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Date: 1982-1983

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PAColl-0011

Description: Photographs illustrate rolling stock, electronic equipment, personnel and other aspects of NZR operations Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1962

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-137-455

Description: Cartoon shows four vignettes: a Railways worker clearing the rocks on the Paekakariki line, Labour Party members dancing as they reach high for the ball of "Party leadership", an employer and a worker both twisting the arms of an Arbitration Court judge, and Keith Holyoake dancing with Timaru and Buller (electorates where there were 1962 by-elections) and in the process hitting Buller in the face with a suitcase labelled "Budget". Other Titles - New Zealand Paekakariki Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing and collage 255 x 345 mm, on sheet 323 x 345 mm.

Date: [ca 1960s-1980s]

From: New Zealand Centre for Photography :Photographs

By: Hoy, Douglas George, 1937-1992

Reference: PAColl-9528-2

Description: Photographs of railway scenes taken by Douglas George Hoy. Includes photographs of Wellington Harbour Board buildings and vessels, United Kingdom trip in 1980, and photographs of friends, pets and various artistic photographs. Accompanying material - Negative index Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: July 1924

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

Reference: PAColl-3039-1-025

Description: "Tr" class shunting locomotive, New Zealand Railways no TR 1, photographed at the Petone railway workshops in July 1924 by A P Godber. Reproduced in "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart (p 133), with caption '"Tr" 1 shunting at Petone Workshops, about 1925. A P Godber (NZR)'. This locomotive was constructed at Petone in July 1924, from a standard Fordson 22hp tractor attached to a patent underframe supplied by the Adamson Motor Company of Birmingham, Alabama. It was used for light shunting in various parts of the North Island until the 1940s. Source: "Cavalcade of New Zealand Locomotives", by A N Palmer & W W Stewart. Inscriptions: Album page - Fordson railway motor tractor. 7/24. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1932

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-087616-F

Description: Part 2 of a 2 part panorama overlooking Gracefield, Lower Hutt, circa 1932. Shows Gracefield in the forground; the New Zealand Railways workshops (centre); and Lower Hutt. Photographer unidentified. Part 1 is at 1/2-087619 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1916

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

Reference: APG-0841-1/2-G

Description: View of the engine of Thomas Transmission Car (R.M.3, i.e. Rail motor no 3), photographed at the Petone Railway Workshops in 1916 by Albert Percy Godber. Original print at Pa1-q-102 (Godber Album Vol 109, p 28) Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - Engine of Rail Motor No. 3. Thomas Transmission Car. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.4 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1908

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

Reference: APG-2003-1/2-G

Description: The railway bridge over the Hutt River near Silverstream. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1908. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1935 - 1955

From: [Scrapbook] :Child's ticket collection of transport tickets. [1940-1950s?].

Reference: Eph-A-TRANSPORT-1940/50-01-05

Description: Contains nine tickets for: Eastbourne ferry (adult return 1942); Eastbourne omnibus (child single and adult single); Johnsonville to Wellington (child single); Eastbourne omnibus (child single); Eastbourne ferry (child return 1936); Eastbourne omnibus (single); Armed Forces Wellington to Simla Crescent and Johnsonville (train, return); Eastbourne ferry (child single). Extended Title - from "Transport tickets" scrapbook, page 5. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) stuck to page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Exercise book, with nine tickets stuck to page, 210 x 165 mm. Provenance: Estate of L Quartermain, 1974.

Date: 1950-1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/159/07-G

Description: Train crash north of the Ngahauranga station near Wellington showing two trains (one damaged and derailed), a dead sheep and a number of railways staff. Photograph taken 20 June 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1923

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

Reference: APG-1723-1/2-G

Description: Steam locomotive "Ww" 679 at the Petone Railway Station, with outside pump exhaust. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, in 1923. Information from Godber Index filed in Photographic Archives under Box 23. (Ww class loco No 679. Petone. 1923. With outside pump exhaust.) "Ww" class steam locomotive no 679 was built at New Zealand Railways at Hillside, Dunedin (maker's no. 210/19). It went into service in May 1919, was altered in April 1960, and was written off in June 1969. 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: July 1924

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

Reference: APG-0369-1/2-G

Description: "Tr" class shunting locomotive, New Zealand Railways no TR 1, photographed at the Petone railway workshops in July 1924 by A P Godber. Reproduced in "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart (p 133), with caption '"Tr" 1 shunting at Petone Workshops, about 1925. A P Godber (NZR)'. This locomotive was constructed at Petone in July 1924, from a standard Fordson 22hp tractor attached to a patent underframe supplied by the Adamson Motor Company of Birmingham, Alabama. It was used for light shunting in various parts of the North Island until the 1940s. Source: "Cavalcade of New Zealand Locomotives", by A N Palmer & W W Stewart. Inscriptions: Album page - Fordson railway motor tractor. 7/24. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1928

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

Reference: APG-1819-1/2-G

Description: Boring cylinders on a New Zealand Railways bus, at the Bus Shop, Petone Railway Workshops. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1928. Identification of location and date from Godber's own index filed in Photographic Archives at TL 6/1/15. In the 1/2 plate sequence see under B. Boring bus cylinders. Petone Shops. 1928. Box 106. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1928

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

Reference: APG-1816-1/2-G

Description: New Zealand Railways buses in the Bus Shop at the Petone Railway Workshops. A sign on one of the buses reads "Wellington-Petone-Lower Hutt". Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1928. Identification of location and date from Godber's own index filed in Photographic Archives at TL 6/1/15. In the 1/2 plate sequence see under B. Bus Shop. Petone Shops. 1928. Box 106. 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-0774-1/2-G

Description: Closeup view of an "R" class Fairlie steam locomotive rigged with air compressors. Photographed at the Petone Railway Workshops by A P Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1921

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

Reference: APG-0775-1/2-G

Description: Train pulled by steam locomotive "Ww" 679 approaching Silverstream. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1921. Original print in Godber album PA1-q-102, page 149. Inscriptions: Album page - Train approaching Silverstream. Ww 679. "Ww" class steam locomotive no 679 was built at New Zealand Railways at Hillside, Dunedin (maker's no. 210/19). It went into service in May 1919, was altered in April 1960, and was written off in June 1969. 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: June 1921

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

Reference: APG-2004-1/2-G

Description: Image showing the strength of a new electric headlight. It was the first electric headlight used on a steam locomotive, and was placed on "Aa" 648 at the Petone Workshops in June 1921. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber. Dated from an original print from this negative, filed in Godber Album Vol 109, p 146 (PA1-q-102), with the inscription "An electric headlight on A locomotive. 6/21", with in pencil "Pyle-National". Also MNZ Print (MNZ-2033-1/2). Note on back of file print reads "Dated 1921 on MNZ print, captioned 1st electric headlight placed on class Aa loco. no. 648 at Petone Workshops". On back of file print the date is given as 1923. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Between 1900 and 1928

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

Reference: APG-0281-1/2-G

Description: "K" 96, K class steam locomotive, 2-4-2 type, at the Petone railway workshop, photographed between 1900-1928 by A P Godber. A print from this negative is at PA1-q-101 (Godber Album vol 108, page 24.) "K" 96 was built in 1878 (maker's no. 2473/78) by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, New Jersey; went into service in November 1878 and was written off in May 1922. 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: [Aug 1950]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/179/19-G

Description: The railway tracks running alongside the Hutt Road and Wellington Harbour showing the equipment which electrified the Hutt line. Photograph taken Aug 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: 1950-1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/159/12-G

Description: A crowd of people looking at two trains, one damaged and derailed, as the result of a train crash on the railway line alongside the Hutt Road. Photograph taken 20 June 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1916

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

Reference: APG-0840-1/2-G

Description: View of the frame of the Thomas transmission rail motor car (R.M.3, i.e. Rail motor no 3), photographed at the Petone Railway Workshops in 1916 by Albert Percy Godber. Original print at Pa1-q-102 (Godber Album Vol 109, p 29) Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - Framing of Thomas Transmission Car. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.4 x 4.75 inches