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The box to the side which lists the Stations shows a bridge over the Clutha after Beaumont. Yet the next station is Craigellachie which is inland away from Clutha River along SH8 Okerefalls (talk) 20:58, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
Sources 17 and 18 are primary sources, and thus violate | Wikipedia:No original research At the time of writing, these sources are listed as
New Zealand Government Railways Files on Roxburgh Branch - General Manager files sourced from National Archives New Zealand, Wellington 2007, New Zealand,
New Zealand Governments Railways - District Engineers Dunedin, File on Pacific Scrap Contract - Demolition Roxburgh Branch - April 1969 - June 1970,
PatrickDunfordNZ (talk) 05:33, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
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I also KNOW for a fact.. that the NZR's Roxburgh Branch Line .. ?
NEVER EVER fully reached "Roxburgh Township" (on the true "Right Hand Bank" of the Molyneux River - better known simply as: The Clutha River).
It "terminated" some distance south of Roxburgh Township, on the OTHER SIDE of the Clutha River at a small township known locally as:
Hercules Flat is on the true Left Hand Bank of the Molyneux River (better known as: The Clutha River).
Somewhere in my own "archives" - (being as I'm a railway nut as well) - I have a "copy" of the Curve Chart for the branchline, giving the Absolute Accurate "milages" for not only the starting point of all curve distances and their Lefthand or Rightand "positionings" (in relation to the Branchline's direction of travel) ..
But these also include the Curve radii (in Chains) & the track inclination (cant) tolerances, of every curve - on the Roxburgh Branch Line.
I'm just way too busy to bother to go looking for it at the moment.
However.. Recently there was a Publication "printed" (from a Publisher based in Roxburgh) which I believe is STILL "on_sale" hereabouts..
Recording that exact (or as near as can be recalled as exact) details of Life & times .. alongside the Roxburgh (Teviot Valley) "branchline" & of it's general (publically known) details.
Oh & as far as the Other Branch Line just north of here): The OCB (The Otago Central Branch Line) I also (somewhere) have a seating plan for the Vulcan Railcars that were used on the Otago Central Branchline (side issue -- also lost somewhere in my own archives) - as I spent almost 8 years on the OC4 Trackgang, working out of Alexandra, in the later part of the 1970's - as well as "buying" several Ex-NZR items such as a (complete) Station Building, which after buying the entire ORIGINAL 25 ft long station building & shortening that for tansportation to our farm (note: I bought & used this as my OWN TRAIN STATION -- not a farm impliment shed as the later restoration committee assumed in 2003), I also OWNED that building & maintained it myself for nigh on 25 yrs before being "asked" to sell it back to them) Re;
PROVABLE SOURCE:
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/central-otago/96552/restored-waiting-room-rail-trail-attraction
The (full) OLD ORIGINAL BUILDING can be seen here, along with the shortened Ladies Waiting Room (ONLY) piece that was able to be re-located in 1978.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krptzF1uWMs
Along with the photo of the 3 wheel pull_pull trolley that I bought, as well as numerous "other" EX_NZR pictures (mostly of the Otago Central Branch -- but includes some from all around NZ as well)
I also purchased a genuine Ex-NZR Hand_Operated "PullPull" 3.wh Trolley, as well as "renting NZ Railway land" from the NZR for many years thereafter -- until 2003).
But - I'm absolutely certain .. that Wikipedia WILL NOT ALLOW (any of) THAT INFORMATION TO BE USED ..
After all -- whom retained all the relevant information - that I DID .. AND who else "worked" in the area (let alone anyone else whom saved anything "like" the documentation that I did.?).
AND I STILL RETAIN CERTAIN DETAILS OF IT (in writting).
Totally un substatiated according to Wikipedia RULES (but who is going to be able to argue - against - any of those written facts now)
Cheers.
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