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Knight's tram, Raurimu
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Knight's tram, Raurimu, hauling logs over trestle
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Track gauge 3+12 feet (1,067 mm)

Knight's tram, Raurimu was a bush railway owned by the Tamaki Sawmill Co., Raurimu and managed by Len Knight (formally Benjamin Leonard Knight). It was located at Raurimu in the central North Island of New Zealand, connecting to the North Island Main Trunk Railway. The tramway with a track gauge of 3+12 feet (1,067 mm) was used for at least ten years from 1912 to 1922.

Locomotives

  • A & G Price, Type C 0-4-4-0, built 1912 with second-hand boiler and a twin vertical engine in the cab, used 1912-1922 B.L. Knight, Raurimu
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