Greetings all - I'm hoping that someone can give me a location on Tr 105 or identify the location of the photo attached. I'll be away most of the day but am hoping you may have the answer Steve W

Great thanks John - we've followed the old route through town. The Loop photos will certainly add to the understanding of this feature. Steve W

Good morning everybody Some low lying parts of the country have been in our thoughts over the past few days as the tsunami warnings came and went on Friday. Auckland's Hobson Bay and the railway lines

The New Zealand Railway & Tramway Atlas tells us the famed Kirikopuni Loop on the Dargaville Branch was in use between 15 May 1928 and 15 March 1943 with a little more detail being found on Wikipedia:

Newly installed turnout off S.I.M.T entering Synlait's dairy factory south of Dunsandel, Sunday 7 March 2021 (photo looking south). New turnout to Synlait Dunsandel -Brian McK.

OK Les, check it against the aerial I sent with this route red lined. Rgds John -----Original Message----- From: nz-rail-geography@groups.io <nz-rail-geography@groups.io> On Behalf Of Les Downey Sent:

No sorry Peter. I have all of the mags and also many dupl pages / articles filed in my Geo series boxes. Have not scanned the map yet. Rgds JA From: Peter Ross <peterr@...> Sent: Monday, 8 March 2021

This was a battery powered railcar running next to Lake Ellesmere (or Forsyth?). Lithium batteries weren't thought of in those day - the latest Lithium Battery news, is that dry batteries will be the

Due to a 'bridge strike' earlier this morning (6th March '21) in the vicinity of Bennetts Siding between Taihape and Mataroa, rail-bridge no.143 at 254.93-k on NIMT is closed to all rail traffic - pen

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Greetings all - at a glance I thought that this photo was taken from the Springfield Goods Shed! Here's the caption "With a late blanket of snow covering the Woodville yard and surrounding paddocks an

OK, Bill Cowans book says .......1926, Jim Dangerfield Coll. Must date my captions, and include "Jim Dangerfield Coll". Rgds John A. From: nz-rail-geography@groups.io <nz-rail-geography@groups.io> On

Andrew, wonder if the date is on the pic in the MF pub then? And which of the 2 pics is it? Rgds John A.

A bit late, but where is this location? Robert

Thursday's photo is by the lake at Frankton where Rusty Railers looked at the NZR Shipping Office building. This dates back to when NZR ran the steamer services latterly with the Earnslaw. I'm not sur

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Correct - but it was part of the NZR network though like Queenstown. ~Cran

I'm away so I can't do a mystery, but here are some recent photos. Firstly a bit of rusty rail, then the answer as to where it is. And the new train between Hamilton & Auckland is attracting attention

Another photo of the Endeavour where I've taken the photo from the rear of the train - this will be very evident if I hadn't cropped the photo. Let's see what you can come up with? (Clue : train is so