Ocean Beach Railway

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Ocean Beach Railway
A67 steam locomotive of the Ocean Beach Railway
A67 steam locomotive of the Ocean Beach Railway
Route length: 0.5 km
Gauge : 1067 mm ( cape track )

The Ocean Beach Railway (OBR) is a museum railway in Dunedin , on the southeast coast of the South Island of New Zealand .

The Otago branch of the operating company New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society , later Otago Railway and Locomotive Society , was the first company in New Zealand when it was founded in 1960 to acquire a historic steam locomotive with the aim of operating it as a museum locomotive. In 1963 she put the first New Zealand museum railway with passenger traffic into operation.

location

The Ocean Beach Railway runs on Ocean Beach parallel to the beach from John Wilson Drive in Saint Kilda to Muana Rua Road at the sports field diagonally across from Forbury Park Raceway . The route runs near the former Ocean Beach Branch , but not on the same route.

history

SA Rockliff and some members of the branch of the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society in Otago offered at an auction of the Otago Harbor Board 20 NZD on a small 9 t Fowler 0-4-0T tank locomotive with the manufacturer number N o 15912 from 1921, the had been used by the Public Works Department as their N o 540. The bid was successful, making this locomotive the first museum locomotive in New Zealand. Your locomotive whistle rang for the first time in August 1961 on the site of the former Ocean Beach station.

The Ocean Beach Domain Board allowed approximately two feet of track to be laid in Kettle Park along the Saint Kilda Modeling Club property. The company received surplus narrow-gauge railroad tracks from Dunedin City Council . Passenger traffic began in the festival week of 1963 with the PWD 540 and a two-axle high-sided gondola that carried around 2,700 passengers. The railway line was then extended on the route of the Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway to Saint Clair.

In the course of the following years the Ocean Beach Railway extended its own railway line and increased its collection with other locomotives which it acquired or received from Milburn Lime & Cement, the Otago Harbor Board as well as McDonalds Lime and others. Additional vehicles, such as historic passenger and freight cars, were acquired by New Zealand Railways (NZR), including the remains of two cars from the Dunedin & Port Chalmers Railway . A locomotive shed and later a wagon shed were built and secured by a vandal-proof 2.45 m (8 foot ) high fence.

Listing of the locomotives

No
traffic monitoring system no. 		Manufacturer serial number Construction year Acquisition by OBR Description and history
A 66 Dübs & Co. 648   1873   1973 Steam locomotive put into operation by the NZR in 1875 . 1904 sold to the NZ Pine Company in Colac Bay . Resold to Dunedin City Gas Works that same year . In use until 1949 when it was installed in Dunedin next to Josephine , an NZR E-Class with the number E 175 from 1872 in front of the Otago Early Settlers Museum . In 1973 she was acquired by the Ocean Beach Railway and stored. Leased to Caenarvon Restaurant from 1982 until a fire in 1988. The 'A' received a cosmetic restoration and was then exhibited in Middlemarch . In 2000 it was handed over to the Waimea Plains Railway and is being overhauled there.
A 67 Dübs & Co. 647   1873   1967 Steam locomotive put into operation by the NZR in 1873 . Sold to the Hokonui Coal Company in 1891. Bought back by NZR in 1892. Sold to Lovells Flat Coal Company in 1896. Sold to the Real MacKay Company of Milton in 1906 , then to the Bruce Bay Coal Co. in 1907, and to Milburn Lime & Cement in 1921. Acquired in 1967 by the Ocean Beach Railway and put in working order. Decommissioned in 1994 for general overhaul. Installation of a Westinghouse brake and commissioned again the same year. In September 1995 the locomotive took part in the Waipara Vintage Festival of the Weka Pass Railway . Decommissioned in October for further overhaul that was completed in February 1998. In October 2006 the locomotive took part in the 100th anniversary of Dunedin Railway Station. The 'A' is currently undergoing a ten year overhaul.
D 6 Neilson & Co. 2564   1880   1965 Steam locomotive put into operation by the NZR in 1880 . Sold to Taratu Coal in Lovells Flat in 1917 and resold to McDonalds Lime in Oamaru in 1940 . Used by McDonalds until 1965 when it was sold to the Ocean Beach Railway. Currently in need of renovation.
D S 203
59 		Drewry 2527   1955  Nov 1982 Steam locomotive put into operation by the NZR in May 1955 . Sold to Ocean Beach Railwav in November 1982. The locomotive was then painted black and maroon. Decommissioned for overhaul in 2005 when the DSA 549 was acquired. The overhaul began on March 29, 2014.
D SA 252
549 		Hunslet 4530   1954 0Feb 5, 2005 Steam locomotive put into operation by the NZR in November 1954 . 1978 renumbered as DSA 549. Decommissioned in September 1982 and sold to PPCS (now Silver Fern Farms ) for their Burnside Freezing Works. Awarded to the Ocean Beach Railway in February 2005 on condition that it would be returned if needed again. Operational.
D SA 256
592 		Hunslet 4534   1954   2000 Steam locomotive put into operation by the NZR in 1955 . 1978 renumbered as DSA 592. Decommissioned in 1980 and painted "International Orange". Decommissioned in 1986. Reopened on January 29, 1981. Sold in the same month to the Fiordland Vintage Machinery Museum for the planned railway line at Te Anau . The locomotive was acquired privately and stored at the Ocean Beach Railway and later acquired by them.
Dübs & Co. 1233   1879   1966 Steam locomotive put into operation by the NZR in 1879 . Decommissioned on July 18, 1934 and sold to the Oamaru Harbor Board. Sold to Ocean Beach Railway in March 1966 and put into working order in 1975. Decommissioned in 1985 for the 10 year overhaul. In the same year the boiler was declared ready for scrap. In 2007 the overhaul was started again. The locomotive is now called Rob Roy .
F 150 Dübs & Co. 1371   1880   1974 Steam locomotive put into operation by the NZR in 1882 . Decommissioned in January 1958. In storage until 1961 when it was exhibited in a park in Invercargill until 1974. In the same year it was sold to the Ocean Beach Railway and stored under cover. In 1986 the Ocean Beach Railway rented the F 150 to the Ashburton Railway & Preservation Society for the occasional restoration for The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum , which began shortly thereafter. The restoration was interrupted because of more urgent work on the A 64, a K 88 of the NZR K-Class from 1877 and the T R 119.
Kerr Stuart 4185 Kerr Stuart 4185   1929   1960 Steam locomotive built in 1929 for Kempthorne Prosser. She was acquired by the Ocean Beach Railway and made operational. Decommissioned in 1994 for general overhaul. Equipped with a Westinghouse brake, back in operation since May 13, 1995. In September 1995, she participated in the Weka Pass Railway's Waipara Vintage Festival. In the 2000s, it was overhauled until 2007. Decommissioned on April 21, 2014 to replace some pipes, but now back in service. Operational.
Price 185 A&G Price 185   1958  Dec 1993 Diesel locomotive built for Alliance Meats for their Lorneville Freezing Works. Acquired by the Ocean Beach Railway in December 1993 and is currently in working order but in need of restoration.
PWD 540 John Fowler & Co. 15912   1921   1960 Steam locomotive built in 1921 for the Public Works Department . 1951 sold to the Otago Harbor Board. Acquired in 1960 by the Ocean Beach Railway and made operational. Commissioned again in 1963. In September 2014 it was in need of renovation. This is New Zealand's first museum locomotive.
T R 81
309 		Drewry 2097   1939   1988 Diesel locomotive built in 1939 for the Ohai Railway Board. Sold to the NZR in November 1955 and reclassified as T R 81. Refurbished in February 1969. Renumbered in 1978 as TR 309. Sold to the Ocean Beach Railway and transferred to the Ohai Railway Board color scheme. Operational.
Traills Tractor A&T Burt. 126   1926   1997 Diesel tractor on rail wheels built for Milburn Cement . Exhibited in a kindergarten until 1997 and then acquired and stored by the Ocean Beach Railway.

dare

The Ocean Beach Railway has several historic railroad cars:

  • A 193 and A 210 , two 43 foot (13 m ) long passenger cars built at the Addington Workshops in 1883 and 1886 .
  • A 529 , a 12.5 m (41 foot) long so called 'Vogelbauer' car, which was built by built in the Addington Workshops in 1897 and converted into a ministerial car in 1904 before being taken to E A 1564, South Island in 1939 Plumbers and Fitters Coach was rebuilt.
  • A F 874 , a 14.5 m (47 feet 6 inch ) long 'carvan' or combined freight and passenger car with a conductor's compartment.
  • D 139 , a 6.5 m (21 ft 6 in) long two-axle passenger car built at Hyslops in Dunedin in 1877.

The Ocean Beach Railway is known, among other things, for its enthusiasm for the restoration of freight cars. For example, the museum owns the hand-operated 5 ton Ransome & Rapier crane No. 287 from 1874. The museum also owns the frames of two former Dunedin & Port Chalmers Railway Company vehicles, of which it is not entirely certain whether they belonged to freight or passenger cars.

business

The Ocean Beach Railway runs on either steam or diesel locomotives on weekends from the Labor weekend in October to the ANZAC weekend in April. The T R 81, Kerr Stuart 4185 and D SA 252 locomotives are operational while the A67 is being overhauled. The overhaul work mostly takes place on Saturdays, and visitors are welcome to view the workshops and renovations.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Discover Our Heritage . (No longer available online.) Otago Railway and Locomotive Society , archived from the original on January 22, 2016 ; accessed on October 12, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / oceanbeachrailway.co.nz
  2. ^ Dunedin's Matchbox Railway: The Dunedin, Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway Company and Other Suburban Transport Ventures p102-3 by JA Dangerfield (1986, New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. Wellington) ISBN 0-908573-45-6
  3. ↑ a b c d e New Zealand Rolling Stock Register: Steam Locomotives Register.
  4. ↑ a b c Unknown title . In: Triple M Publications (Ed.): Railfan . 1, No. 1, December 1994. ISSN  1173-2229 .
  5. ↑ Unknown title . In: Triple M Publications (Ed.): Railfan . 4, No. 1, December 1997. ISSN  1173-2229 .
  6. ↑ Unknown title . In: Triple M Publications (Ed.): Railfan . 1, No. 3, June 1995. ISSN  1173-2229 .
  7. ^ A b New Zealand Rolling Stock Register: Diesel Locomotives Register.
  8. ^ NZ Railways Rolling Stock Lists: DS.
  9. ↑ a b NZ Railways Rolling Stock Lists: DSA.
  10. ↑ Unknown title . In: Triple M Publications (Ed.): Railfan . 6, No. 4, September 2000. ISSN  1173-2229 .
  11. ↑ a b NZ Railways Rolling Stock Lists: F.
  12. ^ New Zealand Rolling Stock Register: Internal Combustion Register
  13. ↑ Vehicles - Hand Crane 287 ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.obr.org.nz
  14. ^ OBR: Operating Days and Fares. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on October 11, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / oceanbeachrailway.co.nz

Coordinates: 45 ° 54 ′ 24.7 ″  S , 170 ° 30 ′ 35 ″  O