Waihi – Waikino Gold Tramway

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Waihi-Waikino Gold Tramway (The Rake)
The Ohinemuri locomotive on the Black Bridge over the Ohinemuri River just above the Masonry Dam, around 1897
The Ohinemuri locomotive on the Black Bridge over the
Ohinemuri River just above the Masonry Dam, around 1897
Route of the Waihi – Waikino Gold Tramway
Tramway comes from the bottom right. The left branch leads to the stone crushers.
Right branches to the NZR (gray) as well as coal bunkers and engine sheds.
Turntable at the bottom of the funicular to the kilns.
Route length: 9.25 km
Gauge : 2 feet 9 inches = 838mm mm
Maximum slope : 25  ‰
Minimum radius : 6 chain = 120 m
Legend
   
 0.0 Martha Gold Mine near Waihi
   
 4,425 Ohinemuri River , bridge 55 m long, 9.3 m high
   
 Halfway
   
 Rohaus cut 12 m deep
   
 6,850 Second deepest incision
   
 NZR's Mangatoetoe Bridge
   
 9.250 Victoria Battery at Waikino

The Waihi – Waikino Gold Tramway (colloquially The Rake ) was a 9.25 kilometer (5.75 mile) long narrow-gauge railway from the gold mine at Waihi to the Victoria Battery at Waikino . It was operated by the Waihi Gold Mining Company from 1897 to 1952. It was New Zealand's only private railroad for the transportation of gold ore.

history

The first stone crusher ( English : stamping battery) of the Martha Gold Mine was put into operation in 1882. In the middle of the 1890s, the mine needed a new stone crusher, which was installed on the Ohinemuri River near Waikino because of the water power available there and to protect the settlement from the noise .

The unusual 2 foot 9 inch (840 mm) gauge works railway was built parallel to the river. The greatest incline was 25 ‰ (1:40) and the rails weighed 20 kg / m (40 lb / yard) per meter . Initially there was only one steam locomotive, named Ohinemuri , but more were procured later. Finally, there were five Manning Wardle steam locomotives and one WG Bagnall procured in 1934 when Manning Wardle no longer existed. In 1905, the NZ Government Railway was extended to Waihi, which crossed the narrow-gauge line on an overpass east of Waihi station. Part of the bridge is still preserved today. The Martha Mine was closed in 1952 because of the high operating costs (but it was reopened as an open pit in 1987). It took about two years for the tracks to be dismantled. The locomotives and cars were not preserved.

Nearby railways

The Victoria Battery Tramway is a 1.2 km long narrow-gauge museum railway with a gauge of 2 feet (610 mm) that is still in operation today on the site of the former quarrying facilities in Waikino.

The Goldfield Railway is a daily museum and tourist railway on the former East Coast Main Trunk Railway between Waihi and Waikino with the Cape gauge of 3 feet 6 inches (1067 mm).

Rail vehicles

Two tipper trains called rakes at the Victoria Battery stone crushers, 1940s

Locomotives

Wheel alignment Manufacturer number photo year Surname Cylinder (bore × stroke in inches)
0-4-0 / 0-4-2 Manning Wardle 1329 Waihi-Waikino Gold Tramway, The Rake, 'Ohinemuri', built 1896.jpg 1896 Ohinemuri 9 × 14
0-4-2 Manning Wardle 1424 Waihi-Waikino Gold Tramway, The Rake, 'Victoria'.jpg 1898 Victoria 9 × 14
0-4-2 Manning Wardle 1497 Waihi-Waikino Gold Tramway, The Rake, 'Albert', built 1900, Staples Collection.jpg 1900 Albert ?
4-4-0 Manning Wardle 1662 Waihi-Waikino Gold Tramway, The Rake, locomotive 'Waikino' with rake, c. 1940s. Lithgow Collection.jpg 1905 Waikino 10 × 16
4-4-2 Manning Wardle 1753 Waihi-Waikino Gold Tramway, The Rake, 'Dominion', built 1909, Staples Collection.jpg 1909 Dominion 10 × 16
2-4-2 Bagnall flat share 2513 Waihi-Waikino Gold Tramway, The Rake, 'Empire'.jpg 1934 Empire 10 × 16

dare

Small biaxial V-shaped tilting lorries were used to transport gold-bearing quartz. There were also some freight and flat cars. If necessary, the latter were also used as an exception for passenger transport, as the railway normally did not offer passenger transport.

  • Ohinemuri and a Kipplorenzug called rake to No. 1 Shaft Hoppers, 1900

  • Rohaus-Einschnitt with Ohinemuri on the way to Waikino, around 1897

  • Ohinemuri in second deepest cut 1.5 miles from Waikino

  • A NZR -Lok the F A class on the Mangatoetoe bridge over the narrow-gauge track

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c HP Barry, description of tramway . Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c R.D. Grant, EW Robson and WW Stewart: Waihi Gold Mining Company. The New Zealand Railway Observer, Volume 4, June 1947, p. 81. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Time Line - Tramway to Victoria Battery - The Rake . Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  4. ^ A b Historical Summary - Tramway to Victoria Battery - The Rake . Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ Attractions . Retrieved August 1, 2018.

Web links

Coordinates: 37 ° 24 ′ 43 ″  S , 175 ° 46 ′ 23 ″  O