The last train from Foxton to Palmerston North rounding a curve at the approach to Palmerston North. Engine A 601 is hauling six carriages during this 1959 trip.
Cutting from newspaper
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Black and white photograph.
Written on blue paper attached to back – C M/H
Lifting the replica of the railway engine “Foxton” off a truck in front of the Court House Museum.
Black and white photograph.
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Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “Tram tracts [?] through the bush.”
Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date
See also – Acc. #2000.266.0002 (original, by R.A. MacDonald).
A tramline runs beside a river which has native bush to its banks.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0319a)
See also 2000.266.0002 (original, by R.A. MacDonald).
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Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “Tram tracts [?] through the bush.”
Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date
An unidentified man leans over the rail of a tramline bridge in the middle of dense native bush. On the far side of the bridge stands the man’s horse.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0319b)
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Alfred Robert Crowe guard on Foxton train for many years. B C Crowe Shannon.”
Photo of railway staff including A R Crowe who was guard on Foxton train for many years. The name of the station at which the photograph has been taken is written on the shed behind the staff member on the left in the back row, but is too small to be clearly identified. The photograph has been mounted onto cream coloured card.
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Penciled on back: “Removing old Waikanae Railway Bridge. Jim Brown.”
Removing the old railway bridge over the Waikanae River at an unknown date. A crane is to the left of the photograph and workers sit atop the old bridge.
1 B&W photo print
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