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    Raurimu railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk, and in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. It opened in 1906 and closed in 1978. It was...
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    Raurimu Spiral The Raurimu Spiral is a single-track railway spiral, starting with a horseshoe curve, overcoming a 139-metre (456 ft) height difference...
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    Raurimu is a settlement in Ruapehu District, New Zealand. State Highway 4 passes through it, and the North Island Main Trunk railway line runs to the east...
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    Offices of the Tamaki Sawmill Co. at Raurimu railway station Raurimu Spiral in 2007 (no remains of tramways visible) Raurimu Spiral Tamaki Sawmill Company....
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    between the two states. Picton railway station, New South Wales, turns back on itself at about 225 degrees. The Raurimu Spiral in New Zealand has a horseshoe...
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    steam locomotive KA 947 pulling into the old railway station. $1.50 – Makatote Viaduct, 1963. $2.00 – Raurimu Spiral, 1964. $2.50 – The Overlander, Hapuawhenua...
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    famous Raurimu Spiral. From 18 December 1917 until 1 January 1968, Ohakune was also the junction for the Raetihi Branch, a branch line railway to Raetihi...
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    Whangārei (section Railway)
    (formerly Raumanga Primary and Raumanga Middle schools, amalgamated), Raurimu Avenue School, and Onerahi School. Pompallier Catholic College (opened...
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  • sections where banking engines were used in one direction e.g. Owhango-Raurimu a linesman would periodically transfer tablets to the other end (the banker...
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    2020. "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2020. "THE RAURIMU SPIRAL....
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    the hamlet of Oio, which lay to the north of the station. It was 8.29 km (5.15 mi) north of Raurimu and 5.64 km (3.50 mi) south of Ōwhango. It was one...
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    kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the station the railway performs the convoluted dance that is the Raurimu Spiral, one of New Zealand's most impressive feats...
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    7349°N 96.8633113°E / 20.7349; 96.8633113 on the Thazi-Taunggyi line. Raurimu Spiral at 39°07′13″S 175°24′04″E / 39.120337°S 175.4010443°E / -39.120337;...
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    Stream, Manawatu-Wanganui". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 6 November 2020. "THE RAURIMU SPIRAL. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1 November 1929...
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    south of Taumarunui are the villages of Manunui, Piriaka, Kakahi, Ōwhango, Raurimu and then National Park. To the north are the school and truck stop of Māpiu...
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  • National Park township just to the south of the Railway Station. The southern end of the fault joins the Raurimu Fault, just south of National Park, which is...
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  • shunter Robert Newton Smith. 17 January 1956, Between National Park and Raurimu – Locomotive Jb1229 returning after banking No.227 express to National...
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  • was deemed by law to be an NZR railway for the purposes of calculating passenger and freight rates between railway stations in the South Island and Nelson...
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  • "traffic saturation" on the mountainous central section, particularly the Raurimu Spiral. In 1975, the study recommended electrification using 25 kV 50 Hz AC;...
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    "Erua, Manawatu-Wanganui". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 3 January 2021. "THE RAURIMU SPIRAL. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1 November 1929...
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    experience and skills to secondary school groups and others. The Raurimu Spiral is a railway spiral traveling upwards 122 m (400 ft) in 1.6 km (0.99 mi),...
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    traffic on 12 August 1907 and a mail coach ran between the railheads at Raurimu and Rangataua, serving Horopito on the way. A stationmaster was appointed...
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    North Island Main Trunk railway (completed 1908) Raurimu Spiral (1898) Otira Tunnel (completed 1923) East Coast Main Trunk Railway (completed 1928) Westfield...
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    Ohakune railway station is a station on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT), which serves the town of Ohakune in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand...
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    proposal also included changing the name of National Park railway station to Waimarino railway station. The New Zealand Geographic Board supported this move...
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    Horseshoe Curve (Pennsylvania) (category Norfolk Southern Railway)
    National Register of Historic Places listings in Blair County, Pennsylvania Raurimu Spiral Tehachapi Loop "Horsheshoe Curve". NPSGallery. National Park Service...
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  • has necessitated a number of complicated engineering feats, notably the Raurimu Spiral. There are 1787 bridges and 150 tunnels in less than 4,000 km of...
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    Makatote Viaduct (category Railway bridges in New Zealand)
    passengers on the coach between the temporary railheads at Ohakune and Raurimu. A station, 2 mi 35.38 ch (3.930 km) south of Erua and north of the viaduct,...
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    paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 22 November 1945. Retrieved 25 December 2020. "THE RAURIMU SPIRAL. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1 November 1929...
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    Ohakea Ōhau Ōhura Ormondville Ōwhango Pohangina Pongaroa Rangataua Rātana Raurimu Rongotea Sanson Tangimoana Tokomaru Waikawa Beach Waiouru Waitarere Beach...
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