Wednesday, July 26, 2017
NZR 4-4-0 with a mixed train at Reefton, circa 1900
Heading south with the Inangahua River visible at right. These were ex-Midland Railway Company (see the book On the Trans-Alpine Trail)
1970 Trekka 4-16
If you've never heard of it, it's probably because they were made in NZ between 1966 and 1973, powered by Skoda engines.
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
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.
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.
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