An air-operated coal crane at the Palmerston North railway yards. On the foreground: railway worker Jim Daley.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 1964 to August 1964

A coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1964 to March 1964

A coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1964 to March 1964

A coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 1963 to December 1963

A coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1964 to March 1964

A coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 1963 to December 1963

Three KA class locomotives line up by the coal pile at the southern end of the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Corner of West Street and Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          October 1963 to November 1963

A coal pile and the turntable at the southern end of the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          West Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 1963 to November 1963

A shed in the Palmerston North railway yards. Piles of coal and sand can be seen on the left of the image.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 1963 to November 1963

A toppled coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 1964 to August 1964

Workers inspecting a toppled coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 1964 to August 1964

Railway workers and crane in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1964 to March 1964

A toppled coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 1964 to August 1964

A coal crane and workers at the southern end of the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 1964 to August 1964

Terry Jowett stoking the coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          September 1963

J class locomotive being filled with coal in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          September 1963

J class locomotive 1227 in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1963 to January 1964

The Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company Ltd was established as a farmer's co-operative in 1890. Sited at Longburn, just south of Palmerston North, it later became known as the Longburn Freezing Works. It closed in 1986.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Works Road, Longburn, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1946

Freight and coal wagons in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 1964

A coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1964 to March 1964

A coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1964 to March 1964

A coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 1963 to December 1963

A portrait of Bill (surname unknown), a coal grabber driver in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1964

Longburn Freezing Works railway wagons stand alongside piles of coal. The Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company Ltd was established as a farmer's co-operative in 1890. Sited at Longburn, just south of Palmerston North, it later became known a...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1946

Mr W Pike with horse and dray are ready for parading at a Agricultural & Pastoral Show. The Palmerston North Gas Company is listed as winning the spring cart with gelding or mare competition in the 1909 A&P Show.THe Palmerston North Gas Company wa...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910