Rimutaka Incline

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Title

Rimutaka Incline

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NZ On Screen

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From 1878 until the 1955 opening of the Rimutaka Tunnel, the railway between Wellington and Featherston featured one of New Zealand's steepest sections of rail: the Rimutaka Incline. This documentary explores the history of the incline, and interviews those who worked on the rails. The incline used the unusual Fell locomotive system to accommodate the steep incline and descent. Only 24 Fell locomotives are known to have been built — six of which operated on the Rimutaka. The H199, which featu...

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Video

Date created

1991

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/rimutaka-incline-1991

Related subjects

derailment / queen elizabeth ii / 1955 / stevenson motion / rimutaka ranges / steam engine / rimutaka incline / fell locomotive / summit tunnel / hill climb / carterton show / cross creek / jessie holmes / eileen olsen / breakdown / graham murrell / bill olsen / wray holmes / kaitoke / steam train / railway / h199

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