Parnell Regrading

Following the Parnell regrading project
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Regrading works next to Mainline Steam are under full swing. The tracks are being regraded to give a 1:80 grade for a new station

21 December 2011

Looking towards Britomart at Parnell. The tracks are being regraded from the overbridge almost all the way to the Parnell tunnel

21 December 2011

Wagons stored at Mainline Steam's depot, who currently have no rail access. Their link may move further south

21 December 2011

A UC tanker wagon sits in the Mainline Steam yard next to stored lengths of rail

21 December 2011

Tracks have been relaid at Parnell. The track in front has been tamped, the track at rear hasn't

16 January 2012

The transition from the 1:33 grade from the tunnel to the 1:80 grade for the platforms is clear

16 January 2012

A tamper and various other machines at the bottom of the grade

16 January 2012

Dynamic track stabiliser ETM 526 idles near the Parnell bridge

16 January 2012

The vertical kink in the track, new signals and the Mainline Steam depot viewed from the new underpass

16 January 2012

The new underpass, about a metre lower and slightly further north than the old one

16 January 2012

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