This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 September, 1959. "At present railway workers are relaying a portion of the Main Trunk line between Main Street East and Princess Street. They are laying 504ft a day. The photograph shows a gang of workers starting to take metal from under the sleepers."

"Relaying the Main Line' Workers Upgrading the Railway Tracks
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- Manawatū Evening Standard
- Place
- Palmerston North
- Date
- September 17, 1959
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