The Weka Pass Railway is a New Zealand heritage railway based in Waipara, North Canterbury. It is operated on a 12.8 km length of the former Waiau Branch railway between Waipara and Waikari. The railway is operated by an incorporated society which consists solely of members and volunteers, and are largely resident in the city of Christchurch, 60 km to the south. The railway began carrying passengers in 1984 and is now well established locally and nationally.[1]
^Dew, Leslie (2001). The Great Northern - the story of the Waiau Branch. Weka Pass Railway Inc. ISBN 0-473-07188-6.
The WekaPassRailway is a New Zealand heritage railway based in Waipara, North Canterbury. It is operated on a 12.8 km length of the former Waiau Branch...
WekaPass is a locality in the northern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island between the towns of Waipara and Waikari. The Waipara River cut...
public-radio network in the U.S. state of Wyoming WekaPassRailway, a New Zealand heritage railway WPr, the German-language abbreviation of Wehrmacht...
January 1978. The section of the railway through the WekaPass has been retained by the WekaPassRailway and preserved trains operate between Waipara and...
excursions, including on the Otago Central Railway and the Midland Line. Then in 1995, it was loaned to the WekaPassRailway to cover their DG 770 while it was...
River Waiau Branch, a Canterbury branch line railway in service from 1882 to 1978: see also WekaPassRailway Lake Waiau on Mauna Kea in Hawaiʻi This disambiguation...
includes the major tourist centres of Hanmer Springs and Kaikōura. The WekaPassRailway has its base in Waipara, and runs on 12 kilometres of track between...
below, and hot air exits above. This type of lamp was very widely used by railways, both on the front and rear of trains and for hand signals, due to its...
operation. The WekaPassRailway in North Canterbury, the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway in Northland, the Otago-based Dunedin Railways, and the Goldfields...
The railway track or permanent way is the elements of railway lines: generally the pairs of rails typically laid on the sleepers or ties embedded in ballast...
heritage railway type include the Kingston Flyer, Glenbrook Vintage Railway, Bush Tramway Club, Waitara Railway Preservation Society, WekaPassRailway, and...
Kirikopuni – Kaikohe line Kurow Branch – extension beyond Hakataramea Lewis PassRailway (Reefton to Culverden) Little River Branch – extension to Akaroa Marsden...
WekaPassRailway. During the 1870s, significant debates motivated by regional interests took place regarding the most desirable route for a railway from...
Railway Company (NZ) Ltd National Railway Museum of New Zealand Pleasant Point Museum and Railway Tramway Historical Society (Ferrymead Tramway) Weka...
(2001). The Great Northern: The Story of the Waiau Branch Railway. Christchurch: WekaPassRailway. ISBN 0-473-07188-6. Dunlop, Robin (30 June 2005). "Annual...
built in 1943 by Ransomes & Rapier, and is currently stored at the WekaPassRailway. Two 60 tonne Cowan Sheldon diesel rail cranes were built in 1979...
carriages. Steel-clad cars, A class 50159 and 50223 were sold to the WekaPassRailway in 2008 and AL 50090 was sold to the Midland Rail Heritage Trust in...
Railway. Christchurch: WekaPassRailway. p. 15. ISBN 0-473-07188-6. Roberts, F.K. (1998). "Chapter Two: The Midland Line". A Compendium of Railway Construction...
travelled from Christchurch to Waipara, where the 'JA' was used on the WekaPassRailway. The train left Waipara the day after, and arrived in Wellington on...
News - Winter Operation Announced WekaPassRailway's page on A 67 Location map A video of the operation Dunedin Railway Station - Rolling Stock Display...
foreigners in NZ. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. "WekaPassRailway's page on D 221". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007....
to the Mackenzie, a vast land known by Maori for its plentiful supply of wekas on the plains and eels in the streams and lakes. With travel slow and arduous...
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