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... 10 KB (965 words) - 05:50, 10 March 2024 |
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... 22 KB (2,316 words) - 06:53, 19 May 2023 |
Ruling gradient (redirect from Windy Point Tunnel) (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... 7 KB (1,029 words) - 23:12, 28 January 2021 |
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,... 14 KB (1,735 words) - 03:22, 7 March 2024 |
experiments began with DX class locomotives in the then electrified Otira Tunnel. While the initial tests were unsuccessful, later testing in 1991 found... 30 KB (3,653 words) - 20:14, 10 March 2024 |