Bealey River
| Bealey River | ||
 Bealey River in Arthur's Pass |
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| Data | ||
| location | Canterbury Region , South Island , New Zealand | |
| River system | Waimakariri River | |
| Drain over | Waimakariri River → Pegasus Bay | |
| source | East slope of Mount Bealey 42 ° 54 ′ 59 ″ S , 171 ° 31 ′ 43 ″ E |
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| muzzle | Waimakariri River. Coordinates: 43 ° 1 '8 " S , 171 ° 36' 27" E 43 ° 1 '8 " S , 171 ° 36' 27" E |
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| Mouth height |
605 m
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| Communities | Arthur's Pass | |
| Navigable | No | |
 Muzzle. The Bealey River runs to the top of the picture, the Waimakariri from left to right |
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The Bealey River is a small river in the Southern Alps on the South Island of New Zealand . It is a tributary of the Waimakariri River . Its valley forms with State Highway 73 the southern access to Arthur's Pass . The river has its source about 3 kilometers southwest of the pass on the eastern slope of Mount Bealey .
The river and the settlement of the same name are named after Samuel Bealey , a 19th century farmer and superintendent of the province of Canterbury .
Locomotive disposal
In the first half of the 20th century, the New Zealand Railways Department sank some decommissioned locomotives and wagons in the river to stabilize the river's course and prevent erosion, especially on the railway bridge over the river. Some of these locomotives were salvaged for restoration by railroad enthusiasts, including a WMR Nº 9 (later NZR N 453) by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Trust in 2003. Most of the other locomotives have since been either buried in or scrapped. The remnants of the N O 10 from WMR (later NZR N 454) are believed to be upstream near Cora Lynn in the river bed.
In the early 1920s, NZR used a disused quarry to clear valuable parts from locomotives before they were sunk. Among other things, the frame of a V 132 remained in the quarry , which was experimentally equipped with a Heusinger control by NZR in 1898 . Shortly after they were recovered in 1997–98, Tranz Rail and the Department of Conservation filled in the remaining locomotive parts as part of a "cleanup".
The environmental offenders of the NZR also used the Bealey River to burn old wooden passenger cars in the 1950s and 1960s. They were collected from the Addington Railway Workshops in Christchurch, shunted into the river and burned to recover the metal parts as scrap.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Place Name Detail Bealey River . In: Find official New Zealand place names . Country information New Zealand. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
- ^ Wellington and Manawatu Railway Trust: Stage I - Salvage ( Memento of December 26, 2003 in the Internet Archive )