The Goldfields Railway's 0-4-2 Peckett steam locomotive with a train at the Waikino terminus in 2005.
Locale
Karangahake Gorge, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Commercial operations
Name
Part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway
Built by
New Zealand Government Railways
Original gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Preserved operations
Owned by
Goldfields Railway Incorporated
Stations
Two
Length
6 km (3.7 mi)
Preserved gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Commercial history
Opened
1905 (to Waihi)
Closed
1978 (Paeroa - Tauranga)
The Goldfields Railway is a heritage railway that operates between Waihi and Waikino in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. It operates over a section of track that was part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway until the Kaimai Tunnel deviation made it redundant in 1978. The Goldfields Railway was formed in 1980 as the Goldfields Steam Train Society to retain a portion of the old mainline and switched to its current name in the mid-nineties.[1]
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