Hero of the Hill

Author(s): Joy Cowley

NZ Children & Young Adult

A fierce wind blows.  Thunder rumbles.  Will the brave engine and carriages tumble?


Written in steady, clicketty-clack rhyme, Joy Cowley's tale of H 199 brings a little-known slice of New Zealand history to life.


A story about a Fell engine, H 199,which used to pull coaches up the Rimutaka Incline, a section of the railway line between Wellington and the Wairarapa which was too steep for ordinary engines.

General Information

  • : 9781775431237
  • : Scholastic New Zealand Limited
  • : Scholastic New Zealand
  • : 01 February 2014
  • : New Zealand
  • : 01 February 2014
  • : 01 July 2023
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Joy Cowley
  • : Paperback
  • : Philip Webb.
  • : en
  • : 32
  • : Colour