Price's Bush Tramway

Price's Bush Tramway was around 1903 bush railway near Akatarawa in the Tararua Range of New Zealand's North Island with a raised third rail for braking the loaden trucks like on the Rimutaka Incline.

Price's Bush Tramway
Bush tramway with a wooden Fell rail, Price's Bush at Akatarawa, circa 1903
Wooden rails of the bush railway in Price's Bush at Akatarawa, circa 1903
Technical
Track gauge3 1⁄2 or 4 ft
1,067 or 1,219 mm
Route map
Price's sawmill at Akatarawa
Incline
Tracks in the bush

History

Price's Bush was an area owned and milled by Thomas Price (1838–1906), who owned milling operations in Lower Hutt and Petone.[1] It lied in the upper reaches of the Hutt Valley to Waikanae on the Kapiti Coast in a rugged hill country.[2]

The tramway had wooden rails with a track gauge of 3 1⁄2 or 4 feet (1,067 or 1,219 mm) equal to that of the main line or Wellington tram respectively. Between the two rails, on which the wheels ran, there was a raised wooden rail. This was used for braking the loaden trucks downhill, as known from the Fell mountain railway system on the Rimutaka Incline.

  • Bush tramway showing wooden rails in Price's Bush at Akatarawa, 1903
  • Transporting logs with horses in the Akatarawa Bush, Hutt Valley, 1912-1916

Additional literature

References
  1. Bush tramway showing wooden rails, at Akatarawa, Price's Bush, circa 1903. A P Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
  2. Tracks and Trails: Price's Flat – Area near old Hukinga Village Site along Hukinga Road. Akatarawa Recreational Access Committee Inc. Retrieved on 8 May 2018


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