Washington Way — Named after the Washington, the first train to travel from Christchurch to Dunedin. Named because the street was developed near the site of the Moorhouse Avenue Railway Station subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1995.
A small amount of information from the library website. That information was more interesting than I was expecting. The buildings here are all fairly new and they look good from this street but the railway side of the buildings are covered with horrible graffiti. The back entrance to McDonalds was here and they were busy. The skateboard park was fairly busy and I didn’t take photos here even though there is some good street art here. I took photos here a couple of years ago of the street art. This street had a mixture of businesses and not a car related business in sight. A few organisations are based here.
Found a Wikipedia page this included information about this train engine. There were two American built locomotives were ordered and they were known as NZR K class 1877. Up to that date only UK built engines were being used. The first two locomotives were called Washington and Lincoln. Look up the Wikipedia page as they are gorgeous looking. Washington As in the library website information the Washington was the first train to go from Christchurch to Dunedin on the newly completed Man South Line. Eventually these engines became obsolete and were dumped. Washington was exhumed from it’s river grave by the Southland Vintage Car Club in 1974 and it is now at The Plains Vintage Railway and Historical Museum. Guess where I now want to visit.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 