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Latest revision as of 03:52, 25 August 2022

Lintley--Lumsden
1.8km Lintley
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Josephville 7.4km Lumsden 2.4km Mararoa_Junction
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l Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 Date Details Railway Rly 2 Reference Source Locality Island Sequence
Lumsden Elbow - - 9/4/1901 Erection of a new house for stationmaster. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3734/16 WRD Southland S 27256
Lumsden Elbow - - 4/7/1904 Postal Department – Lumsden railway station – alterations, etc, for Post & Telegraph purposes - £100 will be put on estimates. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 3 PWD Southland S 27257
Lumsden Elbow - - 1890 Mileage 11 miles 65 chains from Mossburn. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway R4, 90/2780 WRD Southland S 27258
Lumsden Elbow - - 1890 Mileage 37 miles 0 chains from Gore Junction (Waimea Plains Branch). Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway R4, 90/2780 WRD Southland S 27259
Lumsden Elbow - - 1890 Mileage 49 miles 7 chains from Invercargill. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway R4, 90/2780 WRD Southland S 27260
Lumsden Elbow - - 1936 Station building from Dunback transferred to Lumsden to replace Lumsden station building destroyed by fire. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3199, 03/2927 WRD Southland S 27261
Lumsden Elbow - - 1938 Station building extended. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3199, 03/2927 WRD Southland S 27262
Lumsden Elbow - - 14/8/1908 Damage to goods shed door. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3734/24 WRD Southland S 27263
Lumsden Elbow - - 5/8/1912 Request that a hut be erected. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3734/29 WRD Southland S 27264
Lumsden Elbow - - 28/4/1913 House for Inspector of Permanent Way. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3734/30 WRD Southland S 27265
Lumsden Elbow - - 31/10/1914 Request for station to be connected to telephone exchange. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3734/31 WRD Southland S 27266
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/12/1914 Post Office removed from station. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27267
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/12/1914 Post Office removed from station. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Mails by Rail in NZ R Startup Southland S 27268
Lumsden Elbow - - 11/11/1916 Damage to goods shed door. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3734/33 WRD Southland S 27269
Lumsden Elbow - - 27/11/1916 Station accommodation. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3734/33 WRD Southland S 27270
Lumsden Elbow - - 27/1/1918 Fire at Lumsden – station slightly injured. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3734/34 WRD Southland S 27271
Lumsden Elbow - - 20/8/1921 The ringing of the five minute bell at Lumsden was discontinued over seven years ago. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 4098, 14/1814 WRD Southland S 27272
Lumsden Elbow - - 16/8/1926 Approval for north vat to a new position - £65. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27273
Lumsden Elbow - - 1/11/1933 Railway station and / or reserve has been improved with plantings, etc, in co-operation with local interests and railway staff. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3180, Pub3/13 WRD Southland S 27274
Lumsden Elbow - - 31/1/1935 Lumsden station destroyed by fire on 30/1/1935. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2852 WRD Southland S 27275
Lumsden Elbow - - 6/11/1935 Hut destroyed, by wind presumably. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27276
Lumsden Elbow - - 19/2/1936 New station has electricity. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27277
Lumsden Elbow - - 6/12/1938 Railway house at 22 Folio Street has electricity. [Electricity account still current 1/11/1973.] Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27278
Lumsden Elbow - - 11/1/1939 Railway house has electricity. [Electricity account still current 31/5/1973.] Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27279
Lumsden Elbow - - 23/8/1940 Electricity installed in railcar shed. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27280
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/11/1947 Mileage 49 miles 4 chains from Invercargill. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 3337 WRD Southland S 27281
Lumsden Elbow - - 31/3/1949 Provision of permanent way huts in hand. (Traffic) Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W2854, Pub 31/5 WRD Southland S 27282
Lumsden Elbow - - 26/3/1951 Railway house has electricity. [Electricity account still current 24/10/1984.] Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27283
Lumsden Elbow - - 23/5/1951 Electricity connected to 7 huts. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27284
Lumsden Elbow - - 4/1953 1 State house for Railways Department completed. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway SAC1, 35/260 SAC Southland S 27285
Lumsden Elbow - - 8/1955 2 State houses for Railways Department completed. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway SAC1, 35/260 SAC Southland S 27286
Lumsden Elbow - - 14/12/1955 Motor for bowser at railcar shed. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27287
Lumsden Elbow - - 13/1/1956 Electric motor for pump installed. [Electricity account closed 30/11/1971.] Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27288
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/8/1962 Two yard lights installed. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27289
Lumsden Elbow - - 17/8/1964 Fire in engine shed roof. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W2382, 039 WRD Southland S 27290
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/2/1968 Fire in engine shed. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W2382, 039 WRD Southland S 27291
Lumsden Elbow - - 30/11/1971 Electric pump installed. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27292
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/8/1972 Draw off from the vat, particularly in summer months, by Road Services amenities and bus wash, hut compound, station amenities, and the Kingston Flyer, is considerable. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27293
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/8/1972 There is no town water supply at Lumsden and the entire township relies on water tanks and/or wells. During the summer months the tank supply is sometimes insufficient and consequently when such shortages occur the tanks are filled with water carted from the vat. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27294
Lumsden Elbow - - 17/11/1972 Electric pump installed. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27295
Lumsden Elbow - - 29/6/1974 Engine shed destroyed by fire on Monday, 28/1/1974. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3180, Pub 3/2 WRD Southland S 27296
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/12/1974 A temporary shelter for the “Kingston Flyer” locomotive is being built to replace the engine shed destroyed by fire in January, 1974. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3180, Pub 3/2 WRD Southland S 27297
Lumsden Elbow - - 26/5/1975 Approval for $5,000 to provided two small amenity buildings, one each at Lumsden and Athol. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway R4, 99/1049 WRD Southland S 27298
Lumsden Elbow - - 26/5/1975 The gang is at present using the old Inspector of Permanent Way office at Lumsden, which has a basin but no other amenity, and a shelter shed at Athol. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway R4, 99/1049 WRD Southland S 27299
Lumsden Elbow - - 1/11/1977 Requesting authority $15,000 for the connection of water supply to the Local Authorities Scheme. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27300
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/11/1977 A Lumsden / Balfour Rural Water Supply scheme has received Government approval to proceed and construction should commence this month. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27301
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/11/1977 Lumsden frequently experiences long dry spells in the summer and considerable sums are spent carting water to the residences. The situation was aggravated recently when a sewage scheme was commissioned and flush toilets were provided at all the houses. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27302
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/11/1977 The Department is involved in the Lumsden Township section of the reticulation scheme where there are 16 railway houses all on rain water tanks and the operating buildings – i.e. station, Road Services, locomotive depot, hut compound, and gang amenities – all supplied from a well and reticulated from two locomotive vats. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27303
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/11/1977 The Southland County Council is aware of the Department's requirements for an extra supply during the Kingston Flyer season and has agreed to make suitable provision for this. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27304
Lumsden Elbow - - 2/11/1977 The station yard supply is from two shallow wells which are both inadequate in summer and are subject to unacceptable levels of contamination. A chlorination plant was installed in 1973 to reduce the bacteriological contamination but the quantity of water is a continuing problem. To conserve Lumsden water supply during the summer, the Kingston Flyer locomotive makes unscheduled stops for water at a trackside vat near Athol but despite this, there is inadequate water for normal use at Lumsden. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27305
Lumsden Elbow - - 7/11/1977 Approval for the above. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27306
Lumsden Elbow - - 15/1/1978 Closed to all traffic. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway 00/2107/1 NZRLS Southland S 27307
Lumsden Elbow - - 4/3/1982 Electric pumps no longer needed.. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27308
Lumsden Elbow - - 4/3/1982 Electricity disconnected. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27309
Lumsden Elbow - - 12/12/1982 Closed. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway 00/2107/1 NZRLS Southland S 27310
Lumsden Elbow - - 22/5/1984 Railways Department ceased using building. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27311
Lumsden Elbow - - 12/11/1985 Rail car shed being removed. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27312
Lumsden Elbow - - 12/8/1987 Station building used by Waipiti Handcrafts. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway Card RHT Southland S 27313
Lumsden Elbow - - 1/10/1884 Name of Elbow station changed to Lumsden. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway 00/2107/1 NZRLS Southland S 27314
Lumsden Elbow - - 1/3/1887 Application for loading bank. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27315
Lumsden Elbow - - 1/8/1898 Accommodation 4th class station, passenger platform, cart approach to platform, goods shed 80ft x 31ft, cattle yards, water service, coal accommodation, engine reversing triangle, engine shed, fixed signals, stationmaster's house, urinals. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway R4, 98/2756 WRD Southland S 27316
Lumsden Elbow - - 1/8/1898 Loop 22 wagons, loop 28 wagons (goods shed), backshunt 30 wagons (cattle yards), loop 30 wagons (engine shed), backshunt 30 wagons (branch). Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway R4, 98/2756 WRD Southland S 27317
Lumsden Elbow - - 12/5/1891 Recommending providing extra accommodation at Lumsden. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27318
Lumsden Elbow - - 13/3/1889 Application for an additional room to stationmaster's house. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27319
Lumsden Elbow - - 14/7/1898 Authority for additional room for inspector's house. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27320
Lumsden Elbow - - 15/11/1886 Mileage 37 miles 0 chains from Gore Junction (Waimea Plains Branch). Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 3337 WRD Southland S 27321
Lumsden Elbow - - 15/3/1895 Approval for the above. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27322
Lumsden Elbow - - 16/6/1890 Re: telephone communication between Lumsden, Lowther, and Kingston. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27323
Lumsden Elbow - - 17/1/1879[?] Township of Lumsden. This township formerly known as The Elbow, is a station on the Invercargill – Kingston Railway line and is situated at the junction where the road crosses the Oreti River. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway 00/2107/1 NZRLS Southland S 27324
Lumsden Elbow - - 18/5/1895 Approval for the above. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27325
Lumsden Elbow - - 18/9/1899 Erection of train examiner's hut. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3734/15 WRD Southland S 27326
Lumsden Elbow - - 19/4/1886 Accommodation 4th class station, passenger platform, cart approach to platform, goods shed 80ft x 31ft, loading bank, crane, water service, coal accommodation, engine turning triangle, weighbridge, engine shed, stationmaster's house, urinals. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 3337 WRD Southland S 27327
Lumsden Elbow - - 19/4/1886 Loop 32 wagons, loop 28 wagons (goods shed), backshunt 10 wagons (cattle yards), backshunt 18 wagons (engine shed) Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 3337 WRD Southland S 27328
Lumsden Elbow - - 22/3/1897 Provision of home signals at Lumsden station. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27329
Lumsden Elbow - - 22/4/1895 The proposal was to make a gravitation service to fill the present tanks. The Locomotive Department ask that the service be made available for washing out. This can easily be done by making the dam at a higher level. The extra cost would be £50. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27330
Lumsden Elbow - - 26/10/1896 Proposed additions and alterations to station. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27331
Lumsden Elbow - - 27/7/1896 Additions to stationmaster's house. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27332
Lumsden Elbow - - 3/10/1884 Application of Southland County Council for a level crossing at Larnock Street, Lumsden South. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27333
Lumsden Elbow - - 3/8/1885 Government Insurance Association – proposing to establish an Agency at Lumsden station. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27334
Lumsden Elbow - - 5/1/1889 Newspaper clipping re: want of longer platform. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 1820 WRD Southland S 27335
Lumsden Elbow - - 7/2/1876 Line to Lumsden opened. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W3180, Pub3/10 WRD Southland S 27336
Lumsden Elbow - - 8/3/1895 Improvements to Lumsden water service. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27337
Lumsden Elbow - - 8/3/1895 To carry out this work it is necessary to purchase about an acre of land from the New Zealand Agricultural Company for the purpose of constructing a small dam. Winton – Kingston Railway Invercargill – Kingston Railway W 2493, 95/1162 WRD Southland S 27338
Lumsden 28/1/1974 Engine shed destroyed by fire. W3440, Pub 32/2 WRD S 27339
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