New Shunting Yards at Auckland.

Auckland's new goods yard became an accomplished fact on February 5th, when a gang of over sixty men completed the reconstruction work which had been in hand for some time.

The job entailed connecting up the outward goods tracks from Campbell's Point overbridge to the new goods shed at Breakwater Road. The work now in hand is the demolition of existing goodshed buildings and the construction of No. 2 marshalling yards.

Work was commenced early in the morning, and by 5 p.m. the job was completed. It involved, in the main, shifting a 25-ton weighbridge as well as 30 chains of rails and eight sets of “turn-outs.” In addition a large “scissors crossing”—160ft. long and 33 tons in weight—was moved into position, a hundred yards from where it was originally placed. This particular work was carried through by 30 men in four hours.

The engineer-in-charge, Mr. J. Drew, remarked that the work accomplished with this change-over really broke the back of railway reconstruction in the Auckland railway yard.

It is proposed to put in a series of new sidings on the area adjoining Quay Street.

In less than an hour after the work was completed shunting operations were resumed, and next morning everything was working smoothly.

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