Brownlee Tramway

Brownlee Tramway
Dalton’s Bridge über den Te Hoiere / Pelorus River
Streckenverlauf
Streckenlänge:29 km
Spurweite:914 mm (engl. 3-Fuß-Spur)
0Carluke
Rai Valley
Pelorus Valley
Dalton’s Bridge
Wakamarina River at Canvastown
29Blackball

Die Brownlee Tramway im Marlborough District war eine von um 1881 bis 1915 betriebene, 29 Kilometer lange[1] Waldeisenbahn in Neuseeland, die über eine Spurweite von 3 Fuß (914 mm) verfügte und durch das Rai Valley und entlang des Te Hoiere / Pelorus River führte. Die Bahn wurde von William Brownlee und später von seinem Sohn John betrieben, die Sägewerksbesitzer in der Gegend waren.[2]

Streckenführung

Logs from the lower Opouri Valley to be railed to the Carluke band saw mill, 3-3-1912 (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg
Langholz im unteren Opouri Valley für die Bandsäge in Carluke
Steam locomotive, Opouri, hauling logs down the tramline to the mill at Blackball (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg
Dampflok Opouri mit Langholz für das Sägewerk in Blackball
[[Datei:William Brownlee's sawmill at the port of Blackball on a distributary of the Te Hoiere / Pelorus River, less than 2 km from Havelock (Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg|220px]]
Brownlee's Sägewerk in Blackball am Te Hoiere / Pelorus River


Alle Fotos aus der Brownlee Collection der Marlborough Historical Society im Marlborough Museum

Die Wald­bahn wurde in einer ver­hält­nis­mäßig hohen Qualität errich­tet, damit sie eines Tages von dem New Zealand Rail­ways Depart­ment (NZR) für die Strecke nach Nelson hätte übernommen werden können. Carluke war eine um das Sägewerk errichtete Siedlung, die nach der schottischen Stadt Carluke benannt war. Von dort führte die Strecke durch das Rai Valley und entlang des nördlichen Ufers des Pelorus River Valley, auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite des Pelorus River Reserve und der Pelorus Bridge. Sie bog nach Osten ab und folgte dem Te Hoiere / Pelorus River bis zur Dalton’s Bridge. Ihre Trasse wird heute vom New Zealand State Highway 6 genutzt, bis dort, wo sie den Wakamarina River bei Canvastown überquerte. Der ehemalige Bahndamm ist heute noch sichtbar. Die Strecke folgte dann der Hauptstraße bis Blackball am Port Underwood.

Lokomotiven

NameHerstellerWerks-Nr.BaujahrBauartFotoBemerkungen
Aunt SallyBarclay7181892KonventionellNo. 8 at Brownlees Mill Carluke hauling timber to PelorusAnfangs hatte die Lok eine mit langen Kuppelstangen von der Lok angetriebenen Seilwinde, bei deren Betrieb die Lok aufgebockt wurde. Bei Entfernung der Winde von 0-4-0 auf 2-4-2 umgebaut, um besser auf fliegenden Gleisen einsetzbar zu sein. Shanks-Kessel, Satteltank und Führerstandskabine wurden später in Ruru nachgerüstet. Heute(2018) im Havelock Museum.[3]
OpouriStearns10631902HeislerBrownlee and Co's locomotive Opouri which crashed through the bridge at the present site of Dalton's Bridge over the Pelorus River.jpgDie amerikanische Getriebelokomotive stürzte in den Te Hoiere / Pelorus River, als 1911 Dalton’s Bridge einstürzte.[4] Ihre Zylinder-Einheit ist beim Bush Tramway Club erhalten.
TwinsBarclay1130A1907KonventionellTwin locomotive built by Andrew Barclay, Sons and Co (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg1130A+B waren anfangs als Doppellokomotive Heck an Heck fest miteinander gekuppelt. Sie wurden bald getrennt und separat voneinander eingesetzt. 1130A blieb bei den Brownlees working in Ruru und ist jetzt in Tauranga ausgestellt.[5]
TwinsBarclay1130B1907KonventionellBrownlee and Co's Barclay Duplex crossing Couper's (Cooper's) bridge, Rai Valley (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg1130B wurde 1917 auf die Nordinsel verschifft und ist nicht erhalten.[5]

Außerdem gab es weitere Dampflokomotiven und mehrere Diesel-Draisinen.[6]

  • Buschmänner mit Musikinstrumenten

    Buschmänner mit Musikinstrumenten

  • Ausflugsfahrt

    Ausflugsfahrt

  • Ausflugsfahrt

    Ausflugsfahrt

Weblinks

Commons: Brownlee Tramway (Marlborough) – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ John Roger Yonge, Quail Map Company: New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas. Quail Map Company, 1993, ISBN 978-0-900609-92-3 (google.co.nz).
  2. ↑ The Brownlees Enterprise. In: The Prow. Abgerufen am 11. August 2018.
  3. ↑ Brownlee & Co. No. Unknown-Havelock, New Zealand. In: Steam Locomotives. Abgerufen am 12. August 2018.
  4. ↑ Railway accident, Pelorus Marlborough. In: Marlborough Museum. Abgerufen am 12. August 2018.
  5. ↑ a b Industrial Locomotives. In: New Zealand Rolling Stock Register. Abgerufen am 12. August 2018.
  6. ↑ Outing on a trolly (sic). In: Marlborough Museum. Abgerufen am 12. August 2018.

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Twin locomotive built by Andrew Barclay, Sons and Co (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg
Twin locomotive built by Andrew Barclay, Sons and Co (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society)
Brownlee and Co's Barclay Duplex crossing Couper's (Cooper's) bridge, Rai Valley (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg
Brownlee and Co's Barclay Duplex crossing Couper's (Cooper) bridge, Rai Valley. On the back of the original photograph "Engine new in 1906, made by Barclay Kilmarnock, Scotland. Later sold to Butler Bros. Westland."

There is also a copy of this photograph with the information "bridge...built in 1906. This bridge was over a valley dip over the river from Couper's accommodation house on the main road from Canvastown to the Pelorus." The three men discernable in the cab are Hadfield Smith, Bert Baggitt and Alf Barton (there are five men in the cab). Harry Spiers is on the line. A photograph of ships at a wharf has been glued onto the bottom of the original photograph, this is not included on the copy. The copy was made in 1959 for the Historical Exhibition.

People:

  • Smith, Hadfield
  • Barton, Alfred
  • Baggett, Bert
  • Spiers, Harry
No.8 Brownlees Mill Carluke Hauling timber to Pelorus (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg
Copied from an original photograph taken by J.R. Akersten. Brownlee's mill, Carluke - hauling timber to Pelorus, 1 December 1911. One of Brownlee & Co's locomotives on the Rimu Gully Baukway bringing timber down to Blackball. The boarding house is in the centre of the photograph and the mill to the right. Mount Ronga is in the distance behind the house.

Written on the front of the Photograph is, "No.8? Brownlees Mill Carluke "Hauling timber to Pelorus". Protected. 1/12/11. "Akersten" Photo."

Copied by Norm Brayshaw in 1963 from a photograph supplied by J.H. Brownlee, Havelock. Four copies.

A scan of this photograph is to be used in the Changing European History Gallery 2 display in commemoration of the Marlborough Provincial 150th anniversary on 1 November 2009.

Sawn timber on its way to Blackball, from Brownlee's sawmill at Carluke, Rai Valley. Brownlee built solid embankments, and sturdy bridges for his timber railway. He used the same 3'6" (1067 mm) rail gauge that N.Z. Railways had adopted. The N.Z. Railways had assured Brownlee that they would buy up his timber line when he ceased operations, and use it as part of the proposed link right through to Nelson. That line never eventuated.
Logs from the lower Opouri Valley to be railed to the Carluke band saw mill, 3-3-1912 (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg
Loading logs, Opouri Valley, 3/3/1912. These logs from the lower Opouri Valley were railed out to the Carluke band saw mill. Copied 1963 from Brownlee, Havelock.
Brownlee and Co's locomotive Opouri which crashed through the bridge at the present site of Dalton's Bridge over the Pelorus River.jpg
Brownlee and Co's locomotive Opouri which crashed through the bridge at the present site of Dalton's Bridge over the Pelorus River. David Young was the driver and was injured so that had 69 days sick leave to recover.

The Opouri fell over at Dalton's bridge, 1 September 1911. David Youngand started back at work on the 20th November 1911. (From Brownlee's time books)

The photo has the words "Railway accident, Pelorus Marlborough" written on it.
Brownlee's Bushmen.jpg
15 of Brownlee's Bushmen with musical instuments on a motor draisine dressed in their best clothes before christmas. The inscription at the bottom on the photograph reads "Wishing you a jolly Chistmas boys for 1903[?]"
Looking downstream to Brownlee's bridge over the Pelorus River on the site of the present Dalton's bridge (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg
Brownlee Photographs.

Looking downstream to Brownlee's bridge over the Pelorus River on the site of the present Dalton's bridge. There is a man on a horse in the foreground.

Copied 1961 from Dalton Estate
A picnic party on one of Brownlee and Co's powered trollies (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg
A picnic party on one of Brownlee and Co's powered trollies.The drive system is under the man on the left and the cooling system is supplied by the barrell of water.. The gas engine was a low compresion diesel which was started with a blowlamp. It used bearing oil which was injected into the bulb on top of the cylinder.

There are four men, four women and four children on the trolly and one man leaning on the back carrage.

Copied 1961, from Dalton estate, Canvastown
A picnic party on one of Brownlee and Co's trolleys (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg
A picnic party on one of Brownlee and Co's trolleys

Copied 1962, from Mr Brownlee, Havelock

The original photograph was creased diagonally across the top right corner.
Steam locomotive, Opouri, hauling logs down the tramline to the mill at Blackball (Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough Museum, Marlborough Historical Society).jpg
Steam locomotive, Opouri, hauling logs down the tramline to the mill at Blackball. The box cars at the back were for slabs for the boilers and for the locomotive. The photograph was taken in the Pelorus Valley area above Canvastown. Copied 1961 from Mrs Heath, Havelock.
Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough (OpenStreetMap).jpg
Autor/Urheber: OpenStreetMap Mitwirkende, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 2.5
Brownlee Tramway, Marlborough (OpenStreetMap)