Story: Wairarapa region
A Fell engine train enters a tunnel on the line as it climbs the Rimutaka Range, around 1900. Fell engines were used on steep inclines. The line had a third rail that was gripped by horizontal wheels under the engine, pulling the train up the hill.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, A. P. Godber Collection
Reference: APG-0153-1/2-G
Photograph by Albert Percy Godber
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.