NIMT celebrations, Mangaweka tunnel walk-through.

No ghosts in this tunnel, apart from the sounds of phantom engines on long-gone expresses. A walk through the abandoned Mangaweka tunnel, on the old original North Island Main Trunk Railway, while waiting for Wab794 to roll past on the lower newer route opened in the early 80's.

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[catlover28]

Is that tunnel on privet property? I wanna see it

[choochoonut]

Hi Catlover28, It is on farm property, and not on a public walkway, as I found out after my visit. The public walkway ends at the road boundary. It would probably be possible to arrange access with the landowner. A highly reccomended explore, .... I hope to traverse the line through the tunnel, and over the viaduct route, in the near future. Regards, Tony

[choochoonut]

Hello Crintingnut. This tunnel is immediately south of the old (demolished) Mangaweka viaduct. Trains would have exited the tunnel and almost gone straight onto the high steel structure. A great pity the north end of the tunnel portal has been carried away by a slip, but at least the bore is still passable. Cheers,

Choochoonut.

[govan44]

Waste of time.

[choochoonut]

Only 2 minutes and 13 seconds of it......

:-)

This clip is more for those interested in ghost (closed) railways

[voogdr]

Aaah memories.... somewhere in my photo collection is a pic I took on the bridge from the cab of the Silver Fern (circa 1980) before the deviation was completed.

[Crintingnut]

Is this to the north of the old bridge concrete bases, one sees driving north as the passing lanes commence?