Stelvio Ltd has a diverse workload. A brief of a few of these jobs follows. For more details on each job refer to our 'Past Contracts' page.
Nihotupu Tramline
Waitakere Ranges Auckland
The new branch line was constructed at Seaver Camp to the new engine shed to house the Watercare Services Ltd locomotive which was used in the reconstruction of the Upper Nihotupu Dam. It involved the construction of a set of stubb points and a short curved branch line into the engine shed. The mainline reconnected using union rails 10kg/m rail to 30 lb/yd.
Denniston Incline May 2007
Historic Places Trust and DOC Site
Reconstruction of the rail tracks at the Top Brake Head for the public interpretation of the site in its final days of operation.
The work required the supervision of 35 Department of Conservation personnel and 3 volunteers during the construction of the company track, donkey track and the middle track. Research into the track layout and operation allowed us to reconstruct the Brake Head trackage to as near as possible to final days of operation. The middle track required a two track into four track into three track set of points. The crowing of rail to best match the original photographs on the company and middle track.
Banbury Tourist Mine Railway 2010
Denniston
This project involved the construction of 528 metres of new two foot gauge railway. Various weights of rail were used, from 30lb to 70lb/yd. 360 metres of rail runs outside the mine and includes a back shunt and an "S" bend.
A further168 metres of rail track sets have been constructed ready to be laid in the mine once mine contractors have completed their part.
The Department of Conservation hope to have this rail/ mine experience up & running in early December 2010.
The Great Martinborough Firewood Railway
March 2009
89 metres of garden railway in 2 foot gauge.
This railway required one set of blade points, one set of stubb points and a turntable with an “S” curve between the stubb points and the blade points. The main line required a gentle curve into a straight track to the house.