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	Engineering in New Zealand
		The main railway system, connecting the cities of Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill, along the plains that fringe the sea down the east coast of the island, was completely cut off from the smaller west coast system, serving Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika.
		THE LONGEST RAILWAY TUNNEL in the British Empire is the Otira Tunnel in the South Island of New Zealand.
		The main line between Dunedin and Christchurch is connected with the railways on the western side of the island by the mountain line through the Otira Tunnel.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r040.html (2909 words)

	South Island Main Trunk Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Main North Line between Picton and Christchurch and the Main South Line between Lyttelton and Invercargill, running down the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, are sometimes together referred to as the South Island Main Trunk Railway (SIMT).
		A number of routes south were considered, and the one chosen was a compromise between a proposal to build a coastal line through fertile territory and a proposal to build an inland line to achieve easier crossings of rivers such as the Rakaia.
		Further south, the Dunedin and Port Chalmers Railway was opened on 1 January 1873 as the first railway in the country to adhere to the new national gauge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Island_Main_Trunk_Railway (1522 words)

	Engineering in New Zealand - North Island
		On the main line of the North Island, which connects Wellington, the capital, with the city of Auckland, far away in the northernmost peninsula beyond the Hauraki gulf, fifty miles of track are carried at an altitude of more than two thousand feet above the sea.
		During recent years the New Zealand Government, which owns all the railways, has been spending a great deal of money in attempting to flatten some of the steep gradients which could not be avoided when the first of her main lines were laid.
		Now that railway traffic has grown in New Zealand to its present dimensions, however, the time has come to increase the speed and the capacity of the lines, and money is being spent freely on improving the old routes, as well as in new railway construction on an extensive scale.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r041.html (3111 words)

	New Zealand Railways Bridges & Tunnels (revised 2004 by Garvan Laing)
		The longest bridges are in the South Island and the highest viaducts are in the North Island.
		Among several all-concrete railway bridges brought into use since 1960 are the 549 m Ashley bridge opened in Canterbury in 1961, the 914 m Waitaki bridge, and the 143 m bridge over the Waikato River at Hamilton, both opened in 1964, and the 133 m Waitohi Viaduct near Picton opened in November 1965.
		The new Kaimai Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the Commonwealth and in the southern hemisphere.
	www.grijalvo.com /Garvan/New_Zealand_Railways_Bridges_and_Tunnels.htm (880 words)

	Railways of New Zealand: Dunback & Makareao Branches
		The Dunback Branch was a 15 km line that left the South Island Main Trunk at Palmerston, 51 km south of Oamaru and 63 km north of Dunedin, heading inland and north-west to the small town of Dunback.
		It was on a track that paralleled the main line before turning left to cross State Highway 1 on a 7 1/2 chain curve and then running along the east side of Stour Street to its intersection with Factory Road.
		The road and the railway are then very close together the rest of the way to Inch Valley in which there are a number of curves up to 7 1/2 chains.
	www.trainweb.org /enzedrail/branch/makareao (1709 words)

	Main Line Electrification
		Of all railway routes in New Zealand, the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) is easily the most important; it carries over one third of all traffic and much of this is on through trips between Auckland and Wellington.
		The spirited advocacy of F.W. Aicken, then General Manager of the Railways Department, nearly led to North Island Main Trunk line electrification in the nineteen-fifties but his visionary ideas were in conflict with those of his engineering staff.
		Pierre in his study of the North Island Main Trunk refers to Lusty's inability to differentiate between urgency and mere haste, and points to the large number of new diesel locomotives he was forced to order in 1954.
	www.techhistory.co.nz /Electricity/rail_electrification.htm (3139 words)

	Dunedin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dunedin and the region industrialised and consolidated, and the South Island Main Trunk Railway connected the city with Christchurch in 1878 and Invercargill in 1879.
		The port is served by the Port Chalmers Branch, a branch line railway that diverges from the Main South Line that runs from Christchurch via Dunedin to Invercargill.
		Prevailing winds are from the south (cool, damp), and from the northwest (hot and dry in summer, cold and dry in winter).
	enc.qba73.com /link-Dunedin (4336 words)

	Railways of New Zealand: Waiau Branch
		The Waiau Branch was a typical rural NZ Railways branch line, leaving the South Island Main Trunk railway at Waipara, a small settlement 63 km north of Christchurch, and running 66 km through mainly flat country to Waiau on the south bank of the Waiau River.
		It was originally envisaged when the line was built that it would be the main railway line north to Picton, and indeed the current main line through Parnassus was terminated at that station in 1912 and the current route north not progressed until the 1930s.
		The railway was then not seen again until Culverden where it ran alongside the highway for a few kilometres to Red Post Corner, where the line continued on north while the highway crossed over on its way west.
	www.trainweb.org /enzedrail/branch/waiau (1092 words)

	railways
		Built in 1968/1969 by Mitsubishi in Japan for New Zealand Railways, the 64 members of this class was the predominant class for the South Island for the next 21 years.
		When I became interested in Railways, it was the twilight of steam in New Zealand, and the DJ had just come onto the scene.
		While I was too young to actually remember them when they were first introduced, it was the Southerner, the then crack express of the South Island main trunk between Christchurch and Invercargill, that caught my attention to the class.
	www.angelfire.com /ab6/madigan/railways.htm (382 words)

	World Bowls Christchurch Destination Guide
		The South Island Main Trunk Railway, which that runs the length of the South Island's east coast splits in two in Christchurch, the Main North Line and the Main South Line.
		The most famous train to depart Christchurch is the TranzAlpine, which travels along the Main South Line to Rolleston and then turns onto the Midland Line, passes through the Southern Alps via the Otira Tunnel and terminates in Greymouth in Westland.
		All Christchurch Symphony concerts are performed in the main auditorium of the Christchurch Town Hall.
	www.travelplaces.co.uk /world-bowls-christchurch.htm (3923 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)

	Christchurch Information
		Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the third largest urban area in the country.
		The city is situated at the southern end of Pegasus Bay, near the centre of the east coast of the South Island, between Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury Plains.
		To the south and south-east the city is limited by the volcanic slopes of the Port Hills, and to the north by the braided Waimakariri River.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Christchurch (2523 words)

	Dunedin Railway Station Centenary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the late 1980s some DCs were transferred to the South Island where they became the heaviest locomotives at that time to work on the West Coast lines.
		A reshuffle of the diesel fleet following the North Island Main Trunk electrification in the mid 1980s saw some of the class redeployed to the South Island where over time, their running rights were gradually extended to Christchurch - Picton, Christchurch - Invercargill, and Christchurch - Otira.
		The Dunedin Railway Station was opened in 1906 to cater for the traveling public of, what was at the time, New Zealand’s commercial centre.
	www.dunedinstation.co.nz /trains3.htm (298 words)

	Japanese transportation project
		The total length of railways in March 1994 was 27,152 km of which they had only 20,129 km and other private railways has 1023 km.
		An existing trunk of railways have become overburdened, new express railways are being constructed.
		the northern alberta railways companies and the northern and southern railways inc. the total combined route of mileage of mainland track operated by the cpr, cnr and bcr totals 6,800 km.
	www.islandnet.com /~kpotter/mrk/transport.htm (1397 words)

	Steamtown NHS: Special History Study
		The Grand Trunk Railroad, of course, subsequently was absorbed into the government-owned Canadian National Railways, which thereafter controlled the Grand Trunk Western Railway in the United States.
		Second, the parent Canadian National Railways had purchased 16 of this type of locomotive in 1923 that had also proved to be very successful, to the extent that Canadian National bought another 21 in 1924.
		At the end of its career in the 1950s, the Grand Trunk Western Railway leased No. 6039 to the Central Vermont Railway, and it proved to be one of the last steam locomotives in normal common carrier service in the state of Vermont, and the last to survive.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/steamtown/shs2h.htm (1257 words)

	New Zealand Railway Bridges
		The 7th highest railway viaduct in New Zealand is the 72.5 m high, 229 m long, Makohine viaduct between Marton and Mangaweka on the North Island Main Trunk Line.
		The 8th equal highest railway viaduct in New Zealand (and the highest viaduct in the South Island) is the 71.6 m high, 146 m long Staircase viaduct on the South Island Midland Line.
		The longest railway bridge in New Zealand is the 1743 m bridge spanning the Rakaia River south of Christchurch.
	trains.wellington.net.nz /bridges.html (796 words)

	NS Railway Companies
		The only mention of this railway (that I know of) is a few words — "The iron mine was situated three miles south of this location and ore transported in trucks drawn by horses on a railway with rails of maple wood." — on a bronze plaque at Clementsport.
		The Atlantic & Inland Railway Co. of Nova Scotia was incorporated by chapter 153 of the Acts of 1893, to build a railway from Liverpool, via Caledonia, to Annapolis or New Germany.
		This railway never reached the stage of having an Act of Incorporation passed by the Legislature (at least not under that name) but fairly extensive planning work was done during the first few years of the twentieth century.
	alts.net /ns1625/railways.html (9613 words)

	Chicago Rail Junctions - Other South Side Crossings
		South of it, where the trainshed was located, is a park, and beyond there, where the tracks narrowed to four, an apartment complex now stands.
		Trains coming south on the main line will take the connector if they are to enter Clearing from the west.
		Located in the triangle formed by South Chicago Avenue, Commercial Avenue and 95th Street, the junction is near the intersection of Commercial and 95th, underneath the Chicago Skyway which passes high overhead on a northwest/southeast viaduct.
	www.dhke.com /CRJ/others-chiso.html (5002 words)

	Otago Central Railway
		Following the development of the main trunk line in the South Island, there were questions about the necessity of railways into mid Otago.
		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)

	New Zealand Travel - New Zealand Travel
		Bluff is a town and seaport located in the Southland region on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
		Gore is a town and surrounding borough in the South Island of New Zealand.
		Whilst the boat was in the large south eastern harbour which now bears its name, Stewart began charting the southern coasts and his work is acknowledged to this day in the Island’s present name.
	www.newzealandtravel.org /index.html?page=nztravel/locations&Code=sisl (1195 words)

	Waitomo District Council District History
		The town and the Waitomo District are situated within the King Country, a large tract of the western central North Island.
		Te Kuiti was also the headquarters for paramount Maniapoto chiefs, Wahanui Huatere and Taonui, who were instrumental in the opening up of the King Country to the railway and the North Island Main Trunk Railway Line.
		Situated in a pleasant valley with this narrow gorge at the south end, Te Kuiti's original name was Te Kuiti O Nga Whakaaro O Te Iwi, meaning the "narrowing down" or "thoughts of the people".
	www.waitomo.govt.nz /history.htm (262 words)

	American Samoa Travel Tips
		Five of the main islands (Tutuila, Ta'u, Ofu, Olosega, Aunu'u, Nu'utele) are volcanic, with rugged peaks, narrow coastal plains and fringing reefs.
		American Samoa is in the South Pacific Ocean, between the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn.
		The average annual rainfall in the drier portions of the island is 125 inches and 200 inches elsewhere.
	www.southtravels.com /pacific/americansamoa/traveltips.html (1699 words)

	Welcome to The International Railway Traveler (IRT)
		Blenheim, considered Napier's southern counterpart, is the sunniest city in the South Island and produces world-class, award-winning wines and a range of pip and stone fruit.
		McLean's Island Railway on the western outskirts of the city recreates a bush tramway typical of the type operated on the West Coast of the South Island.
		Weka Pass Railways is a historic rural railway using both vintage steam and diesel-electric locomotives on an 8-mile route through unique limestone beauty of the Weka Pass in North Canterbury.
	www.irtsociety.com /newzealand.html (8365 words)

	NS Railway Companies
		The only mention of this railway (that I know of) is a few words — "The iron mine was situated three miles south of this location and ore transported in trucks drawn by horses on a railway with rails of maple wood." — on a bronze plaque at Clementsport.
		The Atlantic & Inland Railway Co. was incorporated by chapter 86 of the Acts of 1896, to build a railway from Liverpool, via Caledonia, to Annapolis or New Germany or Springfield.
		The Atlantic & Inland Railway Co. of Nova Scotia was incorporated by chapter 153 of the Acts of 1893, to build a railway from Liverpool, via Caledonia, to Annapolis or New Germany.
	www.littletechshoppe.com /ns1625/railways.html (9531 words)

	South Island, New Zealand - James/ Carlson family round the world trip
		Every other vehicle on the main street seems to be a bus taking people mountain climbing, hang gliding, paragliding, tandem parachuting, aerobatic flying, jet boating, bungy jumping, river rafting, etc. But all the activities are pricey.
		They build their nests on the grassy slopes with no protection whatsoever, so they are open to any of the many introduced predators here: rats, cats, ferrets, possums, and stoats.
		It is one of the biggest colonies on the South Island.
	canadiancarlsons.com /users/sarahjames/southisland.htm (3560 words)

	Parks & Waterways Publications
		Kyle Park is the largest area of public open space in Hornby, and when considered with neighbouring Denton Park, there is potential to create a green area of sufficient scale to be an effective restful foil to the visual chaos of commercial Hornby.
		Denton Park and Kyle Park are physically very close but are conceptually separated by the South Island Main Trunk Line, the formidable bulk of Denton Oval and the wide differences in their respective levels of development.
		To ensure that the railway way line is rossed at Point B, the pathway system through Kyle Park will focus on this point and suitable barriers will be installed along the line to prevent pedestrians crossing the line at other points.
	www.ccc.govt.nz /parks/Publications/mp_kylepark_4.asp (953 words)

	Parks & Waterways Publications
		Kyle Park is long and narrow, elongated along an east-west axis, and sandwiched between Waterloo Road and the South Island Main Trunk Railway.
		A variety of young trees are established, especially along the Park's railway boundary on sunny north-facing rising slopes.
		The depression is dominated by visual clutter associated with BMX and Model Car Tracks, and by an intimidating 1.8 m corrugated iron fence enclosing half of the hollow and excluding people from the western end of the Park.
	www.ccc.govt.nz /Parks/Publications/mp_kylepark_3.asp (564 words)

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