File Records:Shag Point
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| Shag Point | - | - | - | 23/11/1929 | Approval to provide telephone to enable staff to ascertain running of trains. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W3199, 03/3962/1 | WRD | Otago | S | 51919 |
| Shag Point | - | - | - | 28/4/1962 | Closed to all traffic. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W3180, Pub 3 | WRD | Otago | S | 51920 |
| Shag Point | - | - | - | 25/7/1983 | Crossing loop accommodates 74 wagons. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W5514, 00/2826/7 | WRD | Otago | S | 51921 |
| Shag Point | - | - | - | 2/11/1987 | Main South Line – 305.79km from Port Lyttelton (0.00km). | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 3337 | WRD | Otago | S | 51922 |
| Shag Point | - | - | - | 6/1992 | Closed to all traffic. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | - | Rails | Otago | S | 51923 |
| Shag Point | - | - | - | 1/8/1898 | Loop 5 wagons, backshunt 17 wagons, backshunt 3 wagons. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 98/2756 | WRD | Otago | S | 51924 |
| Shag Point | - | - | - | 19/4/1886 | Loop 11 wagons, backshunt 11 wagons | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 3337 | WRD | Otago | S | 51925 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 1890 | Mileage 2 miles 10 chains from Shag Point Junction. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 90/2780 | WRD | Otago | S | 51926 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 1/4/1880 | Post Office operated by Railways Department staff opened. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | Mails by Rail in NZ | R Startup | Otago | S | 51927 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 1/7/1890 | Arrangements for working traffic on branch railway. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51928 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 12/8/1887 | Shag Point is 2 miles 10 chains from Shag Point Junction. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51929 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 12/8/1887 | Shag Point is 7 miles 52 chains from Palmerston. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51930 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 17/11/1879 | Memo by William Rich requesting Government to refund to Shag Point Coal Coy the cost of constructing their branch line. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 2 | PWD | Otago | S | 51931 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 17/2/1892 | As to Allandale Coal Coy loading coal on the running line. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51932 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 18/7/1890 | Shag Point Railway – claim of Hazlett and Glendinning respecting construction of. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51933 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 19/8/1885 | Correct length of Shag Point Branch is 2 miles 10 chains, not 2 miles as reckoned hitherto. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51934 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 1907/08 | Shag Point Branch lifted. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W3180, Pub 1 | WRD | Otago | S | 51935 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 20/7/1886 | After 1881 the Company's landward coal ran out, and they applied for a right to mine seaward. They got 193 acres and a right to put in submarine workings until the mine was closed in 1883. The Company are now putting out from 800 to 1,000 tons per month, and that amount will go on increasing. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51936 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 20/7/1886 | The Government has worked the line from the opening of the mine. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51937 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 20/7/1886 | The line also confers very considerable benefit on a brick and pipe works. There are also other kinds of goods carried on the line. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51938 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 23/6/1891 | Petition of Hazlett and Glendinning respecting ownership of Railway. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51939 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 23/9/1889 | Carriage of coal from Allandale Mine, on Shag Point Coy's line, to Shag Point. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51940 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 26/2/1884 | Requesting authority to stop working the Shag Point Branch, as coal pits are closed. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51941 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 27/6/1879 | Notifying Shag Point Branch line has been declared open for traffic. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 2 | PWD | Otago | S | 51942 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 28/1/1891 | Report respecting ownership. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 3 | PWD | Otago | S | 51943 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 3/1/1879 | Shag Point Coal Coy to construct line at nominal sum. Recommending acceptance. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 2 | PWD | Otago | S | 51944 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 3/1879 | Shag Point Coal Coy – application to purchase rails for their branch line. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 2 | PWD | Otago | S | 51945 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 4/9/1891 | Proposal to purchase branch railway. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51946 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 6/12/1889 | Application of J Allan for a private siding on branch. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51947 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 7/3/1884 | Post Office removed from station. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | Mails by Rail in NZ | R Startup | Otago | S | 51948 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 9/7/1886 | It has been worked by the Government ever since. It was a line which had been very profitable to the Government until the closing of the mine two years ago. The Company who made the line had every reason to hope and expect the Government would take it over in due time. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51949 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 9/7/1886 | It was alleged the sea was getting into the mine; and it turned out not a drop of salt water had been in it. The Government were advised lives were in danger and the mine was abandoned. But it turned out quite unfounded. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51950 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 9/7/1886 | Shag Point line was opened on 17/6/1879. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51951 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 9/7/1886 | The coal extends landward; but the best coal comes from under the sea. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51952 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 9/7/1886 | The expense will be of pumping the mine out. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51953 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 9/7/1886 | The mine was submerged by order of the Government at an enormous loss to the proprietors and the district. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51954 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 9/7/1886 | The Shag Point line was constructed by the Government at the Company's expense. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51955 |
| Shag Point Branch | - | - | - | 9/7/1886 | There used to be a little vessel trading to Shag Point, which used to take down stores and things from Dunedin and take back produce. Probably everything goes by rail now. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 87/2945 | WRD | Otago | S | 51956 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 1890 | Mileage 31 miles 62 chains from Oamaru. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 90/2780 | WRD | Otago | S | 51957 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 8/3/1907 | Approval to close the branch was given on 5 May. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | JRS/337 | ATL | Otago | S | 51958 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 27/5/1907 | The line has now been closed, the turnout and rails on the railway property having been removed. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | JRS/337 | ATL | Otago | S | 51959 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 29/7/1908 | The Shag point Branch, 2 miles 10 chains in length, is now closed. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | JRS/337 | ATL | Otago | S | 51960 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 23/7/1948 | Switch locked siding. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W3199, 03/3140 | WRD | Otago | S | 51961 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 18/6/1953 | Loop 36 wagons. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W3199, 03/3140 | WRD | Otago | S | 51962 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 1/8/1898 | Accommodation 5th class station, passenger platform, cart approach to platform, stationmaster's house, urinals. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 98/2756 | WRD | Otago | S | 51963 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 1/8/1898 | Loop 41 wagons. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 98/2756 | WRD | Otago | S | 51964 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 1/9/1882 | Accommodation 5th class station, passenger platform, fixed signals, stationmaster's house, urinals. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 3337 | WRD | Otago | S | 51965 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 1/9/1882 | Loop 35 wagons (for branch) | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 3337 | WRD | Otago | S | 51966 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 12/12/1881 | Loop 35 wagons (for branch) | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 3337 | WRD | Otago | S | 51967 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 13/12/1879 | Requesting further authority £398 for Junction of Shag Point Coal Coy's line with main line. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51968 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 18/6/1879 | From the beginning of the contract (some 5 chains from the present junction points) the branch falls on a 1 in 50 grade some 20 chains and thence runs with moderate grades and curved from 10 chains radius upward about 1 mile 47 chains to its terminus near the mouth of the coal pit at Shag Point. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | JRS/337 | ATL | Otago | S | 51969 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 18/6/1879 | The branch has been certified fit for traffic. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | JRS/337 | ATL | Otago | S | 51970 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 18/6/1879 | The branch leaves the main line at present by the temporary siding laid in by the Department – about 189 miles 75 chains – and a backshunt capable of holding about ten wagons has been added to this siding by the Shag Point Coal Coy. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | JRS/337 | ATL | Otago | S | 51971 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 18/6/1879 | The works were begun in January last. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | JRS/337 | ATL | Otago | S | 51972 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 18/6/1879 | Total length 1 mile 67 chains on contract plans; 5 chains temporary siding laid in by the Government; 1 mile 72 chains. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | JRS/337 | ATL | Otago | S | 51973 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 19/4/1886 | Accommodation 5th class station, passenger platform, fixed signals, stationmaster's house, urinals. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 3337 | WRD | Otago | S | 51974 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 19/4/1886 | Loop 41 wagons | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 3337 | WRD | Otago | S | 51975 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 20/12/1880 | Mileage 31 miles 63 chains from Oamaru. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 3337 | WRD | Otago | S | 51976 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 22/7/1882 | Requesting authority £34 for purchasing house built by Ganger Reid. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51977 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 24/7/1879 | Shag Point Junction. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 2/44 | PWD | Otago | S | 51978 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 26/8/1891 | Postal Department – opening of telephone office. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51979 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 29/12/1879 | Station at Junction of Shag Point Branch now receiving two designations – recommending it be called Shag Point Junction. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51980 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 30/5/1898 | Road diversion at Shag Point. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51981 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 31/3/1883 | Addition to platelayer's house - £31.18.5. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 83/2044 | WRD | Otago | S | 51982 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 31/3/1883 | Purchase of house - £34.0.0. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | R4, 83/2044 | WRD | Otago | S | 51983 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 7/10/1885 | Urgent need for overbridge at level crossing near Shag Point Junction. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | W 1820 | WRD | Otago | S | 51984 |
| Shag Point Junction | - | - | - | 8/12/1879 | The station building from Port Moeraki is to be erected at Shag Point Junction. This work is almost complete. This is a new junction for the Shag Point Branch. | Oamaru – Palmerston Section | - | JRS/337 | ATL | Otago | S | 51985 |