Taumarunui Model Railway

Taumarunui Station's model railway, opened especially for the RES
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Upstairs in the Taumarunui station building is a large model railway layout, built over 20 years

22 June 2015

The main yard of the railway, featuring American rolling stock

22 June 2015

The yard includes a hand operated turntable

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Wharfs in the middle of the railway room

22 June 2015

Close up of tracks on the wharf, sunken into the wharf itself

22 June 2015

A freight train stationary on the railway. The bridge in the lower right lifts to allow access to the room

22 June 2015

This traverser in another yard is electrically operated

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Two bridges on one side of the room

22 June 2015

A passenger train passes a station on the line

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The passenger train passes over a bridge

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The train passes detailed mountainous terrain

22 June 2015

The passenger train's couplings failed and the train left two carriages sitting on the line. These were picked up by the freight train and pushed around the layout

22 June 2015

A derailed bogie on the second carriage caused the train to derail when it reached a set of points. TAIC was not called

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The railway features a number of settings

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In the real world, these structures are used to guard against slips

22 June 2015

A third yard on the layout

22 June 2015

The freight train exits a tunnel

22 June 2015

The railway includes a Raurimu-like spiral. The train came towards the camera on the lower track then circled up to where it is now

22 June 2015

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