SOUTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK LINE.
ROUTE APPROVED FROM PARNASSUS TO CONWAY.
The route for the section of the South Island Main Trunk Railway line between Parnassus and the Conway River has been definitely approved by the Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department. It provides for a one-in-seventy grade to the Hawkeswood Saddle from either side, and a tunnel approximately twenty-five chains in length through the saddle This will be the only tunnel required in the first twelve miles of the line north of Parnassus. The alternative to the line decided upon was a one-in-fifty grade, which would have limited the carrying capacity of the railway and the speed of the trains. The pegging-out of the permanent line from Parnassus to the Conwav River is now in hand, and the work is being pushed ahead in view of the possibility of an early start being made with the construction of the line As the line passes through privatelyowned land it will be necessary for it to be taken for the purposes of the railway under the provisions of the Act,
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18890, 15 October 1929, Page 11
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