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AddBy: Phil Rickard17th Oct 2020 10:49PMAndy is correct. They were used on the Rimutaka incline between the stations named.
Condensed story here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimutaka_Incline#Operation
Condensed story here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimutaka_Incline#Operation
By: Andy Maciver27th Jun 2019 12:51PMThis locomotive is a New Zealand Railways H class, fitted with the Fell centre-rail system used between Cross-Creek and Summit form about 1878 to 1955. Pic ture shows it in the form they ran in early 1900s.
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Unidentified tank locomotive, probably at colliery or similar, [n.d.]
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Unidentified tank locomotive, probably at colliery or similar, [n.d.], [ARHSBox145_3492]. Living Histories, accessed 10/12/2025, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/88506




