RAILWAY WORKS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 June 1926, Page 7

RAILWAY WORKS

IMPROVEMENTS AT CHRIST- ' CHURCH : (Unite 1 Press Association.', | CHRISTCHURCH, June 9. j The new railway marshalling yards | at Middleton are now definitely taking shape, All the earthwork has been fin- i ished,' and the men have started to lay rails for 15 sidings. Over 70 men have been engaged there', but now that the earthworks are finished some of the casual labour will be dismissed, as plate laying requires men who are experienced in such work. To-day an officer of the Railway Department slated that it would be possible, U> complete the Middleton yards in a year, but the Department wished to synchronise the work with that being done at LytteUon and the Lyttelton tunnel. | A large number of men are at present employed making alterations at Aldington. Some old buildings are being removed in preparation for the new car and waggon shops which will be j erected there. The tenders for these ■ shops will close in November. | The board which was appointed to go into the question of ascertaining whe-1 flier to electrify only the Lyttelton tunnel or from the tunnel itself into Lyttelton, or the whole of the line from j tlie port to Christchurch. has completed its observation, and will report. to the Minister shortly. Plans have .

been made for minor alterations at Lyttelton, but these will be done by the ! Railway Department's own men. It is expected that this work will be started in two monthf. At present alterations , are being carried out at the Gladstone pier. ; Quite shortly it is hoped to run ; motor rail cars on the Lyttelton-Christ-church line. Three have been sent to Invercargill, where they have been running for some time, but no report has yet been received about them. In future railway carriages are to be painted "Midland red" instead of the present "Pullman green." Several other minor alterations are being made, all of which should improve railway travelling for the public.

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