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January 2010, p. 20. Cole,
William Henry (1915). Permanent-way Material,
Platelaying, and
Points and Crossings. R. & F.N. Spon. p. 1. PART 1025
Track Geometry...
- (largely left over from
ballast operations)
secure tool
trucks specialized platelaying vehicles incorporating concrete mixers, compressors,
generators etc....
- to a cave-in of the
tunnel roof.
Between October 1877 and
March 1878,
platelaying was
completed up to Summit. This
enabled the use of work
trains to haul...
- with a
pumice road to Makatote. By then
trains were
bringing ballast,
platelaying was in
progress and the
track stretched halfway to Raurimu,
having been...
-
tasked with
creating the
formation only, were also
given the job of
platelaying. The next few
months were
spent ballasting the line with this
being completed...
-
progress was much faster, and the
Commissioners Report noted that only
platelaying and
Ballasting required completion. The line from
Cherry Gully through...
-
Contract was
finally completed on 10
December 1877, 17
months late.
Platelaying was
completed from four
miles north of
Upper Hutt to
Summit between October...
- 2006 "Sponsor a
length of track"
campaign launched. 9
December 2006
Platelaying of
sponsored track in the
Maymorn yard begins. 4 May 2007
Donated former...
- ISBN 0-908573-00-6. The
formation reached Featherston on 17
August 1878. With
platelaying completed in September, the
first train entered Featherston in the latter...
- and
fined £3.
Around 2
February 1939,
tents of
fettlers engaging in
platelaying were
ransacked by two youths. The
youths appeared before the Children's...
