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	Rimutaka Incline - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Rimutaka Incline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Rimutaka Incline was a 3 mile (5 km) stretch of steeply graded line on the original Wairarapa Railway line between Wellington and Masterton in New Zealand.
		The Fell centre rail system was selected for the steeply graded (1 in 15) Incline section and all trains were either hauled or retarded by up to five specially built class H steam locomotives and a similar number of special brake vans.
		On October 30, 1955, the 5 km incline and the other 34 km of associated track were closed and the new line was opened on November 3.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Rimutaka-Incline.html (517 words)

	Upper Hutt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Upper Hutt extends to the top of the Rimutaka saddle to the north-east and into the rough hill-country of the Akatarawa ranges to the north and north-west, almost reaching the Kapiti Coast close to Paekakariki.
		The northern areas of Hutt County's Rimutaka Riding were included in the city on 1 April 1973.
		To assist with the 1 in 15 grade on the Featherston side of the range, the Rimutaka Incline employed Fell engines that used a raised centre rail to haul trains up the steep grade.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Upper_Hutt (988 words)

	Upper Hutt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Upper Hutt is located in the upper Hutt Valley on plains between the Rimutaka and Akatarawa ranges, to the northeast of Wellington.
		To assist with the 1 in 15 grade on the Featherston side of the range, the Rimutaka Incline employed Fell Engines that used a raised friction traction centre rail to haul trains up the steep grade.
		In the 1970s and 80s, a stop bank was built alongside the eastern side of the river from northern Upper Hutt to the mouth of the Hutt River in Lower Hutt to prevent further flooding.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/u/up/upper_hutt.html (731 words)

	Rimutaka Incline Railway, a tourist heritage railway proposal for New Zealand
		The Trust has and is celebrating the launch of the Rimutaka Incline Railway project; the 50th Anniversary of the closure of the Rimutaka Incline and associated opening of the Rimutaka Deviation in style from 22 October – 13 November 2005.
		The Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust aims to reinstate and operate a world-class heritage railway between Wellington and the Wairarapa.
		The Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust was delighted to receive a grant of $19,200 from the Rimutaka Trust towards the preparation of architectural design work, working drawings and specification of a heritage station building at Maymorn.
	www.rimutaka-incline-railway.org.nz (649 words)

	Rimutaka incline railway < Special places < info < Peter Marquis-Kyle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The steep Rimutaka Range was a barrier in the way of the railway line from Wellington to Napier.
		This is how the system worked: When a train arrived at the bottom of the incline, the crew uncoupled its ordinary loco, and interspersed four or more Fell locos among the wagons for the slow, noisy and smoky climb.
		The use of "northbound" here could be confusing, since Napier is north of Wellington but the Wellington end of the Rimutaka Incline is north of the Napier end, so a train described as northbound could be heading in either direction.
	www.marquis-kyle.com.au /sp/000574.htm (574 words)

	Encyclopedia: Upper Hutt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Lower and Upper Hutt cities are marked as 2 and 3 in this satellite image of the Wellington area (composite landsat-7 image) The Hutt Valley is the large area of fairly flat land in the Hutt River valley in the Wellington Region of New Zealand.
		The Rimutaka Range (often referred to as the Rimutaka Ranges) is one of several mountain ranges in the North Island of New Zealand which form a ridge running parallel with the east coast of the island between East Cape and Wellington.
		The Fell mountain railway system or Fell incline railway system is a type of Mountain railway system that employs a raised centre rail between the two main rails to provide extra traction and braking needed for steep grade sections.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Upper-Hutt (3506 words)

	Rimutaka Incline
		When the Rimutaka incline closed the railway was the last of its type in the world and if rebuilt it would again be a unique attraction.
		The Wellington Regional Council in August agreed to work with the Rimutaka incline railway steering committee, which was formed to drive the railway proposal, to assess the viability of the project.
		The Rimutaka incline is a popular recreation spot with over 30,000 walkers and bikers using it every year.
	wairarapa.co.nz /times-age/weekly/2002/rimutaka.html (1732 words)

	Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust
		On 8 August 2003 the Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust was incorporated as a Charitable Trust, the culmination of months of planning and consultation by the Steering Committee.
		We welcomed those who wished to extend support to the Rimutaka Incline Railway project, outlined what the Steering Committee and latterly the Trust had achieved to date, and what is proposed for the heritage-tourist railway.
		In August 2002 the Rimutaka Incline Railway Steering Committee was formed to coordinate the project, drawing members from established rail heritage groups and the Upper Hutt City Council.
	www.rimutaka-incline-railway.org.nz /about-us.html (563 words)

	Definition of index.php?search=incline&limit=20&offset=40
		5:...average height of 20 to 22 meters and a 45 degree incline on the side facing the canal.
		This dramatic incline downhill to the San Joaquin Valley floor is regio...
		The steep incline of this road leads to Collingwood and the surroun...
	www.wordiq.com /knowledge/index.php?search=incline&limit=20&offset=40 (404 words)

	Railways in New Zealand - North Island
		The purpose of the centre rail is to provide for additional adhesion, and the Fell locomotives, in addition to their ordinary driving wheels, are provided underneath, with a pair of horizontal driving wheels, one on either side of the centre rail.
		As trains up to 260 tons in total weight may have to be worked up or down the incline, this means that every train on arriving at the foot of the incline at Cross Creek has to be remarshalled.
		It will be seen, therefore, that the Rimutaka incline is a terrible handicap to the working of this section of the line.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r041.html (2913 words)

	The Fell Engine and the Rimutaka Incline
		The trip up and down the Incline with the Fell engines hardly changed during the time the line was in operation.
		In 1936 a railcar service was introduced over the Rimutaka Incline, taking some of the pressure off the old Fell engines, which were proving to be expensive to maintain and to run.
		As soon as the tunnel was opened work began on dismantling the old track, and 199, the first of the Fells, started to assist in the demolition of the line she had helped build nearly eighty years before.
	library.mstn.govt.nz /history/fell.html (1504 words)

	Rimutaka Railway Registration
		The section of rail formation between the Summit and Cross Creek is known as the Rimutaka Incline.
		Trains travelled the Incline to and from the Wairarapa for 77 years from 1878 to 1955 when rail traffic was re-routed through the new Rimutaka Tunnel.
		The former Rimutaka rail route was twice as steep as the steepest mainline railway in New Zealand.
	www.historic.org.nz /news/media_releases/2002_07_04.html (306 words)

	Fell mountain railway system (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Fell incline railway system was designed, developed and patented by British engineer John Barraclough Fell.
		The Rimutaka Incline at Upper Hutt in New Zealand was opened in 1878 and closed in 1955.
		The Chemin de Fer du Pay de Dome at Clermont Ferrand in France was opened in 1907 and closed in 1926, using a modified version of the Fell system in which compressed air was used to force the wheels against the centre rail.
	www.mcfly.org /wik/Fell_mountain_railway_system (404 words)

	Upper Hutt explained (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The city is 30 kilometres northeast of the Wellington CBD, and is centred on the upper (northern) valley of the Hutt River which winds its way from northeast to southwest on its way to its outflow into Port Nicholson harbour.
		The Hutt Valley widens briefly into a 2500 metre-wide floodplain between the Rimutaka and Akatarawa Ranges before constricting nine kilometres further downstream at the Taita Gorge, which separates Upper Hutt from its neighbour, Lower Hutt.
		The Upper Hutt city extends to the top of the Rimutaka saddle to the northeast and into the rough hill- country of the Akatarawa ranges to the north and northwest, almost reaching the Kapiti Coast close to the town of Paekakariki.
	www.wordspider.net /up/upper-hutt.html (1023 words)

	Rimutaka Incline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Research the history of the Rimutaka Incline railway and the fell engines that operated on it.
		Write two diary entries about their trip over the incline – the one with their class and an imaginary one on a Fell engine prior to 1955 - and present this information to others.
		Write to the Department of Conservation or the Rimutaka Forest Park Trust to tell them about their visit to Rimutaka Forest Park – note highlights and suggestions for improvements that would enhance school trips.
	www.doc.govt.nz /community/001~for-schools/003~Field-Trips/008~Wellington/Rimutaka-Forest-Park-Environmental-Education-Resource/009~Rimutaka-Incline.asp (1446 words)

	Rimutaka Incline
		The Incline Track has three very distinct sections as it crosses the Rimutaka Ranges.
		The Upper Hutt/Wellington side is an exceedingly gradual 10km climb along a river valley on a gravel road.
		At the summit stop and have a snack, there's a shelter with some information on the Incline, which was the way trains used to get from Wellington to the Wairapa until they got wise and put one big rail tunnel through the mountains.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /tamae/_tracks/00000004.htm (584 words)

	Fell locomotive < House swapping < Autobio < Peter Marquis-Kyle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		H199 was built by the Avonside Engine Co of Bristol in 1875, dismantled, shipped to Wellington, reassembled, and put to work on the Rimutaka incline.
		When a railway tunnel under the Rimutaka Range superceded the incline, the Fell locos where all cut up for scrap, except this one which was presented to the people of Fetherston, as a memorial to the men and women who for 77 years had provided the services over the ranges.
		From 1958 the loco sat in a park, beset by the weather and the vandals.
	www.marquis-kyle.com.au /nz/000569.htm (204 words)

	Greater Wellington - Pakuratahi Forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Rimutaka Ranges northeast of Upper Hutt divide the Hutt Valley from the Wairarapa Plains.
		Most of the land on the western side is managed by the Wellington Regional Council, while the Department of Conservation administers land on the eastern side.
		The Rimutaka Hill Road (State Highway 2) between Upper Hutt and Featherston crosses the northern end of the ranges.
	www.gw.govt.nz /story3045.cfm?PubID=128 (123 words)

	Memory Line Productions Steam Railway Videos
		Some trains required 5 of the 6 engines interspersed throughout their length to haul them to Summit - three miles from the bottom and nearly 1000 feet higher.
		In this unique programme, a surviving Fitter, Driver and Fireman return to the abandoned Incline to relive tales of agony and triumph of the Fell's Loco, H199, shown in its restored splendour in the Fell Engine Museum at Featherston.
		This present-day footage, combined with detailed archive film never seen publicly before brings to life an amazing railway which was surely Steam's Ultimate Test.
	www.memoryline.co.nz /rimutaka.html (236 words)

	Rimutaka Incline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Wairarapa line was at that time the only New Zealand Railways route out of Wellington, as the present North Island Main Trunk route along the western coast of the North Island was owned and operated by the private Wellington and Manawatu Railway company until 1908.
		On 30 October 1955 the 5-km incline and the other 34 km of associated track closed, and the new line opened on 3 November.
		In 2003 the Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust was formed with the objective of reinstating a heritage railway on the abandoned formation.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Rimutaka-Incline.htm (575 words)

	Featherston County, A History
		After the war, due to the extremely slow and labour intensive operation of the Fell engines on the Rimutaka Incline, plans were finally put in place to build the Rimutaka rail tunnel.
		While a track for driving cattle over the Rimutakas was opened up in 1848, it was 1856 before the first wheeled traffic was able to make this journey.
		It was from the summit of the Rimutakas, as they looked down on the shimmering lake, that Rangitane named the valley Wairarapa.
	www.featherstoncounty.com /history.htm (2173 words)

	ipedia.com: Rimutaka Incline Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Rimutaka Incline was a 3 mile stretch of steeply graded line on the original Wairarapa Railway line between Wellington and Masterton in New Zealand.
		Because of financial constraints, the railway between Upper Hutt and Featherston followed steep gradients to climb over the Rimutaka hills, rather than passing through a long rail tunnel as it does today.
		Work is at present at the planning stages and it will be some years before any construction is able to commence.
	www.ipedia.com /rimutaka_incline.html (494 words)

	What to do in Featherston County
		You can return the same way, or carry on to the Rimutaka Summit Tearooms or follow the pylon track down to Twin Bridges at the bottom of the Rimutaka Hill.
		In about 45 minutes the river narrows to a gorge in the Rimutaka Forrest Park, continue up the gorge (involving many easy river crossings) to a hut (4 bunks) at the junction of Oreore Stream with the main river.
		Corner Creek lies within the Rimutaka Forest Park and, as its name suggests, drains into the northwest corner of Palliser Bay at the end of Western Lake Road.
	www.featherstoncounty.com /what2do.htm (2279 words)

	Upper Hutt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The city is 30 kilometres northeast of the Wellington CBD, and is centred on the upper (northern) valley of the Hutt River, New Zealand which winds its way from northeast to southwest on its way to its outflow into Port Nicholson harbour.
		The line was continued over the Rimutaka Ranges to Featherston, New Zealand in the Wairarapa, opening on October 12, 1878.
		To assist with the 1 in 15 grade on the Featherston side of the range, the Rimutaka Incline employed Fell Incline Railway System that used a raised friction traction centre rail to haul trains up the steep grade.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Wellington-Kapiti/Upper-Hutt.html (934 words)

	RI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		All sounds very conflicting until we realise New Zealand's famous Rimutaka incline was the home of the world's last Fell locomotives.
		Add this to the steep grades of the Rimutaka Mountains, good photography, and clear commentary and the result is an excellent videotape.
		The Rimutaka incline operated continuously for 77 years climbing 1000 ft in 3 miles, until a tunnel replaced it.
	www.rowlingstock.com.au /titles/RI/RI.htm (249 words)

	Wairarapa Walks and Nature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Wairarapa is extraordinarily blessed in its geographic diversity, mountains, hill country, river valleys, plains, lakeshore and coastline can all be enjoyed on foot.Many of the walks are around the fringes of the 3 forest parks: Tararua, Rimutaka and Aorangi.
		Clearly signposted track begins 300m from the top of the Rimutaka Mountain Pass (SH2) on the Wellington side.
		Incline walk - full day; Cross Creek Village - 1 hour.
	www.wairarapanz.com /walks.html (574 words)

	NZecobikes Limited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Rimutaka Incline Recreation Area is the western access to the former rail route to the Wairarapa.
		The Wellington Regional Council is responsible for the section from Kaitoke to the Summit Tunnel, which is a gently-graded 10 km track through the Pakuratahi Forest.
		This forest (adjacent to the Rimutaka Forest Park) is characterised by mixed podocarp forest on the river terraces and lower slopes, running into red beech/kamahi mid-slope, and silver beech on the high level ridge-tops.
	www.nzecobikes.co.nz /rimutakainclineguidedtours.html (287 words)

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