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Title: The New Passenger and Goods Yard at Auckland

Author: P. B. Bryden

In: The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 12 (April 1, 1928.)

Publication details: New Zealand Government Railways Department, Wellington

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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 12 (April 1, 1928.)

Inwards Goods Shed

Inwards Goods Shed.

The main dimensions of the building are 430ft. long by 50ft. wide. Office space amounts to 20ft. × 15ft. only. (Fig. 3.)

The building covers a siding (running its whole length) with a 35ft. platform adjoining.

The platform is recessed on the roadway side at intervals of 48ft. to permit lorries to load under cover. The size of these docks is 15ft deep by 12ft wide.

Two 1 1/2-ton travelling cranes are provided with traversers, the crane girder spanning the complete width of the building.

Race Day at Ellerslie, Auckland.W. W. Stewart, photo.Left to Right (top)—1 On the racecourse platform. 2 Before the departure of a race special. (Bottom)—1 Arrival of the “Walkato.” 2 After the last race; crowd waiting for Waikato train.

Race Day at Ellerslie, Auckland.
W. W. Stewart, photo.
Left to Right (top)—1 On the racecourse platform. 2 Before the departure of a race special. (Bottom)—1 Arrival of the “Walkato.” 2 After the last race; crowd waiting for Waikato train.