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Fell engine and train exiting Siberia Tunnel on the Rimutaka Incline
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0153-1/2-G
Description: Fell engine and train exiting Siberia Tunnel on the Rimutaka Incline. High fences as windbreaks are on both sides of the railway line, with a young boy (possibly William Godber) sitting on the fence in right foreground. Photograph taken ca 1910 by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass plate negative
View of Thorndon, Wellington, from inside a railway tunnel in Kaiwharawhara
Date: [1880s]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025761-G
Description: Looking out at Thorndon, Wellington, from inside the number 1 railway tunnel, in Kaiwharawhara, on the Manawatu line. Taken by William Williams in the 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Rimutaka Tunnel under construction, Wellington
Date: 1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/117/02-G
Description: View of men working to construct the Rimutaka Tunnel, Wellington, photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :Rimutaka Tunnel. Evening Post. 11 June 1955.
Date: 1955
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Sports post (Newspaper)
Reference: B-137-169
Description: Shows a harrier coming out of the Rimutaka Tunnel to find two angry looking stewards waiting for him. Extended Title - "Oh, h-hello - I didn't think you'd be awake-up!". Wellington-Masterton relay. Harrier sub-committee. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, chinese white and crayon on paper, 560 x 380 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.
Rimutaka Tunnel track deviation
Date: [23 July 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/326/26-G
Description: Work being done on the Rimutaka Tunnel track deviation photographed circa 23 July 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres
Bill Keane and G Cowperthwaite
Date: [26 Jun 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/318/04-G
Description: Photograph of Bill Keane and G Cowperthwaite, American contractors working on the Rimutaka Tunnel, taken circa 26 Jun 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres
Prime Minister Holland and another official waving from the cabin on the first trip thr...
Date: 3 Nov 1955
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1955/2480-F
Description: Photograph taken 3 November 1955 for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - 3 November date from NZ Railway Observer, Volume 12, November-December 1955 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Item in the form of a greetings card with illustrations of New Zealand bush, rail and r...
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0032-1/2-G
Description: Photograph in the style of a greetings card decorated with fern leaves, with a montage of images relating to the Wairarapa Railway Line. Images include from top left: Kaitoke Railway Station, Native ferns, A snapshot near Lower Hutt (a train coming towards the camera), A sharp curve (in a railway track), Ladle Bend (between Kaitoke and the Summit), Rimutaka Incline, Summit Tunnel (Rimutaka Incline), Round Rocky Point, and On the Pakuratahi. Photograph by Albert Percy Godber. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - centre - New Zealand bush, rail and river. With kindest greetings.; Photographer's title on negative - top left - Kaitoke Railway Station; Photographer's title on negative - top centre - Native ferns; Photographer's title on negative - top right - A snapshot near Lower Hutt.; Photographer's title on negative - centre left - A sharp curve.; Photographer's title on negative - centre - Ladle Bend.; Photographer's title on negative - centre right - Rimutaka Incline.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Summit Tunnel Rimutaka Incline.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Round Rocky Point.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - On the Pakuratahi. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Rimutaka Tunnel under construction, Wellington
Date: 1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/117/04-G
Description: View of men working to construct the Rimutaka Tunnel, Wellington, photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Railway tunnel at the summit of the Rimutaka Hill, 1908
Date: 1908
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0045-1/2-G
Description: The railway tunnel at the summit of the Rimutaka Hill, photographed in 1908 by A P Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Rimutaka Tunnel under construction, Wellington
Date: 1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/117/03-G
Description: View of men working to construct the Rimutaka Tunnel, Wellington, photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
View of the north end of the Tawa Tunnel No. 1, on the North Island Main Trunk Line.
Date: Between 1920s and 1930s
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0897-1/2-G
Description: View over Ngauranga Gorge, showing the north end of the No. 1 Tawa Tunnel on the North Island Main Trunk Line. A track winds up the hill leading to the Public Works Department construction houses at Khandallah. See back of file print. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. The date range for this item was changed as a result of researcher feedback 31 March 2016. Inscriptions: Album page - Paekakariki. 1/1/10. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Ngaio Gorge, showing Schultze's dam on the Kaiwharawhara Stream, and No 2 tunnel of the...
Date: Between 1885 and 1888
From: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway
Reference: PA1-f-239-04
Description: View looking east down the Ngaio Gorge at Kaiwharawhara, showing in the foreground the dam on the Kaiwharawhara Stream built by Charles William Schultze (1818-1879) to power his flour mill. The northern portal of No 2 tunnel on the Wellington and Manawatu Railway is at the extreme right. Photograph taken between 1885 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. Identifed from "Uncommon Carrier", by K R Cassells, Wellington, 1994. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 179. Manawatu Ry, near Kaiwarra. W&B Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 15.2 x 20.5 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm
Interior of a railway tunnel under construction at Tawa Flat, Wellington
Date: [ca 1930s]
From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
Reference: MNZ-0725-1/4-F
Description: Interior of a railway tunnel under construction at Tawa Flat, Wellington, circa 1930s. Shows workmen. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Published in `Making New Zealand', vol 2, no 17, page 16 with the caption `Constructing a tunnel on the Tawa Flat deviation, which now gives better access to Wellington than did the previous route through Ngaio and Johnsonville.' Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Wh class locomotive leaving Wadestown tunnel
Date: Ca 1900s
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/2-019252-G
Description: Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Wh class locomotive leaving Wadestown tunnel. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Ray Miller and John F Johnston
Date: [ca 26 Jun 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/318/03-F
Description: Ray Miller and John F Johnston, American contractors working on the Rimutaka Tunnel, photographed circa 26 Jun 1951 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Rimutuka railway line, and tunnel
Date: [ca 1920s]
From: Raw, T R F : Photographs, chiefly of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0657-02
Description: Rimutaka railway line, and tunnel, photographed circa 1920s. Shows the track, including the centre rail for the Fell system. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 21.4 x 16.3 cm
Section of railway line visible through the mouth of a tunnel on the Rimutaka Incline
Date: 1910s?
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0154-1/2-G
Description: View of railway track from the mouth of a tunnel on the Rimutaka Incline. A young boy is standing beside the track; railway sleepers line the side of the track. Track shows the special middle track required for the Fell system. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
No 13 tunnel of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway, between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki
Date: Between 1885 and 1888
From: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway
Reference: PA1-f-239-10
Description: View looking north through No 13 tunnel on the Wellington and Manawatu Railway, between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki. Photograph taken between 1885 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. Identifed from "Uncommon Carrier", by K R Cassells, Wellington, 1994. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 184. No 13 tunnel Manawatu Ry. W&B Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 20.6 x 15.2 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm
Prime minister Sid Holland cutting ribbon to open service on the Rimutaka Railway Tunnel
Date: 1955
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1955/2477-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches