These photos and this article (extract below) were in this week’s KiwiRail staff newsletter…
Looking east from Glenveiw Rd along the NAL through Glen Eden station with back to back masts through the Glen Eden Station area.
Looking west along the NAL towards Swanson Station with back to back masts.
Looking south along the NIMT through Middlemore Station with a double track portal midway along the platform.
Looking south along the NIMT towards Papakura Station. The single track cantilevers shown will be the most common mast on the network. This will be the site of a stabling facility – which is why there are so many masts.
Auckland’s local body politicians are being given a preview of what the rail network will look like once the electrification project is completed. A series of images have been created by superimposing traction masts onto photos taken around the rail network.
Electrification project director Murray Hood is doing the rounds of the councils giving them an update on project progress, and taking the opportunity to show them what the network will look like post 2013.
It’s not just a case of taking a guess – these images are very much based on reality.
A series of different mast types will be used around the network to ensure the overhead wires are held at the correct height and tension. Now that the design of the traction system is nearing completion by our consultants we are getting a good indication of what masts will be where.
Surveyors were used to get accurate co-ordinates which were provided to a specialist company which used computer generated imagery to create accurate pictures.
Kalelovil · November 13, 2009 at 5:59 pm
The captions for the first two pictures need to be swapped.
Admin comment by andrew · November 13, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Oops. Well spotted
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