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Whitecliffs Branch, the Glossary

The Whitecliffs Branch was an long branch line railway that formed part of New Zealand's national rail network in the Canterbury region of the South Island.^[1]

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Rail transport in the Canterbury Region
Railway lines closed in 1962

Acheron River (Canterbury)

The Acheron River is a river in Canterbury, New Zealand and flows from Lake Lyndon south into the Rakaia River.

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Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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Arthur's Pass, previously called Camping Flat then Bealey Flats, and for some time officially Arthurs Pass, is a township in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand, located in the Selwyn district.

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Branch line

A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.

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Canterbury Interior Main Line

The Canterbury Interior Main Line was a proposed railway line that would have linked many of the branch lines in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Whitecliffs Branch and Canterbury Interior Main Line are rail transport in the Canterbury Region and railway lines in New Zealand.

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Canterbury Region

Canterbury (Waitaha) is a region of New Zealand, located in the central-eastern South Island.

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Cass, New Zealand

Cass is a small locality in inland Canterbury on New Zealand's South Island, near Arthur's Pass.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.

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Coalgate, New Zealand

Coalgate is a small town in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Darfield, New Zealand

Darfield is a town in the Selwyn District of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Glentunnel

Glentunnel (known as Surveyors Gully until 1875) is a village located in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Goods shed

A goods shed is a railway building designed for storing goods before, after, and during loading to and unloading from a train.

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Hawkins River

The Hawkins River is a river in New Zealand.

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Hawkins, New Zealand

Hawkins is a rural settlement located in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Homebush, New Zealand

Homebush is a settlement in the Canterbury region of New Zealand.

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Kirwee

Kirwee is a town located west of Christchurch in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Lake Lyndon

Lake Lyndon is a small lake in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Lignite

Lignite (derived from Latin lignum meaning 'wood'), often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat.

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Midland Line, New Zealand

The Midland line is a 212 km section of railway between Rolleston and Greymouth in the South Island of New Zealand. Whitecliffs Branch and Midland Line, New Zealand are 3 ft 6 in gauge railways in New Zealand, rail transport in the Canterbury Region and railway lines in New Zealand.

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Motive power depot

A motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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New Zealand Railways Department

The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways) and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Rail transport in New Zealand

Rail transport in New Zealand is an integral part of New Zealand's transport network, with a nationwide network of of track linking most major cities in the North and South Islands, connected by inter-island rail and road ferries. Whitecliffs Branch and rail transport in New Zealand are 3 ft 6 in gauge railways in New Zealand.

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Rakaia Gorge

The Rakaia Gorge is located on the Rakaia River in inland Canterbury in New Zealand's South Island.

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Rolleston, New Zealand

Rolleston (Roretana, Tauwharekākaho) is the seat and largest town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Royal commission

A royal commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue in some monarchies.

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Sheffield, New Zealand

Sheffield (formerly Malvern) is a small village located in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island, near the Waimakariri Gorge.

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South Island

The South Island (Te Waipounamu, 'the waters of Greenstone', officially South Island or Te Waipounamu or historically New Munster) is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island and sparsely populated Stewart Island.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitecliffs_Branch

Whitecliffs Branch, the Glossary

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Rail transport in the Canterbury Region

Railway lines closed in 1962

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