Ohakune Junction's train turntable cradle is lowered into position last Tuesday, stacked up from its operating position on sleepers to allow engineers Max Martin and Sue Joe to fit the ring rail bogies and the cap bearing, in the centre. Two cranes from Maclntosh's of Palmerston North-a 20 tonne and a 30 tonne crane-were brought in to lift the 23 tonne cradle into place. More work is needed on the cradle to repair corrosion it suffered while in storage in New Plymouth during the past 30 years. According to Railways records the 70-year-old cradle is the original Ohakune one. Main Trunk Rail Ohakune (MTRO) hope to have the turntable operational by late September. Meanwhile the group is organising an electric train excursion later this month. (see ad page 5).
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 11, Issue 495, 20 July 1993, Page 3
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129Ohakune Junction's train turntable cradle is lowered into position last Tuesday, stacked up from its operating position on sleepers to allow engineers Max Martin and Sue Joe to fit the ring rail bogies and the cap bearing, in the centre. Two cranes from Maclntosh's of Palmerston North-a 20 tonne and a 30 tonne crane-were brought in to lift the 23 tonne cradle into place. More work is needed on the cradle to repair corrosion it suffered while in storage in New Plymouth during the past 30 years. According to Railways records the 70-year-old cradle is the original Ohakune one. Main Trunk Rail Ohakune (MTRO) hope to have the turntable operational by late September. Meanwhile the group is organising an electric train excursion later this month. (see ad page 5). Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 11, Issue 495, 20 July 1993, Page 3
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