Last train to Prebbleton
The last train is waiting to enter the station and sometime has passengers on board and sometime not. Adults please let the kids have a ride now!!
To find the cache you will need the following info:
How many sleepers on the track? - the number of chimneys = A
Total number of carriage wheels X 2 - 1= D
Number of locomotive wheels on the left side? = C
Number of chimney + the numbers of locomotive wheels on the left side ? = B
Final
S 43° 34.A0C E 172° 30.DDB
GZ is at the far end of the railway station and yard site.
Hornby to Lincoln
The Hornby to Lincoln section was completed in 1875 as part of the Southbridge line with Prebbleton and Ladbrooks stations (completed by 1874) along the route. A bridge at Prebbleton was built in 1937 to take the Road over the railway. This narrow bridge was removed in 1998 as a hazard to motorists and cyclists. The Lincoln Line was still in use until 1967. The Lincoln-Little River branch had closed five years earlier. The first part of the industrial line from Amyes Road at Hornby to Marshs Road (4 km) is still in use or so they say.
"NZ Locomotive Engineers Journal"
April 1967, page 4.
by Garth Beardsley
In 1963, when the centennial of railways in New Zealand was celebrated members of the N.Z. Railway & Locomotive Society, Canterbury Branch, restored locomotive F 163 to its original green livery so that the public could see what steam locomotives of yester-year looked like. At that time, it was realised that if some locomotives were to be preserved, immediate steps would need to be taken.
An approach was made to the Railways Department, and arrangements were made for us (i.e. the Canterbury Branch), to lease a portion of the Little River branch line just beyond Hornby). Headquarters was to be the old Prebbleton station, the goods-shed to form the nucleus of buildings needed for such a venture. The Minister of Railways gave us an assurance that once suitable accommodation could be provided, one of the restored “F” class locomotives would be donated to us. However, before arrangements were finalised, the department decided against the proposal, as heavy industry was expanding rapidly in the area, and the line would be required as an industrial spur.
And then
For a period in the 1980s, DG 2451 loco which was owned by Rodger Redward for his abortive "Southern Rail" preservation project based at Prebbleton. Unfortunately all of the rolling stock for this project (stored at Linwood) was held in his personal ownership rather than in trust and as such was therefore classified as matrimonial property to be divided up in his divorce case. As such this locomotive ended up being sold to Pacific Scrap and was towed to Sockburn in the early 1990s to be cut up.
At the beginning of 1988 the Southern Rail site at Prebbleton was cleared due to non payment of lease fees and all of the rolling stock was seized and auctioned to recover the debts. Here are some of the carriages and other items stored in sidings next to the double tracks of the Main South Line.
The Fiat railcar segment was originally part of the Southern Rail collection that was kept when the rest of the Fiats were sent to Prebbleton for scrapping. As there was no interest in preservation at the time the cab front of this item ended up in a Bromley scrapyard and was later purchased by the RM133 Trust for parts and shipped to Pahiatua.
And Now
Nothing - shame. Update there has been a supermarket on part of the site.