Makeshift steam locomotive made by Robert T. Watson using a mobile boiler of Ruston & Procter
History
Opened
1903 or 1905
Closed
1958
Technical
Line length
16.5 miles (26.6 kilometres)
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map
Legend
Ngakawau on Seddonville Branch of NZR
Transfer station of the old logging railway (blue)
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Transfer to NZR on new route (red)
Coal bins for transfer to NZR
Tunnel
Irishman Tunnel
Rock Archway
Rome Stream Falls
Suspension bridge
Mangatini Tunnel at Mangatini Falls
The Veranda
Incline with a steam winch
Watson's Mill
Haywards Bridge
Watsons Bridge
The Stink Hole
Mumm's Mill
Original entrance of Charming Creek Coal Mine
Papa Tunnel
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Bins of Charming Creek Coal Mine[1]
The Charming Creek Tramway was a 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long private bush tramway at Ngakawau in Buller District on the West Coast in New Zealand.[2] It was used from 1903 or 1905 to 1958.
^Bill Prebble: Reflections on Charming Creek, Mills and Mines, Tramways and Walkways of a Pioneering West Coast Enclave.
^Jackie Breen and Amy Findlater: Charming Creek Tramway: milling, mining, walkway — a history. A report prepared for the Buller Kawatiri Area Office. Retrieved on 9 August 2018.
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