A Reminder Of The Past! (Central Otago) Traditional Cache
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A Reminder Of The Past! (Central Otago)
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The
Roxburgh Branch (Railway) Series.
The
Millers Flat Railway Station Platform
This would have been a busy and noisy place when The Roxburgh
Branch Line was in its’ heyday.
Then there would have been the chuffing and snorting of steam
locomotives, the rumble of trucks delivering fruit, the baaing of
sheep, the barking of dogs, the yelling of commands and expletives
of stockmen and the quieter mutterings of those who were waiting on
the platform.
There would have been the busyness associated with the loading and
unloading of wagons; the shunting and shuffling of the various
components of a train’s rolling stock. No doubt, at times,
the activity would have been frenetic.
Nowadays it is a very quiet, peaceful place. On none of my visits
there have I seen another person and the only noises have been the
sounds of traffic on Highway 8 over on the Clutha River’s
west bank, the sounds that children make at play and the sounds
that cattle make when munching grass and eliminating the
by-products.
A timeline for the Railway at Millers Flat:
15/11/1924 the rails reached Millers Flat.
15/12/1924 A goods and parcels service between Millers Flat and
Beaumont commenced.
In 1968 the Branch Line was closed and in August of that year the
Millers Flat Rugby Club bought the now surplus station
building.
For a most impressive collection of facts, figures, photographs and
the history of this branch line I woud recommend
"Exploring New Zealand's GHOST RAILWAYS."
By David Leitch & Brian Scott, revised edition 1998.
and, also,
"Rails to Roxburgh"
by W J Cowan.
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