives to haul these trains since 1983.
		The first narrow gauge line in the country was opened on 1 January 1873 by the Otago Province, the Port Chalmers Branch under the auspices of the Dunedin and Port Chalmers Railway Company Limited.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rail_transport_in_New_Zealand (1961 words)

	Dunedin Railway Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With the decrease in rail traffic, the station now serves more functions that the one for which it was originally designed.
		It is still the city's railway station, catering for the Otago Excursion Train Trust's Taieri Gorge Railway tourist service.
		Much of its ground floor is now used as a restaurant, and the upper floor is used as an art gallery and as the home to the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dunedin_Railway_Station (308 words)

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		Trains with bagged cement were the last regular freight workings north of Kilmastulla until they ceased in winter 1997-98, leaving the Kilmastulla shale traffic as the only freight flow at end-1999.
		Three trains are used by the training school, one stabling in the platform and the other two in the sidings beyond.
		Excursions are to last 60-90 minutes, which may not be long enough to cover the full length of the line, though dinner-trains will presumably have a rather longer schedule.
	www.rinbad.free-online.co.uk /2000.txt (19796 words)

	Chapter 4
		Trains are usually few and far between, the weather can be changeable and the schedules can be messed up by tight connections and an aging loco fleet.
		Electrified commuter trains to Paraparaumu, Johnsonville and the Hutt Valley.
		The Otago Excursion Train Trust run a very successful passenger train over a portion of it with 'vintage' 1969 DJ class Mitsubishi bo-bo-bo diesel electric locomotives and a mixture of new, comfortable, warm, steel cars and old, draughty, restored, wooden carriages.
	www.kiwibonds.com /words/nz.html (4008 words)

	New Zealand Rail Heritage: Weka Pass Railway - Early Years: 1988
		Public train running for most of the year was diesel only after it proved impossible to run JA 1260 at Easter.
		During the annual winter excursion season when the Otago Excursion Train Trust carriages were brought up to Christchurch, WPR members helped raise funds for the Society by volunteering as staff for the buffet car and train cleaning.
		The Society's DG locomotives participated in the 125 Cavalcade and its carriages were chartered for use in some of the trips that ran during the festival week.
	www.trainweb.org /nzrailheritage/wpr/05/4 (599 words)

	Part II - Closing Years - Chapter VIII
		We also in Otago, New Zealand, have again been visited with another sad, sad calamity, worse than the great floods last autumn.
		Within two miles of Balclutha and Inchclutha there is a large coal mine called Kaitangata, which was blown up by fire damp about ten days ago, thereby burying 34 men alive at one stroke—not one was got out alive—leaving 22 widows and 80 children fatherless.
		William to accompany them on a further excursion trip to the Lakes (Wakatipu), other 60 miles off by train and steamer.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/nz/otago_part2c8.htm (1461 words)

	Resene Products in Action - The Taieri Gorge train
		Thousands of tonnes of farm produce and fruit and scores of livestock were railed to Dunedin and north, while supplies for Central Otago arrived by return train accompanied by regular passenger services.
		In 1979 the newly formed Otago Excursion Train Trust ran its first public excursion train from Dunedin to Cromwell, the first of thousands of trips showing the unique scenery of Central Otago to tourists formalised in 1987 when The Taieri Gorge Limited service became a regular tourist train.
		Today the famous yellow train has a modernised look while still retaining the colour for which it is known.
	www.resene.co.nz /archspec/products/yellow_train.htm (389 words)

	South Island Rail
		The Dx locomotive heading the train sports the light blue livery from the 1990s, while the Dc running as second locomotive is still in the "fruit-salad" livery used in the 1980s, with the engine's number displayed prominently on the long hood.
		While mainline container trains are hauled by powerful engines like the DX between the main centres, smaller shunts bring the containers from the sidings to the container transfer sites.
		When the Otago Central Line was closed in 1990, the Otago Excursion Train Trust together with the Dunedin City Council set up the Taieri Gorge Railway to run excursion trains through the scenic Taieri Gorge along the line to Middlemarch.
	www.frankship.com /esouthern.html (1030 words)

	New Zealand Rail Organisations and Museums
		The Main Line Steam Trust organised the restoration of several large steam locomotives at the Parnell Depot in Auckland.
		Trains operate on the 6 km branch line from Glenbrook to Fernleigh on Sundays and most holidays.
		The Second Chance Train Trust, PO Box 8035, Rotorua, is a Charitable Trust and was formed in mid 1994 by a group of train enthusiasts who planned to lease and ultimately own a steam locomotive and rolling stock and run excursions from Rotorua to Mamaku and beyond.
	trains.wellington.net.nz /organisations.html (1526 words)

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		The trust and the Sunlight centenarians In 1984 the NZOHA became a charitable trust and the following year a membership drive was launched by the Patron, Prime Minister David Lange.
		The OETT is a voluntary organisation, which operates a fleet of trains, which have historic as well as tourism significance for Dunedin and Otago.
		The OETT project was formally handed over to the Museum at an evening function, which was well attended by interviewees and members of the Trust.
	www.oralhistory.org.nz /2001June.doc (2779 words)

	The Dunedin Railway Station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Passenger services have also included the Invercargill-Lyttelton express train to link with the inter-island ferries (such was the level of service, a parcel sent from Dunedin on this express could be delivered in Wellington the next day), railcars and the South Island Limited, a modern version of which still runs today.
		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.
		It was intended that the floor be replaced with plain terrazzo pavement, but this caused considerable protest from the Historic Places Trust, the Otago branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and others.
	www.cityofdunedin.com /city/?page=restore_railway (1612 words)

	Dunedin Railway Station Centenary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		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.
		A major display of railway history in Otago at the Settlers Museum.
	www.dunedinstation.co.nz /trains1.htm (426 words)

	CGR - May 2000 Newsletter
		The Otago Institute Lecture Programme for 2000 started off with a flourish with the Hutton Theatre packed to capacity to hear the Minister for Science and Technology speak about his vision for our scientific future.
		At PE Biosystems we were thrilled with the attendance at the University of Otago TaqMan workshop, both from the perspective of the amount of interest shown and the quality of questions and enquiries.
		Funded by the Otago University as a multiuser instrument, this "electrospray" MS will soon be made 8 available through the Protein Microchemistry Facility for routine investigations of peptides and proteins, complementing our widely-used MALDI-MS service.
	cgr.otago.ac.nz /newsletter/news-200005.html (3539 words)

	Fight to keep rail heritage on track
		It is a joint initiative of the Otago Excursion Train Trust and the Dunedin City Council, while the Port Craig tramway involves two local trusts and the Southland Regional Council.
		Prominent among them are the Otago Central Railway Track, a three-day cycling track along the old railway route from Middlemarch to Clyde, the Rimutaka Incline outside Wellington and the Piako County Tramway at Waiorongamai,Te Aroha.
		One is the dwindling number of steam-qualified drivers who can operate vintage rail on Tranz Rail's network.While those who run steam trains on their own railways can drive locomotives themselves, all steam trains on Tranz Rail lines must have one of the company's drivers and boiler operators.
	www.historic.org.nz /magazinefeatures/2003winter/2003_winter_a.htm (1842 words)

	Community Trust of Otago
		They are a $120,000 donation to the Otago Excursion Train Trust, a $35,000 donation to the Otago Employment Trust’s Youth Works programme, and a donation of $30,000 to Bowls New Zealand.
		The train has been doing the Taieri Gorge run for the past 26 years and its locomotives were built 34 years ago.
		The Community Trust of Otago donation would be used mostly to pay for some of the administration costs of the project.
	www.cto.org.nz /news_july2004.htm (669 words)

	Taeiri Gorge Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Operate public and private Excursion and Charter trains on the Taieri Gorge Railway and throughout the South Island of New Zealand (subject to Tranz Rail operational requirements)
		The Taieri Gorge Railway is a Local Authority Trading Enterprise jointly owned by the Dunedin City Council and the Otago Excursion Train Trust, who started it all, and whose volunteer members staff our charter and excursion trains and assist with maintenance.
		Departing daily (except Christmas day), the train takes you on a journey through the rugged and spectacular Taieri River Gorge, across wrought iron viaducts and through tunnels carved by hand more than 100 years ago.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /new_zealand/trains/tareirigorge.html (457 words)

	Central Otago and the Rail Trail - mountain biking with e-tours
		The route was chosen from seven proposed because it accessed the greatest area of Crown Lands, presented the fewest engineering difficulties and was the most direct route to Dunedin.
		Construction of the Otago Central Branch railway line from the main trunk line at Wingatui is commenced.
		Supported by public appeal, the section: North Taieri to Middlemarch is purchased by the Dunedin City Council for the Otago Excursion Train Trust, thus creating the longest privately owned railway in the country and securing the future of The Taieri Gorge Limited.
	www.inmark.co.nz /e-tours/railtrlh.html (230 words)

	DE 1337 - Taieri Gorge Railway
		DE 1337 is owned by the Otago Excursion Train Trust, who operate the Taieri Gorge Railway.
		After withdrawal DE 1337 was originally purchased by the Otago Polytechnic who planned to recreate a ship's engine room using the engine, however 1337 was acquired by the OETT around 1990.
		DE 1337 is painted in the TGR's own livery, as can be seen in the photo above, during a railfan's excursion pausing at Mt Allen, March 2004.
	www.wekapassrailway.co.nz /locomotives/declass/de504his.htm (117 words)

	diesel excursion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		When we tested a diesel Excursion, it went nearly as fast empty as a V-10 and faster when it was loaded.
		The diesel bottom line excursion of bottom line investing is that you should pay for a stock an amount equal to or no more than the diesel present value excursion of all future gains from it.
		Ill leave out the examples, but this may be betas diesel biggest excursion limitation as a measure of the relative volatility of a portfolio or stock.
	1812319.sprtr.com /diesel-excursion.htm (909 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.
		In spring, a Blossom Festival excursion operated between Dunedin and Alexandra and at Easter, a day excursion train to A and P Shows in Middlemarch and Waipiata.
		The Otago Hunt Club held a hunt at the time of the Middlemarch Show and participants would come up by train with their horses on the Friday before Easter - just as today people bring their bikes on the train to ride the Rail Trail.
	www.railtrail.co.nz /the_rail_trail.html (1150 words)

	B5.3 Transport
		Unofficial details at: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/nz/rail/travelpass.html Buses and trains have seats discounted at around 20-50% but there are limited seats each day allocated on a first come first serve basis.
		In the North Island, there are the main line from Auckland to Wellington which runs west of the central volcanoes, a main line to the east coast at Tauranga and a number of branch lines.
		I believe they are using the similar rules of allocating "seats" as airlines, buses and trains are.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/new-zealand-faq/section-28.html (3268 words)

	Ten of the Best
		Recall the era of rural train travel with a ride in vintage former NZR passenger carriages through scenic Weka Pass on the 13-kilometre-long railway from Waipara to Waikari, using vintage former NZR steam and diesel locomotives.
		Running over the "bottom end" of the old Otago Central Branch Railway from Dunedin to Pukerangi, the 116-kilometre return trip features spectacular sights, numerous tunnels and majestic wrought-iron viaducts in the rugged Taieri River Gorge.
		Travel to many parts of the country on an excursion train hauled by a former NZR steam locomotive.
	www.historic.org.nz /magazinefeatures/2003winter/2003_winter_traintrips.htm (544 words)

	About the Taieri Gorge Railway
		Operate a daily tourist train, The Taieri Gorge Limited from the Dunedin Railway Station through the Taieri River Gorge to Pukerangi (and to Middlemarch on summer Fridays and Sundays)
		The Otago Excursion Train Trust, who started it all.
		The Taieri Gorge Railway Ltd is a Local Authority Trading Enterprise jointly owned by the Dunedin City Council and the Otago Excursion Train Trust, who started it all, and whose volunteer members staff our charter and excursion trains and assist with maintenance.
	www.taieri.co.nz /about.htm (357 words)

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