Mangaroa railway station Mangaroa railway station Mangaroa railway station was a single-platform rural railway station on the Wairarapa Line between Upper Hutt and Featherston in the Wellington region of New Zealand’s North Island, on the section that was replaced by the Rimutaka Tunnel deviation in 1955. It served the small rural settlement of Mangaroa, in the Mangaroa Valley, east of Upper Hutt. Mangaroa station was not originally built prior to the opening of Kaitoke station as part of the Mungaroa Contract. During the construction of the Rimutaka Tunnel, a siding was laid from the eastern end of the Mangaroa Valley and several chains
Quitaque Railway Tunnel Quitaque Railway Tunnel The Quitaque Railway Tunnel or Clarity Tunnel is a abandoned railway tunnel in Floyd County, Texas about southwest of Quitaque. Construction started in 1927, and the tunnel and associated railway line were completed and opened for use in 1930. The tunnel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and was designated a Texas State Antiquities Landmark in 2003. The Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railroad Company built the tunnel for its own use. Irish and Swedish immigrants comprised the construction crews. The tunnel cuts through sandstone of the Caprock Escarpment, about 50