Taupō railway proposals
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There have been a number of proposals to build a Taupō railway line as a branch railway linking the township of Taupō in the central North Island of New Zealand to New Zealand's rail network. One prop
Kakahi cutting and Whakapapa River about 1914. The incline appears to have been rope worked
The railway cutting east of Kakahi is now Te Rena Road and best known for its glowworms
Kakahi, New Zealand
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Kakahi is a small King Country settlement about 10 kilometres up the Whanganui River from Taumarunui, New Zealand. Founded as a sawmill town, it takes its name from the Māori word for the New Zealand
Taupō railway proposals
…railway yard at Rotorua closed, and along with the last 2 km of the line were lifted and relocated to Koutu. A proposal to construct a railway between Kakahi on the North Island Main Trunk and Pukawa on the shores of Lake Taupō, near Tokaanu, was made by a group of three people - Te Heuheu Tukino, Paramount…
Kakahi in the early 1900s