In the 19th century most bush tramways were low-cost, laid with wooden rails and worked by horse teams. This typical small-scale operation has three horses pulling a single rimu log. There are no reins – the ‘trammy’ used verbal commands. The lightly constructed tramway is laid on a wooden slab foundation on the forest floor. Once it was closed down and had rotted away, scant evidence would remain of its existence. The date and location are unknown, but it is possibly Taranaki.
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