By 8 August 2009 a good start had been made on installing wall cladding on the rail vehicle shed, and the first rail vehicle Aa1060 had been moved inside. Photo: Hugh McCracken.

On 27 June 2009 the last sheet was installed on the northern end of the shed roof. Photo: Hugh McCracken.

By 8 March 2009 the south end of the shed had been clad, barge boards and soffits fitted out. Photo: Hugh McCracken.

Alex, Ben and Colin working on the last steel portal, which was lifted into place on Friday 12 December 2008. Photo: Hugh McCracken.

The first four portals for the shed were craned into position by Hammond Crane and Cartage (Upper Hutt) on Saturday 23 August 2008, marking another milestone in the rail vehicle shed project. Photo: Hugh McCracken.

Foundation work is well advanced for the Rail Vehicle Shed, as seen on Saturday 5 July with Trust members and friends placing concrete into wall form work. Photo: Hugh McCracken.

The Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust celebrated the start of construction of its Rail Vehicle Shed with a foundation stone ceremony on the 6th September 2008. The stone was unveiled by The Honourable Paul Swain, Member of Parliament for Rimutaka. Photo: Frances Braddick.

On 24 April 2008 the Upper Hutt City Council granted the Trust’s Resource Consent application to establish a heritage railway precinct at Maymorn railway station — the proposed future operational base of the Rimutaka Incline Railway. Illustrated here is an impression of the future rail vehicle shed superimposed on a recent image of the site. Construction work has now commenced on the shed. Image: Hugh McCracken.