Ellis and Burnand Tramway (Ongarue)

Ellis & Burnand Tramway

Two Price locomotives in the roundabout

Route

Route length:

37 km

Gauge :

1067 mm ( cape track )

Legend

	km
	46	Terminus clearing
	59	Camp No 11
	65	Camp No 10
	68	Waikoura Bridge
	69	Mangatukutuku Bridge
	70	Goat Creek
	73	Bruntons
	74	Ongarue spiral
	78	Mangakahu Stream
	82	Bennet Road
	85	Ongarue

The Ellis & Burnand Tramway was from 1922 to 1958 a 37-km long narrow gauge - forest railway with wooden rails partly at Ongarue in New Zealand with a track width of 1067 mm (3 foot 6 inches ).

route

Construction of the railway began in 1922 after JW Ellis and Harry Burnand built their sawmill in Ongarue in 1914.

The Ellis & Burnand Tramway was a Ongarue spiral -called circuit terminal loop , a circular loop tunnel , two high Trestle professionally planned and built bridges and deep cuts. It was the longest forest railway in the New Zealand bush.

In 1955 the forest railway was shut down due to flood damage, and in 1966 the sawmill was also decommissioned.

Locomotives

Steam-powered geared locomotives from Climax , Heisler / Stearns and Price were used on the Waldbahn. The Climax locomotive drove back and forth between the sawmill and the siding at Waione Camp, while the A. & G. Price locomotives drove from there to the loading points in the forest.

Wheel alignment	Type	Manufacturer	number	Construction year	Status	owner	Duration of use
0-4-4-0BT		Climax	# 1650	1924	Stored	Bush Tramway Club	1924-1960
0-4-4-0BT		Heisler / Stearns	# 1082	1904	Is being overtaken	Bush Tramway Club	1947-1966
0-4-4-4-4-0T		Price	Matilda	1912	Retired		1923-1951
0-4-4-4-4-0T		Price	Martha	1912	Retired		1923-1926
0-4-4-0BT	B.	Climax	# 1203	1913	Stored	West Coast Historical & Mechanical Society - Shantytown	1953-1963
0-4-4-0T	E.	Price	# 111	1923	Is being overtaken	Bush Tramway Club	1944-1958
4-2-0		Chevrolet			Unknown