Sunday 11 October 2015

Two engines drawing the heavy freight train up the Kopuawhara rise, the first day the line was in use. The Waipaoa bridge, near Gisborne, crossing the Waipaoa River, 720ft. wide.


Sir George Grey Special Collection, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19420812-14-3
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