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Wellington, the art and cultural heart of New Zealand is full of rich history, culture, and tradition. For all people who love to delve into the heritage of a country and land, Wellington is the perfect place. Filled with museums and galleries, that display to the public the rich legacy of the land, Wellington has a number of locations highlighting different periods of Wellington’s past. These museums may be Art Galleries, History Museums, Military Museums, Sports Museums, Themed Museums, and Transport Museums. Of the transport museums, that display artifacts relating to the different modes of transport and vehicles, the most popular is the Fell Locomotive Museum, Wellington. The Fell Locomotive Museum, Wellington in Featherstone, houses the sole Fell railway locomotive in the world, built in 1875 for the steep stretch of rail-line through the Rimutaka Forest Park. The locomotive, number H199, climbed 265m (869ft) up the 4.8km (3 mile) Rimutaka Incline using John Barraclough Fell's distinctive method of four grip wheels on a raised center rail. Although the locomotive is not in steam, and is driven by an electric motor, visitors can watch the internal as well as external motion. The Fell Locomotive Museum, Wellington also has other things on display, for instance, an incline brake van, working models and items of railway memorabilia, as also exhibitions presenting the lifestyles of the early settlers. The Fell Locomotive Museum, Wellington is open seven days a week, from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm, and is one tourist attraction that must be visited by all and sundry to get a taste of the only remaining example of the engine that traversed the Wairarapa until 1955. So, when you are in Wellington, make sure that you visit this tourist attraction, the Fell Locomotive Museum, Wellington, which attracts hundreds of people from all over the world.
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