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Date: [Between 1901 and 1903]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-q-100

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1901 and 1903. South Island subjects include the Cape Foulwind Lighthouse and quarry, Westport railway yards and wharf, Reefton, and scenes of explosions in Lyttelton Harbour for Regatta Day, 1st January 1909, and a large number of people beside the Spit Volunteer Fire Brigade building. Scenes show the laying of foundation stones for the Petone Waterworks, and for the Baptist Church in Petone, both in 1903. There is also a view of the lecturn for St Augustine's Church in Petone, which was made by the Petone Railway Workshops. Several photographs show the Kelburn Cable Car, the cable car tunnel and the engine room, in 1903. Two photographs of a group of school children, the girls wearing white pinafores over dark coloured dresses. Some photographs relate to New Zealand railways, including specific locomotives, the Rimutaka Incline with the middle rail (part of the Fell System), railway tunnels, bush railways and railway workshops and yards; and some relate to Godber's interest and work in fire fighting. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 106 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 31.0 x 25.5 cm

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

Date: 1910s?

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0151-1/2-G

Description: View from above a train rounding a bend on the Rimutaka Incline, showing the special middle track required for the Fell system. Train with three steam engines, going away from the camera. Photograph by Albert Percy Godber. Original print at Pa1-q-102 (Godber album, Vol 109, p 3) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0254-1/2-G

Description: No 199, an H class steam locomotive, 0-4-2T type, a Fell engine for use on the Rimutaka Incline. Photograph taken at the Petone Railway Workshops by Albert Percy Godber. H class NZR 199, was built at Avonside Railway Workshops in 1875, went into service on the Rimutaka Incline in January 1877, and was written off and preserved in March 1956. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1910s?

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0157-1/2-G

Description: View of the back of a train rounding a bend on the Rimutaka Incline, showing the special middle track required for the Fell system. Train with two steam engines. Photograph by Albert Percy Godber. Original print at Pa1-q-102 (Godber album, Vol 109, p 3) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1479-1/4-G

Description: "H" 204, an H class steam locomotive, type 0-4-2T, built by Neilson. Standing on the step of the engine is R (Bob) Clark; and in the cab is R (Bob) Hope. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. An original print from this negative is at PA1-q-101 (Godber album vol 108, page 22). The album includes a blueprint of the specifications for this locomotive. A Fell engine, built by Neilson & Co., Glasgow (maker's no 3468/86), which entered service on the 9th of August 1886 and was written of in March 1956. It was equipped with Joy's radial valve gear on the \"outside\" engine. (Information from the 'Register of New Zealand Steam Locomotives 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd, 1974, page 53, and 'Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives' by A N Palmer & W W Stewart). An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 108, p 22 (PA1-q-101), where the two men are identified. Inscription on the right of the image reads: H 204 as originally. R Clark. R Hope. Inscription on the back of the print reads: H 204 Cross Creek. Bob Clark in cab. Bob Hope on step. Blueprint specifications of this engine are included in the album. Note on back of file print reads: Also 4666-1/2 & 18940-1/2 (c/n), which show more background. There is a file print of 4666-1/2 at: 385. Railways. Lines. Wairarapa. Rimutakas. Cross Creek. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1910s?

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1156-1/2-F

Description: View from behind, of a train rounding a bend on the Rimutaka Incline, showing the special middle track required for the Fell system. Train with three steam engines. Photograph by Albert Percy Godber. For a similar view see APG-0152-1/2-G Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1930]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0341-1/2-G

Description: Passenger train on the Rimutaka Range, showing the track used with the Fell system. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1930. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1910s?

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0342-1/2-G

Description: View from the back of a train with three steam engines rounding a bend descending the Rimutaka Incline. Photograph by Albert Percy Godber. Library client identified the train as descending the incline and gave supporting reasons for this, September 2910. When ascending the locomotives were spaced out along the train to balance the load and would be working very hard on the grade, so there would be lots of smoke and steam comming from them. When descending the locomotices were placed at the front of the train as shown in this photograph. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0532-1/2-G

Description: No 199, an H class steam locomotive, 0-4-2T type, a Fell engine for use on the Rimutaka Incline, with a group of railway workers standing on or beside the engine. Photograph taken at the Petone Railway Workshops by Albert Percy Godber. H class NZR 199, was built at Avonside Railway Workshops in 1875, went into service on the Rimutaka Incline in January 1877, and was written off and preserved in March 1956. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0534-1/2-G

Description: No 199, an H class steam locomotive, 0-4-2T type, a Fell engine for use on the Rimutaka Incline, with a group of railway workers standing on or beside the engine. Photograph taken at the Petone Railway Workshops by Albert Percy Godber. H class NZR 199, was built at Avonside Railway Workshops in 1875, went into service on the Rimutaka Incline in January 1877, and was written off and preserved in March 1956. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [1900s?]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-2016-1/2-G

Description: Cross Creek showing the foot of the Rimutaka Incline with the beginning of the Fell system line containing the middle track. On the right is a signal pole, the line curves into the distance, and on the left the back of a carriage is visible. Photographed by A P Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 2.5 inches

Date: 1910s?

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0155-1/2-G

Description: View of the railway track designed for the Fell system on the Rimutaka Incline, with a train visible across a gully, ascending the hill. Photograph by Albert Percy Godber. Original print at Pa1-q-102 (Godber album, Vol 109, p 30) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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

Date: 1910s?

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0158-1/2-G

Description: View of a train rounding a bend as it descends the Rimutaka Incline, showing the special middle track required for the Fell system. Photograph by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: between 1890-1940

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0156-1/2-G

Description: Section of railway track on the Rimutaka Incline showing the centre rail needed for the Fell system, windbreaks on both sides of a portion of the track, and visible signs of massive slips above the railway line. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1899 and 1940. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.5 inches

Date: 1910s?

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0152-1/2-G

Description: View from behind a train rounding a bend on the Rimutaka Incline, showing the special middle track required for the Fell system. Train with three steam engines. Photograph by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1910s?

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0150-1/2-G

Description: View of a railway tunnel on the Rimutaka Incline, showing the middle track, part of the Fell system. Photograph by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches