NZ - A RAILCAR EXCURSION
A LOCAL PASSENGER RAILCAR SERVICE FROM RAPANUI TO CRONDUNNE TO PICK UP AND
DISCHARGE PASSENGERS AT THE SMALLER LOOP STATIONS.
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The small stations have trouble justifying and accommodating the bigger mainline
passenger services.
For these smaller centres the railcar was often the most reliable regular link
many of the people had with the outside world.
Today you will be driving New Zealands Drewry RM109 railcar.
- Collect the railcar from the Engine Shed at Rapanui.
- Pick up passengers from the Rapanui railway station.
- Drive to Crondunne via Murchison / Seddonville / Lake Sumner / Nasby /
Collingwood / Rutherglen / Burkes Creek / Picton.
- Stop to discharge and collect passengers at the stations along the way.
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Murchison Station 6
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Seddonville Station
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Lake Sumner Station
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*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Nasby Station
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... CollIngwood Station East 4
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Rutherglen Station
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Burkes Creek Station
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Picton Station
- Drive on to the Crondunne Station to complete the local railcar run.
*** Navigate To Trackmark ... Crondunne Station
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- at Crondunne you can leave the railcar at the platform ready for the return
trip.
- On the other side of the platform at Crondunne you
will find an NZR Vulcan railcar. You may like to use this for the return trip. (
Note that the Vulcan is not passenger interactive)
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