Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Passchendaele on the Otaki River
As those have have our books know, the NZR's locomotive Ab 608 was named that to honour those NZ soldiers killed in the awful WW1 battle in Belgium, and is today preserved operational (see earlier posts).
This is a 100 cm x 50 cm oil on canvas painting by Wallace Trickett and is for sale.
Monday, November 13, 2017
travel by trailer poster, circa 1960
Presumably issued by an association of trailer (= caravan) manufacturers.
Fiat railcar about to enter the Arthur's Pass tunnel, mid 1970s
It has just crossed the Bealey River at the highest point of the South Island railway network with the Arthur's Pass township visible in the background.
As those who have the book On the TransAlpine Trail know, these ran on the Christchurch-Greymouth route between 1956 and 1978; in the earlier part of this period they also ran south of Greymouth. (Roy Sinclair pic)
aerial view of the NZ Centennial exhibition in Wellington, 1940
This was in Kilbirnie-Lyall Bay and had a tram connection. For lots more about it, see the book Wellington: a Capital century
a French SNCF autorail in Belgium
Number X-4368 at Waulsort station on the line Dinant (Belgium) - Givet (France).
Sunday, November 12, 2017
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