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Typed inscription on reverse reads: A big crowd of people to see the passing of the last train to leave Foxton on Saturday 18th July 1959. Photo taken by F H Murray, Foxton.”

Last train to leave from Foxton Railway station prior to the closing of the Palmerston Noth – Foxton line. This photograph shows the large crowd which gathered to see the train depart.

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