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Industry and Workers
Scenes of industries and workers that may be in Hawke’s Bay
1 – steam train engine and workmen
2 – steam train engine and two workmen
3 – timber mill and workmen
4 – tree-felling
5 – forestry huts; burning off scrub
6 – early transport truck with driver; “No. 5” above door
7 – two policemen[?] on motorcycles
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Mail Train
Mail Train out of Hastings
Text on signs –
“SEED CLEANING
GRAIN & PRODUCE STORES
WILLIAMS & KETTLE LIMITED.
WILLIAMS AND KETTLE LTD.”
Railway Station Hastings
Hastings Railway Station
Tomoana Freezing Works
Bill Elms doing maintenance on Tomoana Freezing Works train engine
The Hastings Showgrounds is behind the houses
Tomoana Freezing Works Train
Barclay 0-6-0- T train at Tomoana Freezing Works, Hastings
Tomoana Train
Photo caption on rear –
“Terry McLachlin [McLaughlin] – Driver
“Bagnall’ Engine Ex Tomoana Freezing Works
No 2475 0-60T
Purchased for Tomoana 1932
Calvin did a complete overhaul of this engine.”
Train
Passenger train pulling out of the Hastings railway yard, possibly early 1940s
Train 1917
Workmen about to load goods on to steam train outside Hawke’s Bay Fruit and Produce Exchange, 1917
Having their own siding minimises damage to the fruit
Train 1958
Arrival of train from Wellington at Hastings Railway Station for the Blossom Parade, 14 September 1958; Russell Street to left of railway line
Photo caption – “HASTINGS BLOSSOM DAY TRAIN FROM WELLINGTON ARRIVAL 7.30AM SEPTEMBER 1958”
Train 1984
Nelsons (New Zealand) Limited train at Tomoana Freezing Works during open day, 31 March 1984
Train number 2475 0-60T, purchased for Tomoana 1932
Train 1984
Nelsons (New Zealand) Limited train at Tomoana Freezing Works during open day, 31 March 1984
Train number 2475 0-60T, purchased for Tomoana 1932
6 – engine plate
W. G. BAGNALL LTD
ENGINEERS
NO. 2475
STAFFORD, ENGLAND.
Train 1984
Nelsons (New Zealand) Limited train near Elwwod Road crossing at Tomoana Freezing Works during open day, 31 March 1984
Train number 2475 0-60T, purchased for Tomoana 1932
Train
Hastings railway yards 1914, with an A-type 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive about to haul out a mixed goods train
Photo caption – “A mixed goods train was about to leave the Hastings railway yards when this picture was taken about 1890. Russell Street (then Station Street) lies beyond the train.”
Train
‘This 11-ton A-type 0-4-0 tank locomotive of 1873, built by Dubs of Glasgow, was one of a dozen brought into New Zealand for work on railway construction. The type was employed in Hawke’s Bay to help build the Napier-Hastings line, and later drew some of the trains.’ – from “Town and Country – The History of Hastings and District” by Matthew Wright, 2001
Train
At Te Aute Station, south of Hastings
Opening of the Hastings Railway Station, 12 October 1874 according to “Between the Rivers” by Elizabeth Hill
Trains
Trains in Hawke’s Bay