More Info →Page 15 - Levin 75th Jubilee Supplement

Description

Rail linked with development:

Railways can sometimes be linked to an umbilical cord through New Zealand, linking outlying areas to 'the mother country'.

Contains:

Levin Station
Weraroa
J.Bilderbeck
N. McGinn
L. Pope
Cadet G. Abrahams

The steam train was once a common sight through Levin but diesel-electrics replaced them in the early 60s. Here is the last working steam engine to bring a train through Levin.

Wooden carriages and a smoking engine mark this old picture taken at Queen Street crossing as being in the 20s era or even earlier.

The day the new shunting engine came to town - in June 1957. Traffic assistants pictures with the new machine were J. Bilderbeck, N. McGinn, L. Pope. In the cab is Cadet G. Abrahams.

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Date

March 1981