North Canterbury News: September 17, 2020
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NEWS<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>17</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
<strong>17</strong><br />
MEAT<br />
Dedicated volunteers ... Weka Pass Railway volunteers, from left, Peter Gibson, Mike<br />
Ball, Warren Jenkin and Owen Sanders.<br />
PHOTOS: SUPPLIED<br />
Big push to complete<br />
workshop project<br />
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sizes<br />
for greater<br />
convenience<br />
ON NOW<br />
The Covid19 pandemic has failed to<br />
quellthe enthusiasm of WekaPass<br />
Railway volunteers.<br />
They are tacklinganambitious<br />
building project to aid in the maintenance<br />
of therailway’s rollingstock.<br />
It is one of the most significant<br />
undertakings of the Weka Pass Railway<br />
in recent decades, and willculminate in<br />
a52metrecarriage maintenance depot<br />
and storage shed.<br />
The shed, currently being built, will<br />
make it easier to work on projects, as<br />
well as providevaluable storage to<br />
preserve the lovingly restored carriages.<br />
The building will meanthe volunteer<br />
carriage restoration teams will have a<br />
specialised areainwhich to work.<br />
It will also meanthe railway’s fleet of<br />
50foot carriages,guards vansand<br />
service wagons will be able to be worked<br />
on separately,freeing up space in the<br />
main workshop, which is better suited<br />
for themechanicalengineering team.<br />
Asmall woodshopinthe main<br />
workshopwill also be able to be<br />
replacedbyamachine shop and<br />
workbench, increasing the productivity<br />
of both volunteer groups, who work<br />
‘‘together but separately’’toachievethe<br />
society’scommon goals.<br />
Matthew Morison,the railway’s<br />
marketing manager,says at present the<br />
capacity of the heritage train is capped<br />
at 113 passengers, with threecarriages<br />
in action.<br />
‘‘Themore carriages we can restore,<br />
the more peoplecan experience the joys<br />
of aheritagetrain ride, and the more the<br />
local economy will benefit,’’ he says.<br />
‘‘When people think of the Weka Pass<br />
Railway, theymay just thinkofour 1909<br />
steam engine, or maybe our heritage<br />
diesels. However, they may spend most<br />
of their visit riding in our equally<br />
important 1930s carriages.’’<br />
The Weka PassRailway has set up a<br />
Givealittle campaign to helpfitout the<br />
shedwith awatersupply, drainage,<br />
electrical supply, internal wiring,<br />
lighting and fire detection.<br />
Mr Morisonsays the soonerthe funds<br />
can be raised for these vital parts of the<br />
project, the sooneritcan be completed<br />
—possibly in six to eight months.<br />
To support the railway or obtain an<br />
overview of the project, visit<br />
wekapassrailway.co.nz.<br />
Additionalinformation is available at<br />
facebook.com/wekapassrailway or<br />
givealittle.co.nz/cause/wekapassrailwayshedfitoutcampaign.<br />
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Careful work ... Volunteer Warren Jenkin works on adoor, part of ongoing work on<br />
Weka Pass Railway’s rolling stock.<br />
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Coastal sirens to be tested<br />
Waimakariri Civil Defence willtest its<br />
coastalwarningsystem at 1pm on<br />
Monday, <strong>September</strong> 28.<br />
The Civil Defence Coastal Warning<br />
System is normally tested twice ayear,<br />
afterdaylight savingshifts.<br />
But the test scheduled for Aprilwas<br />
cancelledbecause of the lockdown, as the<br />
organisation did not want to cause<br />
unnecessaryconcern.<br />
‘‘It’s important for us to regularly test<br />
oursystem so we can be confident that it<br />
will function correctlywhen required in<br />
an emergency,’’ aspokesperson said.<br />
‘‘The test messagewill last for about<br />
oneminuteand, dependingonhow close<br />
youare, may be quite loud. There is no<br />
need for alarm as thisispurely for testing<br />
purposes.’’<br />
Thesirens are at the Pines Beach/<br />
Kairaki, Woodend and Waikuku beaches,<br />
butthe sound may travel further.<br />
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