Rimutaka Incline Railway / September 2013
The Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust aims to reinstate and operate a world-class heritage railway between Wellington and the Wairarapa. The railway has the potential to be a unique tourist attraction for Wellington and New Zealand, and a major contributor to the regional economy.
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Last workshop portal frame is up
- Rimutaka Incline Railway
- On Saturday 28 September, after a couple of months of work and fundraising, we finally lifted the last portal into place for the workshop.
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Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust, Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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First operating day - Maymorn 6 October
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- We're inviting you to the first public operating day of the Rimutaka Incline Railway at Maymorn, this Sunday 6th October from 10am to 4pm.
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Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust, Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Help us bring steam locomotive Ab 745 to Maymorn
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- Photo: what could be: sister Ab locomotive on a passenger train at Kaitoke in 1953. Photo: Nelson Stockbridge. The Trust has signed an agreement with The Taranaki Flyer Society for RIRHT to take over steam locomotive Ab 745, currently located at Stratford. The Taranaki Flyer Society is closing up and have offered the locomotive to us "free to a good home".
- 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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Work in progress 14 September 2013
- Rimutaka Incline Railway
- Lots of progress to report from Saturday 14 September, a brilliantly fine Spring day as it turned out.
- 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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