2002 Woburn Track Layout, showing the Gracefield Branch junction. The yard had been in this basic configuration since the opening of the Hutt Valley Deviation Line in 1927. Details of the changes over the years are described on my  Woburn Signalling History  page.

???? Woburn Track Layout, after the rearrangements.

In December 2005 the work had not been completed so the final arrangement is not known.

Conditional Stop Advance Warning Board south of Epuni. A temporary Outer Speed Board is in the distance. The sign in the middle reads Railway 2 Tracks. There was a forest of signs between Epuni and Woburn with several sets of heat boards.    (45/1)

Temporary Outer Speed Board photographed from the legal pedestrian crossing opposite Porutu Street, south of Epuni. Looking towards Waterloo.   (45/2)

Conditional Stop Board on the Down Main at the 15km peg between Woburn and Waterloo. Conditional Stop Protection was used while cables were being laid.   (45/3)

Hi-Rail Vehicle on the Down Main just south of 44 points. The Loop is in the foreground. Photographed from Cambridge Terrace.    (45/6)

Transfield Employees standing on the Down Main. Conditional Stop Protection is in place. .Photographed from Cambridge Terrrace just south of 44 points.   (45/4)

A Pile Of Ballast was dumped on the boundary fence just south of 44 points (the vegetation had earlier been cut back). The ballast was used quite quickly - I am not sure where. Photographed from Cambridge Terrace.   (45/5)

45 Crossover looking towards Woburn. The "T" board in the middle of the photo is for a Heat restriction. The "T" corresponding to the "C" is beside the yellow heat advance warning board in the background.   (45/12)

44 Traps in the Loop. Shunt signal 14C has since been removed. Cable appears to have been laid from 13 signal on the Up Main to the location cabinet for 45 crossover. Paint markings on the ballast suggest that cable may have been laid back to the relay building in existing duct. Looking towards Waterloo.   (45/7)

45 points with 44 Down Main to Loop points in the background. The 44 points motor has been removed and the points padlocked. Atemporary 40kph speed restriction is in place.    (45/16)

44 Points with the motor removed. Note that the lock bar has been retained. A 40kph speed restriction is in place over these points. Looking towards Woburn Station.   (45/17)

42 Loop to Siding Points. The switchlock and rodding to the traps has been removed.   (45/14)

Facing Point Lock (FPL) on 42 Loop to Siding points. Obviously not required in the new installation as the mechanism has been gas cut and is bent - as though a digger has driven over it.    (45/15)

Points Indicator, electrical detector and rod guides recovered from 42 traps sit in the long grass.    (45/18)

Signal 1314 on the Up Main at the Ava bridge. The lower unit was rotated 180 degrees for a few hours, presumably while some wiring changes were made. Looking towards Woburn.    (46/1)

On 18 May 2003 I noted that 42 points, which were once controlled by a switchlock, had been converted to spring points. Otherwise no other changes were visible.

Photo to be added.  

44 trap switch bolted and padlocked open.

Photo not taken.  

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