Raurimu Spiral The Raurimu Spiral is a single-track railway spiral, starting with a horseshoe curve, overcoming a 139-metre (456 ft) height difference...

and the North Island Main Trunk railway line runs to the east. The Raurimu Spiral, which allows the railway to climb 139 metres, is described as an engineering...

7349°N 96.8633113°E / 20.7349; 96.8633113 on the Thazi-Taunggyi line. Raurimu Spiral at 39°07′13″S 175°24′04″E / 39.120337°S 175.4010443°E / -39.120337;...

central section between Hamilton and Palmerston North, including the Raurimu Spiral and numerous viaducts – five of which are over 70 metres (230 ft) high...

Register of Historic Places listings in Blair County, Pennsylvania Raurimu Spiral Tehachapi Loop "Horsheshoe Curve". NPSGallery. National Park Service...

experience and skills to secondary school groups and others. The Raurimu Spiral is a railway spiral traveling upwards 122 m (400 ft) in 1.6 km (0.99 mi), via...

of the Tamaki Sawmill Co. at Raurimu railway station Raurimu Spiral in 2007 (no remains of tramways visible) Raurimu Spiral Tamaki Sawmill Company. Collection...

Plateau with deep ravines required nine viaducts and the world-famous Raurimu Spiral. Richard Seddon’s Liberal Government pledged in 1903 that the whole...

valley. The northern surface traces of the fault commence near the Raurimu Spiral and the most southern surface is over 35 km (22 mi) to the south just...

station, New South Wales, turns back on itself at about 225 degrees. The Raurimu Spiral in New Zealand has a horseshoe curve as the first part of the climb...

which he completed the gap in the middle of the North Island with the Raurimu Spiral. He retired in 1920, having been Engineer-in-Chief of the department...

Whanganui National Park. The district is also home to the world-famous Raurimu Spiral on the North Island Main Trunk railway line. The tourist towns of Raetihi...

and closed in 1978. It was known as Pukerimu from 1906 to 1908. The Raurimu Spiral is 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) from the station, and rises 200 metres (660 ft)...

necessitated a number of complicated engineering feats, notably the Raurimu Spiral and Rimutaka Incline (the latter no longer in use). The network has...

Auckland and Wellington. The journey to/from Auckland crosses the famous Raurimu Spiral. From 18 December 1917 until 1 January 1968, Ohakune was also the junction...

longer required it. North Island Main Trunk railway (completed 1908) Raurimu Spiral (1898) Otira Tunnel (completed 1923) East Coast Main Trunk Railway (completed...

problems due to the terrain, and has several high viaducts and the famous Raurimu Spiral. The Stratford–Okahukura Line to Stratford connected just north of Taumarunui...

necessitated a number of complicated engineering feats, notably the Raurimu Spiral. There are 1787 bridges and 150 tunnels in less than 4,000 km of track...

the town, the railway track performs the convoluted dance that is the Raurimu Spiral, one of New Zealand's most impressive feats of engineering. National...

mainline section of the NIMT route, the central section including the Raurimu Spiral. The trailing engine axle under the cab carried a heavier load than...

from Te Awamutu on 15 April 1885, the section—including the famous Raurimu Spiral—was not completed for another 23 years. The economy gradually improved...

of the station the railway performs the convoluted dance that is the Raurimu Spiral, one of New Zealand's most impressive feats of engineering. There was...

"traffic saturation" on the mountainous central section, particularly the Raurimu Spiral. In 1975, the study recommended electrification using 25 kV 50 Hz AC;...

Manunui Piriaka Kakahi steam engine turning point. Ōwhango Oio Raurimu below the Raurimu Spiral National Park 14:05 13:30 pre 1980s/Overlander Ohakune 14:28...

Zealand. Retrieved 15 April 2022. Heritage NZ description and photo "THE RAURIMU SPIRAL. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1 November 1929. Retrieved...

Stream, Manawatu-Wanganui". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 6 November 2020. "THE RAURIMU SPIRAL. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1 November 1929. Retrieved...

"IntraMaps". maps.ruapehudc.govt.nz. Retrieved 15 November 2020. "THE RAURIMU SPIRAL. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1 November 1929. Retrieved...

Rimutaka ranges he insisted on using a better route, resulting in the Raurimu Spiral. He was also responsible for the eventual construction of the Otira...

raising the freight capacity of the NIMT. The main limitation was the Raurimu Spiral, where a pair of DA class locomotives could haul 650 tonnes up the grade...

from the X class locomotives which had been used particularly on the Raurimu Spiral. While generally reliable, trouble at first was encountered with the...