Local History / October 2014
December 2014 | August 2014-
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Diesel locomotive welcome addition to railway
- Rimutaka Incline Railway
- On Tuesday 21st October we took delivery of ex-Ohai Railway Board locomotive No.1 at our Maymorn railway heritage site. The locomotive was built by Drewry/Vulcan in 1947 for the Ohai Railway Board and along with being used on coal trains was used on some of the first diesel locomotive hauled passenger trains in New Zealand.
- Accepted from Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust news
- Automatically tagged as:
- local-history
- rimutaka-railway
Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust, Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Another heritage building saved
- Iona Pannett
- Good news that the conversion of the old St James church in Newtown is going ahead and is expected to be completed in 18 months as reported in The Dominion Post today.
- Accepted from Iona Pannett posts
- Tagged as:
- newtown
- heritage-buildings
- earthquake-strengthening
St James' Presbyterian Church, Adelaide Road, Kowhai Park, Newtown, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Workshop build progress
- Rimutaka Incline Railway
- A huge effort put into the workshop over the weekend of 4-5 October, all four barge boards lifted up, flashings fitted and soffit installed at the Upper Hutt end. We're very close to completing the roof - which will be a most welcomed milestone in this project.
- Accepted from Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust news
- Automatically tagged as:
- local-history
- rimutaka-railway
Maymorn, Parkes Line Road, Te Marua, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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