At an age when most teenagers are trying to get a licence to drive a car, 18-year-old George King now has his licence to drive steam and diesel locomotives.
Some pedestrians are climbing a high netting fence and illegally crossing the railway tracks that separate central Dunedin from the harbourside area, after the accidental demolition of the overhead footbridge earlier this month.
People who used the Dunedin Railway Station overbridge, which was demolished by a container on a railway wagon on February 12, can expect to be taking the long way round for a long time yet.
Some commuters who park on the harbour side of the Dunedin Railway Station will have a longer walk to their workplaces while the city council considers a replacement pedestrian bridge.
