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.
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The last train to leave Foxton climbs the incline behind the factory, 1959. An excursion train ran on 17 July 1959 and 10 days later the Foxton line was closed (27 July 1959).
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A large crowd stands alongside the last railway train to leave Foxton, 1959.
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Typed inscription on reverse reads: ” The last train to leave Foxton before the closing down of the Palmerston North – Foxton line. Photo taken by F H Murray, Foxton. 18 July 1959.”
Last train to leave Foxton prior to the closing of the line between Foxton and Palmerston North 18 July 1959. Engine 601 is decked with flags and pulls a number of carriages. People are gatherered on either side of the train.
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Last train leaving Foxton”
Taken from the north this photograph is of the last railcar to leave Foxton station. A crowd stands on the eastern railway embankment and in front of the railway station. On the track to the west of the railcar is a railway wagon.
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Update October 2015:
We received an email from Richard Armstrong with a photo and a link to this YouTube video of the last railcar at Foxton:
"Further information for you is that the last passenger train on the Foxton Branch was on Saturday 18th July 1959 hauled by steam locomotive A 601 a YouTube clip of this trip can be seen here: Foxton Last Train 18 July 1959.avi
The last freight train ran a few days after and the line formally closed on the 27th July 1959."
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Printed below photograph - Foxton’s Main Street railway station in 1877, just one year after the wooden tramway’s conversion to a railway. The afternoon train for Feilding, headed by one of the section’s three 17-ton locomotives (later to become the “F” class), stands in the loop by the station platform, while standing on the main line is the embryo assembly for the next morning’s train. On the extreme left is the old tramway carriage shed, still in use, and behind the engine are the goods and night sheds. The multi-gabled structure on their left is the new post office. The line to the wharf curves to the right behind the group of onlookers.
Foxton Railway Station in Main Street, 1877.Printed below the photograph is the following:- “Foxton’s Main Street railway station in 1977, just one year after the wooden tramway’s conversion to a railway. The afternoon train for Feilding, headed by one of the section’s three 17-ton locomotives (later to become the “F” class), stands in the loop by the station platform, while standing on the main line is the embryo assembly for the next morning’s train. On the extreme left is the old tramway carriage shed, still in use, and behind the engine are the goods and night sheds. The multi-gabled structure on their left is the new post office. The line to the wharf curves to the right behind the group of onlookers.”
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Stream train on the Foxton line alongside the main road, c.1950
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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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The last railcar to leave Foxton railway station before the Foxton line was closed. The railcar is on the right of the photograph with a crowd on the station platform. To the left of the railcar is a railway wagon. This photograph is taken looking north.
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The last railcar to leave Foxton station prior to the Foxton line being closed. This photograph is taken looking south, with a number of spectators standing outside the station, a number of cars parked on the railway embankment, and a group of rail wagons on the right.
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