Pigeon Bush station
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Portion of Railways Department line drawing, 41st Mile, traced from P.W.D. 10076 dated 02/1893. Larger size view. Hugh McCracken Collection.
Located roughly half-way between Featherston and Cross Creek, Pigeon Bush was little more than a flag station on the Wairarapa line. Originally shown as 'Lucena's' on plans, it was located on land orginally owned by a Mr Lucena. A road deviation was undertaken to provide space for the yard, a situation that has reverted to its original state since closure of the line. Little evidence of the station remains today.
Trains were banked on occasion for the climb from Pigeon Bush to Cross Creek, Fell engines occsionally used to assist train engines until about 1943.
References:
Public Works Department Wellington - Masterton Railway Incline Contract, 1875. National Archives Agency AATE Accession W3409 Folder 65 Part 46.
Cameron, W.N. 1992. 'Rimutaka Railway', New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, Wellington, New Zealand.
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