Knight's tram, Raurimu
Knight's tram, Raurimu was a bush railway owned by the Tamaki Sawmill Co., Raurimu and managed by Len Knight (formally Benjamin Leonard Knight).[1] It was located at Raurimu in the central North Island of New Zealand, connecting to the North Island Main Trunk Railway. The tramway with a track gauge of 3 1⁄2 feet (1,067 mm) was used for at least ten years from 1912 to 1922.
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Locomotives
- A & G Price, Type C 0-4-4-0, built 1912 with second-hand boiler and a twin vertical engine in the cab,[2] used 1912-1922 B.L. Knight, Raurimu[3]
Knight's tram and a steam hauler, Raurimu, in a clearing in the bush
Price type "O" bush locomotive at Raurimu, ca. 1917
Offices of the Tamaki Sawmill Co. at Raurimu railway station
Raurimu Spiral in 2007 (no remains of tramways visible)
See also
References
- Tamaki Sawmill Company. Collection Ref No 91/7 held by Auckland Museum Library.
- Industrial Steam Locomotives. In: Newsletter, December 2017, Tauranga Model Marine and Engineering Club Inc.
- The Locomotive Owners: A & G Price Ltd., Thames.
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