Taken from the Cook Street overbridge looking towards The Square, this image shows the site of the former railway station and yards in Palmerston North, on Main Street. The railway was moved to the outskirts of the city in the 1960s.

Creator:      Mervyn Nixon
Place:          Cook Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1967

Former railway tracks sited next to Pioneer Highway, near Botanical Road. The railway moved to the outskirts of Palmerston North in the 1960s. The train that can be seen was removing the tracks.

Creator:      Mervyn Nixon
Place:          Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          September 1967

A locomotive and crane removing railway tracks on Pioneer Highway near Botanical Road, in Palmerston North. The railway moved to the outskirts of the city in the 1960s.

Creator:      Mervyn Nixon
Place:          Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          September 1967

This locomotive shed was sited on the former railway yards, on the corner of West Street and Pioneer Highway. The railway moved to the outskirts of Palmerston North in the 1960s.

Creator:      Mervyn Nixon
Place:          Corner of West Street and Pioneer Highway
Date:          circa 1967

A water tower that operated at the Sanson tramway.

Creator:      Mervyn Nixon
Place:          Sanson, Manawatū
Date:          circa 1965

When the railway station and yards operated from Main Street in Palmerston North, this overbridge allowed access for pedestrians from Main Street to Church Street. The railway moved to outskirts of Palmerston North in the 1960s.

Creator:      Mervyn Nixon
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1967