The Greytown Branch was a five-kilometre 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) branch line railway off the Wairarapa Line at Woodside in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand's North Island. It followed an almost straight course over flat terrain. There were no intermediate stations.
The GreytownBranch was a five-kilometre 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) branch line railway off the Wairarapa Line at Woodside in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand's...
advocated. The final blow to any chance of a branch line to Martinborough came in 1953 when the GreytownBranch closed. Following the meeting with Joseph...
Greytown railway station was the terminus of the GreytownBranch railway, which connected the Wairarapa town of Greytown in New Zealand’s North Island...
Zealand consists of four main lines, six secondary lines and numerous short branch lines in almost every region. It links all major urban centres except Nelson...
Greytown would have required a bridge at a point considered unsafe by the surveyors. The GreytownBranch was constructed from Woodside, and Greytown was...
Never used for passenger traffic. b Renamed Manor Park when the Hutt Valley Branch became the main line. c Demolished in 1938. d Was known as Dolly Varden...
on Invercargill's jetty in August 1863 during construction of the Bluff branch, may have been the first locomotive in steam. The first steam engines built...
body. They first saw service on the GreytownBranch before being transferred to the Glenham Branch and Switzers Branch where they were withdrawn in 1930...
allocated to work the GreytownBranch. One locomotive would be kept at Cross Creek during the week while the other was stationed at Greytown, and would swap...
locomotives working the South Wairarapa district – except for the GreytownBranch – were based at Cross Creek. A new engine shed was constructed at Cross...
until closure to all traffic in 1970. Following the opening of the GreytownBranch in May 1880, construction of the line northwards steadily progressed...
Masterton on 1 November 1880. Several months after the opening of the GreytownBranch in May 1880, a shelter shed had been constructed at Dalefield which...
Wairarapa district – with the exception of the locomotive working the GreytownBranch – were based at Cross Creek. The original wooden station building was...
Furthermore, it is intersected by the R74, connecting the N2 to the east with Greytown to the north-west. The R102 connects the city via Groutville and Shakaskraal...
that resisted being knocked over. Hickman was born on 21 October 1932 in Greytown, Natal, South Africa to Cyril Price Hickman (a bookkeeper) and Helena Alberta...
referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary...
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States...
(Nicaragua): On July 9–15, naval forces bombarded and burned San Juan del Norte (Greytown) to avenge an injured during a riot to the American Minister to Nicaragua...
at the head of that commission, headquartered in the coastal village of Greytown (now San Juan de Nicaragua). He completed the work to the satisfaction...
became more productive it began to prosper. In the 1870s, it overtook Greytown as Wairarapa's major town. It became a borough in 1877 and was reached...
160 years ago, the Umvoti Mounted Rifles (UMR) was founded in Greytown as the Greytown Mounted Rifles. There were some 45 men in the original unit, under...
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