[2] The construction of this line was fiercely opposed by the Nightcaps Coal Company, fearing a loss of business.
[2] After two Royal Commissions, construction was approved in July 1919 with a deviation through Morley Village, considered part of Nightcaps.
In 1932, Parliament passed a local enactment for the ORB, the Ohai Railway Board Act 1932.
[2] The proceeds of this sale were used to form the Ohai Railway Board Trust,[4] which grants money to local projects.
WAB 794 is currently in mainline operating condition and hauls heritage passenger trains in the North Island from its Feilding depot, and has been hauling Tranz Scenic's Overlander express on "Steam Engine Saturdays" and "Steam Engine Sundays".
The engines were recovered from being dumped by a river in Branxholme, formerly on the Kingston Branch town and now on the Ohai Line.