Shantytown

A quick peek at the rail activities of Shantytown
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Diesel shunt locomotive Tr 107 sits at Shantytown station with the single carriage train

11 July 2016

Tr 107 sits at the Shantytown station before running the final service of the day

11 July 2016

Tr 107 viewed closer, coupled to the single carriage

11 July 2016

The track climbs a steep grade from the Shantytown station

11 July 2016

The end of the line at Shantytown

11 July 2016

Tr 17 at the end of the short 1.5km line at Shantytown

11 July 2016

Tr 107 waits to run the train back down the line to Shantytown

11 July 2016

Viewed from the cab of Tr 107, the track descends steeply back to Shantytown

11 July 2016

Tr 197 stops at the sawmill to let passengers off

11 July 2016

The small sawmill station at Shantytown

11 July 2016

Climax 1203 sitting in the depot at Shantytown. The locomotive was built in 1912 for the Potate Timber Co. near Taumarunui

11 July 2016

The Opossum rests in the depot at Shantytown. This locomotive was built in 1875, among the first locomotives built for New Zealand

11 July 2016

Heisler 1494 at Shantytown, built in 1924

11 July 2016

L 208, renumbered 508, sits in pieces in the depot at Shantytown

11 July 2016

Outside Shantytown, a section of Howe truss bridge from the Hokitika Line is preserved and on display

11 July 2016

The deck of the Howe truss bridge, missing its running rails

11 July 2016

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