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Kōrero: Bush trams and other log transport

Corkscrew railway

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Corkscrew railway

Photographed in 1923, this section of the Taupo Totara Timber Company line was known as ‘the corkscrew’. The track climbed more than 300 metres to the Wau Wau saddle, south of Putaruru.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)

Reference: APG-1260-1/2; G

by Albert Percy Godber

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Mahoney, Bush trams and other log transport – Curves, trestles and inclines, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12242/corkscrew-railway (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Mahoney, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.