Oxford Branch (New Zealand)
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The Oxford Branch was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealand's national rail network. It was located in the Canterbury region of the South Island, and ran roughly parallel with the Eyre
Springbank engine shed and its station sign, December 2023
The embankment and an abutment of a bridge on the final section of track bed coming into Sheffield.
Waimakariri Gorge
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The Waimakariri Gorge is located on the Waimakariri River in inland Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand.
Oxford Branch (New Zealand)
…branch line that became the Midland Line. This opened on 28 July 1884 with its most notable engineering feat being a combined road/rail bridge over the Waimakariri Gorge. At this stage, the branch from Kaiapoi to Sheffield was seen as the most northerly portion of the proposed Canterbury Interior Main Line, but it was…
Looking down the Waimakariri Gorge towards the Southern Alps