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Twinset RM 110 at Ross Station .1971-72.
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DescriptionTwinset RM 110 at Ross Station on the West Coast 1971-72. This was a normal service but used by a bunch of NZRLS Canterbury Branch members on their West Coast Wanderer, a couple of days touring the West Coast by normal NZR services. In those days you could go as far south as Ross, as far north as Westport and also if there was time up the Rewanui Branch to the Terminus. Gordon Jory, Canterbury Railway Society collection.
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Photo from Gordon Jory, Canterbury Railway Society Collection. Date of Photoca.1971 - 72.Map[1] External LinkNZ Rail Geography Fb pageContributor Gordon William Bartram
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Photo from Gordon Jory, Canterbury Railway Society Collection. Date of Photoca.1971 - 72.Map[1] External LinkNZ Rail Geography Fb pageContributor Gordon William Bartram
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Location (city or town)RossLandmark (Place)Twinset RM 110 Organisation (eg business)Ross Railway StationNZ RailwaysEventTwinset RM 110 at Ross Station .1971-72.
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Date Created26th June 2021CommentsGoff Rielly
Love riding on it ferrymead still alovely beast too go on a true favourite
Margi Adamson
I loved it too
Bob Jamieson
Bring back railcars, suberb way to travel.
Kevin Bell
Bob Jamieson Sure were.
Vern Pattinson
Bob Jamieson thats forsure Bob great days weren't they
Sandra Douglas
Loved going Ross to hoki return to WHS by railcar.We got to throw out papers, helped clean up cups/saucers.we took it for granted it wld always b there. I also travelled to hoki with my father on the jigger.& don't hav any photos just memories.
Butch Cadigan
Fond memories of our Ross brothers & sisters arriving at St Marys
Trish Hutana
Wonderful photo! Lots of memories
Roger Howell
I don’t think this gear would get up to Rewanui, surely?
Lawrence Boul
No, would have been a loco and car(s) to Rewanui.
Dave Millar
In the days when public transport was for the benefit of the public, not the accountants.
Kath Wood
Used to catch the railcar every morning from ross to hokitka to go to school at st Mary's
Brian Raewyn McLennan
I remember well when we packed up are worldly good into a railway wagon in Carterton and moved south our very happy home since 1972 our household good went via trans west freighters to Franz Josef I hope I got the company name wright
Big move for people so young to begin a business in Franz Josef which we owned and operated for over 32 yrs
Robert Keown
Yes butch you probably wish you were there lol
Robert Wilson
i spent many ours on this line,,,ross scouts every saturday, ruatapu,,how could i get a legal copy of this please,,
Carolyn Vasta
I remember a xmas party in that building.Father xmas was mydad,Barry McCausland ..he arrived on the train.
Tania Newman
I remember going from Hoki to Ross for a birthday party on these railcars
Lynda Pope
Mum and I used to travel from Greymouth to Christchurch on the railcar regularly to see my sister. Because Dad worked in the railway we were entitled to great discounts and would travel regularly for a quarter of the fare, $2.50 pp from Grey to ChCh. We could travel anywhere in NZ cheaply. We took advantage of the annual free pass to travel on the Interislander and the overnight train to Auckland to visit my aunty and uncle. Those were the days when we lived in a wealthy country.
Linda Howard
Loved the railcar..always seemed posh to me!
Kim Gavin
Use to get the railcar to Ross then travel on to Hari Hari
Jennifer Gaskell
Memories travelling on the Railcar from Ross to Greymouth, with Mum to do shopping, living in the Railway Houses at Ross, I have memories of going to the Station to meet Dad after he finished work, and catching the bus to School.
Bobby Turner
Regular Traveller to Grey when I moved to Christchurch.Was so cheap those days.
Tania Newman
I remember going from Hoki to Ross for a birthday party on these railcars
Lynda Pope
Mum and I used to travel from Greymouth to Christchurch on the railcar regularly to see my sister. Because Dad worked in the railway we were entitled to great discounts and would travel regularly for a quarter of the fare, $2.50 pp from Grey to ChCh. We could travel anywhere in NZ cheaply. We took advantage of the annual free pass to travel on the Interislander and the overnight train to Auckland to visit my aunty and uncle. Those were the days when we lived in a wealthy country.
Linda Howard
Loved the railcar..always seemed posh to me!
Kim Gavin
Use to get the railcar to Ross then travel on to Hari Hari
Jennifer Gaskell
Memories travelling on the Railcar from Ross to Greymouth, with Mum to do shopping, living in the Railway Houses at Ross, I have memories of going to the Station to meet Dad after he finished work, and catching the bus to School.
Bobby Turner
Regular Traveller to Grey when I moved to Christchurch.Was so cheap those days.
Jonesy Wolfhunter Jones
Each Fiat diesel engine was 280 Kw there are V8 SUV’s close to that now.
Dianne Hooper
My dad Alex Vallance worked for railways in Ross we moved to Chch in about 1962
Dad used to take me to grandma in Chch on the railcar
He has passed now but they were special daddy daughter times
I love trains and railcars
We lived in a railways house in RossLu Tyree
Julian Evans
Kay Nichols
Mum used to take us to Ross for an outing during the school holidays, we’d have a picnic and then take the railcar home. Back in the 60’s
Joy Beveridge
That would have been a great trip
Catherine Carrington
Just great coast days, ones that will never return now.
Ann Selander
I went to school on that
Colin Harman
Travelled to Ross a few times from Christchurch a few times in the late 60s
Ray Deo
Once upon a time 3 hours from Greymouth to Christchurch any weather with out driving over the hill. 4 services a day each way. Cheap comfortable and dependabl how can we bring it back?
Patricia Milne
I remember the railcars well. Used to go with mum to Greymouth shopping and had to go on railcar. Also we went to manual training at Hokitika High on the railcar. We moved from Ross to Canterbury in 1964. I went to Rangiora High. Good old days growing up in Ross. All my forebears are Coasters from Westport, Kumara and Cameron.
Graham Radburnd
They were very modern looking for their time. I used to travel from Christchurch to Awatuna on it at least twice a year. Loved the journey.
John Flattery-donohoe
used to go from chch to hoki
Paul Tomlinson
Used to load timber by hand by stacking and sliding it onto the flatbed down skids greased with tallow. Ross mill was roughly behind where this photo was taken and our timber skids down behind the guy in the photo.
Love riding on it ferrymead still alovely beast too go on a true favourite
Margi Adamson
I loved it too
Bob Jamieson
Bring back railcars, suberb way to travel.
Kevin Bell
Bob Jamieson Sure were.
Vern Pattinson
Bob Jamieson thats forsure Bob great days weren't they
Sandra Douglas
Loved going Ross to hoki return to WHS by railcar.We got to throw out papers, helped clean up cups/saucers.we took it for granted it wld always b there. I also travelled to hoki with my father on the jigger.& don't hav any photos just memories.
Butch Cadigan
Fond memories of our Ross brothers & sisters arriving at St Marys
Trish Hutana
Wonderful photo! Lots of memories
Roger Howell
I don’t think this gear would get up to Rewanui, surely?
Lawrence Boul
No, would have been a loco and car(s) to Rewanui.
Dave Millar
In the days when public transport was for the benefit of the public, not the accountants.
Kath Wood
Used to catch the railcar every morning from ross to hokitka to go to school at st Mary's
Brian Raewyn McLennan
I remember well when we packed up are worldly good into a railway wagon in Carterton and moved south our very happy home since 1972 our household good went via trans west freighters to Franz Josef I hope I got the company name wright
Big move for people so young to begin a business in Franz Josef which we owned and operated for over 32 yrs
Robert Keown
Yes butch you probably wish you were there lol
Robert Wilson
i spent many ours on this line,,,ross scouts every saturday, ruatapu,,how could i get a legal copy of this please,,
Carolyn Vasta
I remember a xmas party in that building.Father xmas was mydad,Barry McCausland ..he arrived on the train.
Tania Newman
I remember going from Hoki to Ross for a birthday party on these railcars
Lynda Pope
Mum and I used to travel from Greymouth to Christchurch on the railcar regularly to see my sister. Because Dad worked in the railway we were entitled to great discounts and would travel regularly for a quarter of the fare, $2.50 pp from Grey to ChCh. We could travel anywhere in NZ cheaply. We took advantage of the annual free pass to travel on the Interislander and the overnight train to Auckland to visit my aunty and uncle. Those were the days when we lived in a wealthy country.
Linda Howard
Loved the railcar..always seemed posh to me!
Kim Gavin
Use to get the railcar to Ross then travel on to Hari Hari
Jennifer Gaskell
Memories travelling on the Railcar from Ross to Greymouth, with Mum to do shopping, living in the Railway Houses at Ross, I have memories of going to the Station to meet Dad after he finished work, and catching the bus to School.
Bobby Turner
Regular Traveller to Grey when I moved to Christchurch.Was so cheap those days.
Tania Newman
I remember going from Hoki to Ross for a birthday party on these railcars
Lynda Pope
Mum and I used to travel from Greymouth to Christchurch on the railcar regularly to see my sister. Because Dad worked in the railway we were entitled to great discounts and would travel regularly for a quarter of the fare, $2.50 pp from Grey to ChCh. We could travel anywhere in NZ cheaply. We took advantage of the annual free pass to travel on the Interislander and the overnight train to Auckland to visit my aunty and uncle. Those were the days when we lived in a wealthy country.
Linda Howard
Loved the railcar..always seemed posh to me!
Kim Gavin
Use to get the railcar to Ross then travel on to Hari Hari
Jennifer Gaskell
Memories travelling on the Railcar from Ross to Greymouth, with Mum to do shopping, living in the Railway Houses at Ross, I have memories of going to the Station to meet Dad after he finished work, and catching the bus to School.
Bobby Turner
Regular Traveller to Grey when I moved to Christchurch.Was so cheap those days.
Jonesy Wolfhunter Jones
Each Fiat diesel engine was 280 Kw there are V8 SUV’s close to that now.
Dianne Hooper
My dad Alex Vallance worked for railways in Ross we moved to Chch in about 1962
Dad used to take me to grandma in Chch on the railcar
He has passed now but they were special daddy daughter times
I love trains and railcars
We lived in a railways house in RossLu Tyree
Julian Evans
Kay Nichols
Mum used to take us to Ross for an outing during the school holidays, we’d have a picnic and then take the railcar home. Back in the 60’s
Joy Beveridge
That would have been a great trip
Catherine Carrington
Just great coast days, ones that will never return now.
Ann Selander
I went to school on that
Colin Harman
Travelled to Ross a few times from Christchurch a few times in the late 60s
Ray Deo
Once upon a time 3 hours from Greymouth to Christchurch any weather with out driving over the hill. 4 services a day each way. Cheap comfortable and dependabl how can we bring it back?
Patricia Milne
I remember the railcars well. Used to go with mum to Greymouth shopping and had to go on railcar. Also we went to manual training at Hokitika High on the railcar. We moved from Ross to Canterbury in 1964. I went to Rangiora High. Good old days growing up in Ross. All my forebears are Coasters from Westport, Kumara and Cameron.
Graham Radburnd
They were very modern looking for their time. I used to travel from Christchurch to Awatuna on it at least twice a year. Loved the journey.
John Flattery-donohoe
used to go from chch to hoki
Paul Tomlinson
Used to load timber by hand by stacking and sliding it onto the flatbed down skids greased with tallow. Ross mill was roughly behind where this photo was taken and our timber skids down behind the guy in the photo.
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