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AddBy: Geoff Hudson5th Feb 2018 11:38PMThe men are probably engaged in unblocking the culvert under the embankment (the photo being of the upstream side of the embankment and there is no culvert in sight). Rubble coming downstream was an issue that required constant attention and over the years the culvert inlet was built up vertically in stages to try and keep it above the accumulating gravel. After the line closed in 1955, maintenance ended, the culvert blocked and the entire embankment and backfill eventually washed away. Crossing the gap today would probably have you at the level these people are at.
An aerial photo taken in 1961 (find it on Retrolens.nz) shows the break down starting on the downhill (left) side of the embankment.
Sources: it'll be somewhere in 'A Line of Railway' by W.N. Cameron.
An aerial photo taken in 1961 (find it on Retrolens.nz) shows the break down starting on the downhill (left) side of the embankment.
Sources: it'll be somewhere in 'A Line of Railway' by W.N. Cameron.
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Upper Hutt City Library (25th May 2014). Rimutaka Incline; 'Siberia'; windbreak at windiest location on the Incline. [P2-13-21]. In Website Upper Hutt City Library. Retrieved 24th Sep 2018 19:26, from http://archives.uhcc.govt.nz/nodes/view/1076