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Wairio Branch

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The Ohai Line, formerly the Ohai Industrial Line and previously the Wairio Branch and the Ohai Railway Board's line, is a 54.5 km branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand. [1]

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Birchwood, New Zealand

Birchwood is a locality in the Southland region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Branch line

A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.

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Feilding

Feilding (Māori: Kawakawa) is a town in the Manawatu District of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Feilding and District Steam Rail Society

The Feilding and District Steam Rail Society, also known as Feilding Steam Rail, is a railway preservation society located in Feilding in the Manawatu region of New Zealand.

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Fonterra

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited is a New Zealand multinational dairy co-operative owned by around 10,500 New Zealand farmers.

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Invercargill

Invercargill (Waihōpai) is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world.

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Kingston Branch

| The Kingston Branch was a major railway line in Southland, New Zealand.

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Lake Manapouri

Lake Manapōuri is located in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Lake Te Anau

Lake Te Anau is in the southwestern corner of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Locomotives of the Ohai Railway Board

In the 1870s, coal was discovered in Ohai.

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Makarewa

Makarewa is a small community north of Invercargill (the southernmost city in the South Island of New Zealand).

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New Zealand DJ class locomotive

The New Zealand DJ class locomotive is a type of diesel-electric locomotive in service on the New Zealand rail network.

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Nightcaps, New Zealand

Nightcaps is a town in the Southland region of New Zealand's South Island.

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North Island

The North Island (Māori: Te Ika-a-Māui) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the slightly larger but much less populous South Island by Cook Strait.

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NZR C class (1873)

C class tank locomotives operated on New Zealand's national rail network during its infancy.

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NZR DSA class

The New Zealand Railways DSA class was a class of 0-6-0DM diesel-mechanical locomotives built by W. G. Bagnall, Hunslet, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Vulcan Foundry for the Drewry Car Co.

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NZR P class (1885)

The P class was a class of steam locomotives built to haul freight trains on the national rail network of New Zealand.

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NZR V class

The New Zealand V class steam locomotive was used on New Zealand's railway network from 1885 onwards.

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NZR WAB class

The WAB class locomotives were steam locomotives designed, built and used by New Zealand Railways Department.

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NZR X class

The NZR X class was a pioneering class of eighteen 4-8-2 steam locomotives designed by A. L. Beattie that operated on the national rail network of New Zealand.

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Ohai

Ohаi is a town in the Southland region of New Zealand's South Island, 65 kilometres northwest of Invercargill and 25 kilometres west of Winton.

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Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust

The Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust is a defunct railway preservation society that was formed to preserve Southland's rail history.

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Otautau

Otautau is a small farming, forestry and milling town (population 753 as of 2006 census) located inland on the western edge of the Southland Plains of New Zealand on the banks of the Aparima River.

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Overlander (train)

The Overlander was a long-distance rail passenger train between Auckland and Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand, along the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT).

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Rail transport in New Zealand

Rail transport in New Zealand is primarily provided by KiwiRail and focused on bulk freight, with a small number of tourist orientated passenger services, such as the, and.

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Riverton, New Zealand

Riverton or Aparima is a small town 30 kilometres west of Invercargill via State Highway 99 on the Southern Scenic Route.

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Southland District

Southland District is a territorial authority in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Southland, New Zealand

Southland (Murihiku) is New Zealand's southernmost region.

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Tank locomotive

A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender.

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The Southland Times

The Southland Times is the regional daily paper for Southland, including Invercargill, and neighbouring parts of Otago, in New Zealand.

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Thornbury, New Zealand

Thornbury is a small township on the east bank of the lower Aparima River, in western Southland, New Zealand.

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Tonne

The tonne (Non-SI unit, symbol: t), commonly referred to as the metric ton in the United States, is a non-SI metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms;.

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Tuatapere Branch

The Tuatapere Branch, including the Orawia Branch, was a branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand.

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Wairio

Wairio is a town in the Southland region of New Zealand's South Island.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Ohai Branch, Ohai Industrial Branch, Ohai Industrial Line.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wairio_Branch

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