Guard signals to leave Taihape railway station on the record breaking train, that took 11 1/2 hours to travel from Wellington to Auckland 16-18 Feb 1960

Guard signals to leave Taihape railway station on the record breaking train, that took 11 1/2 hours to travel from Wellington to Auckland 16-18 Feb 1960
Date
1 Apr 1960
Reference
EP/1960/1190-F
Description

Shows train guard signalling with flag on train about to leave Taihape station on the record breaking train journey of 11 and 1/2 hours between Wellington to Auckland on 16-18 February 1960. Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer.

Source of descriptive information - Location identified by Library client

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

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Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
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Guard signals to leave Taihape railway station on the record breaking train, that took 11 1/2 hours to travel from Wellington to Auckland 16-18 Feb 1960. Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers. Ref: EP/1960/1190-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/30655553

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