Blackball-Roa Railway Fords Creek - 1 in 25 gradient.

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DescriptionRoa railway Fords Creek - 1 in 25 gradient.Map^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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Location (city or town)Fords creekRoaBlackballEventRoa railway Fords Creek

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Category TagCoal Mining

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CommentsMervyn Pope
I lived in Roa for year as a kid and loved the trains that use to move the coal the line had a center brack because of the steep line

Maurice O'Flaherty
Mervyn Pope Hi Merv how are u where do u live iam in belfast

Wayne Marshall
Is that the bridge you can just see just the other side of the Blackball Mine ?
Paul Agnes Smith
Hard to imagine that view, these days..

Stephen Cody

Yep I've been up there to see that bridge

John Griffin
they used to good ham sandwiches at stillwater

Donna Lee Conley
John Griffin My Auntie Phylis and Uncle Earl, my mums brother and sister inlaw used to run the railway cafe in Stillwater, I remember many a time when Lyn and I stopped with mum and dad and were given a bag of chips and a fanta drink while mum and dad had a cup of tea in a white cup and saucer with NZ Railway written on it. Happy memories

Shirley D'ornay
Donna Lee Conley such good memories

Donna Lee Conley
Shirley D'ornay definitely

Cheryl Hill
Loved it and did it many times on long weekends when I was at teachers college in 64 and 65.

Shirley D'ornay
Cheryl Hill loved also did it many times when going to see me rellies

John Griffin
if the GOVERMENT HAD BALLS they would get the passenger train going from INVERCARGILL TO PICTON

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