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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20th February 1963. "These railway employees, Messrs J. Aldridge (surfaceman, left), L. Mudgway (plant operator) and H. H. Dyson (ganger, right), have a long way to go. They are seen spreading metal chips the hard way in the new railway yards at Palmerston North."

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
February 19, 1963
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_017558
Format
B&W negative

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maintenance,
manawatū evening standard,
railway tracks,
railway workers,
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Related items

"Transmitter Hall"
"A Daily Task" Oiling the Points at the Railway Yards
"Relaying the Main Line' Workers Upgrading the Railway Tracks
Palmerston North 75th Jubilee engine
"The Men Who Built the Bridge" at Longburn
"Gas Department Pipe Location Team"
Derailment in Palmerston North Railway Yard
"Cleaning Points", Palmerston North Railway Yard
"New Machine For Use In Esplanade"
View of Main Street from the Hopwood Clock Tower
Bunnythorpe Railway Station and Hotel
Hopwood Clocktower and train tracks in The Square