Ormondville Rail Preservation
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Rolling stock & other
features at
Ormondville station
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The following
are display items that help give the Ormondville rail precinct its historic
context. Unless otherwise stated, photos are by Val Burr. Please click on the
thumbnail to see a larger view.
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1.
The "Kopua hut," so named after its place of origin. Retrieved
as a derelict in February 1996, it has now been restored and serves as
additional accommodation at the station. Shortly it will be joined on
its flat Ea wagon by the "Matahiwi hut." (9/9/2000)
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2.
The "Matahiwi hut," so named after its place of origin. This
derelict hut arrived in January 1997 and its restoration is due to be
complete by late 2000. It will then serve as additional accommodation.
It is pictured here in the goods shed during a working bee. Concealed
deeper within the goods shed is a wooden W butter wagon painted
"Nelson Bros, Tomoana Freezing Works." It arrived in 1995.
(9/9/2000)
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3.
Two of the station's three La wagons parked at the old wool bank. The
three arrived from various places in 1996 and 1997. (9/9/2000)
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4.
The two Kp wagons begin their transformation from oxidized red to silver
- which, incidentally, shows every historic dent! This
is the colour they started out as when they arrived from Yugoslavia in
1959. At that time, all other wagons in NZ were painted red, white or
black, so they provided something of a stark contrast. Both
arrived in 1996. (Photo: Bob Brooking, winter 2000)
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5.
The H cattle wagon is work in progress, having arrived in 1997. Behind
it is an Xp wagon that once carried such things as butter and
vegetables, and beyond that is a Kc general goods wagon that arrived in
1998 and two others. These wagons await restoration and volunteers to
help do the work or finance it are welcomed. (9/9/2000)
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6.
The Jc sheep wagon makes an attractive 'garden ornament' as it awaits
restoration on the wool bank. Another is undergoing restoration off
site. They arrived in 1996. (9/9/2000)
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7.
'Shirley the Shunter, ' a Price Tr shunter, arrived from Norsewood on 2
July 1994. It is one of seven small four-wheel shunters built to the
same design in 1939 and 1944. Built for the NZ Air Force in 1944 by
A&G Price at Thames, this shunter began its career at an Air Force
base at Te Rapa, near Hamilton. Thereafter it moved to Te Awamutu,
Mangaroa (near Upper Hutt), Weedons (near Christchurch), before going in
the 1970s to Steam Incorporated's museum at Paekakariki. It proved to
small for their requirements and in due course it was obtained by Peter
Berry for the Ormondville project. Its next few years were spent behind
the old Norsewood dairy factory. For thirty years it worked at Trentham
Military Camp, where it was painted 'caterpillar' yellow. This is
the reason for its present colour scheme. At that time it was named 'Prancin'
Penny'. Nowadays it has an Austin 6 cylinder truck motor and a gearbox
with three forward gears and reverse. (9/9/2000)
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8.
The 6,000 gallon 'Putorino water vat' shown as it finally is declared
'full,' the timber having taken a while - and regular topping up - to
again become properly water tight. Built in 1930, it arrived
indirectly from Putorino station on the Napier-Gisborne line in December
1997. The long setting up process is nearing its end, with funding
having recently been obtained from the Eastern & Central Community
Trust and the Tararua District Council Community Grant to mount it on
legs again. In addition to serving as a static exhibit, as a water
source for passing locos and as a back-up water supply for the station,
it also serves as a back-up water supply for emergency fire fighting in
the town. Ormondville was not previously a watering station due to its
inadequate water supply. (9/9/2000)
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