A train trip to no where

Bob decided today was the day for a historic train ride through the gorge to Hindon. Taieki gorge train built over 100 years ago as a rail link from Dunedin to the hills. There is nothing there now but the original siding.

An interesting trip through the hills outside Dunedin. It's again a cold, overcast day so the train was a good way to spend part of the day. The trip took us across two rail bridges, more than 100 years old. Very little by way of settlement in this area possibly because the land is too steep. The shape didn't seem to mind. We spend half an hour wandering around where the train line ended. The train engine needed to be moved to the front.

Much of this area is inaccessible by road. Reputedly before the train stopped a regular service, fishermen would take the train and get off with tents and fishing gear and walk along the river in the hope of catching trout. They would then catch the train back. There was no other way to get to the river.Read more