Charming Creek Tramway

Charming Creek Tramway
Makeshift steam locomotive made by Robert T. Watson using a mobile boiler of Ruston & Procter
History
Opened1903 or 1905
Closed1958
Technical
Line length16.5 miles (26.6 kilometres)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map

Ngakawau on Seddonville Branch of NZR
Transfer station of the old logging railway (blue)
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Transfer to NZR on new route (red)
Coal bins for transfer to NZR
Tunnel
Irishman Tunnel
Rock Archway
Rome Stream Falls
Suspension bridge
Mangatini Tunnel at Mangatini Falls
The Veranda
Incline with a steam winch
Watson's Mill
Haywards Bridge
Watsons Bridge
The Stink Hole
Mumm's Mill
Original entrance of Charming Creek Coal Mine
Papa Tunnel
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Bins of Charming Creek Coal Mine

The Charming Creek Tramway was a 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long private bush tramway at Ngakawau in Buller District on the West Coast in New Zealand. It was used from 1903 or 1905 to 1958.