North Island Main Trunk
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The North Island Main Trunk is the main railway line in the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the country's largest city, Auckland. The line is 682 kilometres lo
1871 Mercer railway survey
Panorama of the Raurimu Spiral.
Eastern Transport Corridor in St. Johns.
In the 1930s, the Wellington end was deviated from Wellington to Tawa Flat by the Tawa Flat deviation, including two long tunnels. The deviation is the centre two tracks, with the Wairarapa Line's Ngauranga station in the background, alongside State Highway 1.
Raurimu Spiral
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The Raurimu Spiral is a single-track railway spiral, starting with a horseshoe curve, overcoming a 139-metre height difference, in the central North Island of New Zealand, on the North Island Main Tru
North Island Main Trunk
…takes approximately 11 hours. The NIMT has been described as an "engineering miracle", with numerous engineering feats such as viaducts, tunnels and a spiral built to overcome large elevation differences with grades suitable for steam engines, the ruling gradient being 1 in 50. When built the Makatote Viaduct…
Raurimu railway station