Charming Creek railway (1st of 2)

Charming Creek railway (1st of 2)

This is the bush railway of the Charming Creek mine. During the 1930s there was a revival of small local mines, including Charming Creek, on a tributary of the Ngakawau River, north of Stockton in Buller. Originally the railway had been built to bring timber out from a sawmill, but it was later used to bring coal from the mine and take it to Westport for shipping.