The ‘Skunk and the ‘Wallaby’ were two Class ‘A’, 8-tonne locomotives built by E. W. Mills at the Lion Foundry in Wellington with outside Stephenson valve gear. They were the first locomotives to run a scheduled service between Palmerston North and...

Creator:      R T Curry
Place:          West Coast
Date:          February 7, 1973

This is a replica of a steam locomotive called "Palmerston" which served the Foxton-Palmerston North line. It was built in 1872 in Dunedin and shipped to Foxton. It is considered to be the first locomotive entirely made in the country (previous...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Corner of Main St and Avenue Rd, Foxton
Date:          July 6, 2020

The celebrations for 75 years of Palmerston North included a 'Jubilee train', pictured here at Palmerston North Railway Station. There was a week of celebratory activities to mark Palmerston North's beginning as a Borough in 1877, including the de...

Creator:      W W Stewart
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 19, 1952

The celebrations for 75 years of Palmerston North included a 'Jubilee train', pictured here leaving The Square and heading down Main Street, on Wednesday 19 March. It depicted the arrival of the first train from Wellington at the site of the origi...

Creator:      W W Stewart
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 19, 1952

On Wednesday 19 March a scene depicted the arrival of the first train from Wellington at the site of the original train station in The Square. Shown here is the steam train (WA68) decked out with flags, approaching The Square from the railway yard...

Creator:      W W Stewart
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 19, 1952

There was a week of celebratory activities to mark Palmerston North's beginning as a Borough in 1877. On Wednesday 19 March a scene depicted the arrival of the first train from Wellington at the site of the original train station in The Square. He...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 3, 1952

Cylinder .9" x 18" Stroke, Gauge, 3'6". For the Manawatu County council supplied by Richardson & Blair 11 Grey Street, Wellington, New Zealand. Makers: Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co., Caledonia Works, Kilmarnock, Scotland. Records of the Industrial Lo...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1910

This Ka Class locomotive was number 936 and had wheel configuration 4-8-4. The locomotive had the makers number 319/42 and was built by NZR Hutt Valley. It entered service in February 1942 and served until January 1966, when it was written off. Th...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street West, Palmerston North
Date:          1964

The quarter scale "Da" Locomotive shown taking children on a train ride not long after the Esplanade Scenic Railway opened on 1 November 1969. Originally it was a half mile track running through native bush. Today (2014) a new extension loop takes...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          1971

Mort Andrews service station, at 777 Tremaine Avenue, was the first in New Zealand to be opened as a joint venture by a Local Authority and private enterprise. Mort Andrews watches while the Mayor of Palmerston North, Brian Elwood, fills his car ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          777 Tremaine Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          March 31, 1981

The photographer is looking towards The Square. Caption in Miss Smith's book reads: "Copy from back of photo". The old goods shed is opposite the station buildings.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1895

Feilding Railway Station was situated on the Palmerston North to Wanganui Line. There was a large goods shed and water-tanks at the station and the local post and telegraph office was on the railway platform. Six trains passed Feilding daily durin...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Feilding, Manawatū
Date:          circa 1880 to circa 1885

The Wakarongo Station was closed for passenger services in the 1960s, and the station sold and demolished in 1967. The goods yard was officially closed to all traffic in 1983 and the tracks uplifted some time after.

Creator:      Graeme Blackley
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1985 to circa 1989

This horse drawn tar heater, working in Ward Street, Palmerston North, was owned by the Palmerston North City Council. From left: Charlie Stevens - sprayer; August Wroblenski; George Franklin; Tom Buckley

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1932

Locomotive 271 pulls away on its trip in the Victoria Esplanade gardens, Palmerston North, with members of the official party at the 1 November, 1969, opening of the miniature railway. At the controls is Mr M K Bury, the President of the Miniature...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          November 1, 1969

A steam train crosses a rail bridge in the Gorge. The railway line through the Gorge was opened in 1891 and is part of the Palmerston North to Gisborne line.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900

Assembling a gas engine at the Palmerston North Borough Council's electric power station, 1924. W. Coutts can be seen in the photo marked with an "x".

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1924