Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Christchurch to Picton passenger train stops at Kaikoura, February 1987


At the time this was one of NZR's celebrated 'Refreshment Stops'. The luggage van and the first three cars are in Southerner (Christchurch to Invercargill) livery.  Today the station is the base of Whale Watch, the train is now the upgraded Coastal Pacific and the Dj locos are history.  For more, see our books.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for posting this pic , it is so wonderful to see what is left of the Southerner train , have been finding it quite hard to find pics of the Southerner Train online .

Anonymous said...

Just wondering , where can I find pictures of the Southerner Menu ? I had found some a while back burt did not bookmark it ! So now have been trying to find it again.

transpress nz said...

The NZ Railway and Locomotive Society archives probably have some -- https://railsoc.org.nz/contact/