Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust the Maymorn site to the original railway formation. The trust proposes to progressively reinstate and operate the railway between Maymorn and Featherston in four stages, including: Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust The Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust is a non-profit, charitable trust in New Zealand that was established in 2003 with the objective of reinstating an operating heritage railway over the Rimutaka Ranges using the original route of the Wairarapa Line between Maymorn and Featherston, including the world-famous Rimutaka Incline. The trust was formed by a steering committee that had earlier been established to investigate the proposal, and was composed
Sapperton Railway Tunnel Sapperton Railway Tunnel The Sapperton Railway Tunnel, named after the nearby village of Sapperton (near Cirencester, Gloucestershire) carries the Golden Valley Line from Stroud to Swindon through the Cotswold escarpment. It was begun by the Cheltenham and Great Western Union railway in 1839 and taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1843, being completed in 1845. There are actually two tunnels, the main one at 1 mile 104 yards (1704m) in length, and separated by a short gap, a second at just 353 yards (323m). The initial plans for the tunnel, dating from 1835, were unusual in that it