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  2. Rimutaka Incline - Wikipedia

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    The Rimutaka Incline was a 3-mile-long (4.8 km), 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge railway line on an average grade of 1-in-15 using the Fell system between Summit and Cross Creek stations on the Wairarapa side of the original Wairarapa Line in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand.

  3. Cross Creek railway station - Wikipedia

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    Cross Creek railway station was the base of operations for the Rimutaka Incline, a Fell railway over the Rimutaka Ranges, and part of the original Wairarapa Line between Upper Hutt and Featherston in the Wellington region of New Zealand's North Island. The station was between Pigeon Bush and Summit stations on the Wairarapa Line.

  4. Remutaka Rail Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Remutaka Rail Trail (spelled Rimutaka Rail Trail prior to 2017) is a walking and cycling track in the North Island of New Zealand.It runs between Maymorn and Cross Creek, and follows 22 kilometres (14 mi) of the original route of the Wairarapa Line over the Remutaka Range between the Mangaroa Valley and the Wairarapa, including the world-famous Rimutaka Incline.

  5. State Highway 2 (New Zealand) - Wikipedia

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    The Rimutaka Hill Road, traversing the Remutaka Ranges between Featherston and Upper Hutt, has a poor crash record, with many tight 25 and 35 km/h corners, and a lack of safety barriers to prevent vehicles dropping down off the road. The original winding route between Kaitoke and Te Marua was significantly realigned between 2002 and 2006.

  6. Remutaka Range - Wikipedia

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    It opened on 12 August 1878 and closed on 30 October 1955, when it was replaced by the Rimutaka Tunnel. The former route is now the popular Remutaka Rail Trail and part of the Remutaka Cycle Trail. [6] The Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust has plans to rebuild the railway from Maymorn, including the Incline, as a tourist and historical ...

  7. Video shows terrifying rockslide in Colorado that forced ...

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    A major rockslide prompted two highways to be shut down in Colorado over the weekend and witnesses captured the frightening moment on video. Highways 96 and 165 from Wetmore to Westcliffe in ...

  8. Culvert replacement will close Newberry Hill Road to through ...

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    A significant section of Newberry Hill Road will be closed from June 20 to September 3 as the Kitsap County Department of Public Works replaces a deteriorated culvert on the west fork of Little ...

  9. Rimutaka Incline railway accidents - Wikipedia

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    At Cross Creek, at the foot of the Rimutaka Ranges, an NZR H class Fell locomotive, H201, was added to the train to push it up the steep 1 in 15 ascent to the summit of the Rimutaka Incline. At Cross Creek the two passenger cars and the luggage carriage were put in front of the engine. Then behind this were two wagons of timber and lastly the ...