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    The Otira Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Midland Line in the South Island of New Zealand, between Otira and Arthur's Pass. It runs under the Southern...
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    then Otira in 1899, when the pass was navigated by coach from Otira until the railway tunnel opened in 1923. During construction of the tunnel, Otira housed...
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    railroad tunnel in British Columbia Otira Tunnel, a tunnel in New Zealand with similar characteristics Snoqualmie Tunnel, Milwaukee Road near Snoqualmie Pass...
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  • by the New Zealand Railways for long tunnels; the Otira Tunnel, the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel and the two Tawa Tunnels of the Tawa Flat Deviation. Electrification...
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    features five major bridges, five viaducts and 17 tunnels, the longest of which is the Otira tunnel. It is the route of the popular TranzAlpine passenger...
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    tunnel in New Zealand, superseding the Otira Tunnel in the South Island until the completion of the Kaimai Tunnel 9.03 kilometres (5.61 mi) near Tauranga...
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    entire Newmarket Line in central Auckland, New Zealand 3.0% (1 in 33) – Otira Tunnel, New Zealand, which is equipped with extraction fans to reduce chance...
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  • (in order of steepness) Otira Tunnel 1 in 33 – 3% Swan View Tunnel 1 in 49 – 2.04% - asphyxiation death in 1942 Devonshire Tunnel 1 in 50 – 2.00% - on other...
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  • War, when his father sold the farm. At that time, Munro worked on the Otira Tunnel construction until recalled to work with his father on a newly purchased...
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    between 1968 and 1997 on the Otira – Arthur's Pass section of the Midland line in the South Island, through the Otira Tunnel. Following reconditioning,...
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