This week there has been a bit of a media furore over the proposed disposal of wooden heritage carriages owned by Dunedin Railways. Amongst the larger group of rolling stock which included a DE class locomotive, a stripped shell of an old DJ class engine and some old 56 foot steel car bodies, are six… Continue reading Heritage Carriages Won’t Operate Forever
Month: January 2022
Melling Comes Off Second Best In “Public Transport” Upgrade
Melling is a suburb of Lower Hutt and it’s where an author of this blog spent their early years. The railway line through Melling was opened in 1875 as part of the Wairarapa Line main line corridor from Wellington to Woodville, but in 1954, the branch line through the Hutt Valley via Waterloo and Pomare… Continue reading Melling Comes Off Second Best In “Public Transport” Upgrade