Monday, July 24, 2017

traffic on Jervois Quay, Wellington, circa 1908


Nearly all of it involving horses, but there's a new-fangled double deck electric tram headed for Newtown.

For lots more see the books Wellington: a Capital century and Wellington Transport Memories.

freight trains on the White Umfolozi River Bridge near Empangeni, Natal, South Africa


A diesel-hauled and an electric.

ships on the Yarra River, Mebourne, circa 1910


an NZR Di in the Karangahake Gorge, 1973


Hauling an excursion train; the railcars for regular passenger services had ceased in the 1960s.  Today this former double-deck bridge over the Ohinemuri River is part of the Hauraki Rail Trail through the gorge; see below, and of course our books.