Men working on railway tracks at the Christchurch railway yard after the derailment of several carriages, one visible in background.
A train makes its way along the railway lines surrounded by snow.
Railway and road bridge over the Waimakariri River.
A derailed wagon at the Christchurch railway yard.
Mr Ron Gunn a railways employee due to retire, with two cats, Tiger (left) and Fluff who are mousers at Carlyle Street goods sheds for the railways.
Newspaper caption: The entrance is very substantially built and is faced with concrete.
Newspaper caption: The train crosses the viaduct over Sloven's Creek from which can be obtained a bird's eye view of the Waimakariri Gorge. The most remarkable structure on the line from an...
The National Union of Railwaymen's Canterbury secretary, Mr P. S Corliss, speaking to the railway staff through a loud hailer while the Minister of Transport, Mr Gair, waits on the footpath outside...
"Miss Freightcare", Trudy van Zyl, in a dangerous goods store in Christchurch as part of campaign to promote safe handling of substances and awkward loads by the Railways Corporation. Zyl is wearing a...
Newspaper caption: The difficulties of railway construction on the Midland Line are well portrayed in this picture. The whole of the foundations are show besides the workmen's quarters.
Newspaper caption: The Midland Railway, fashions and a boycott. In the doorway is Mr W. A. Hutton, assistant to Mr Reynolds, consulting engineer.
Newspaper caption: Linking the east and west by the iron line. Progress of the construction work on the Midland Railway.
Newspaper caption: The Midland Railway, fashions and a boycott
Newspaper caption: The Midland Railway. Scenes at the Otira end of the Arthur's Pass tunnel. The accompanying pictures were taken very recently, and they describe the work as it is to-day. The Otira...
Newspaper caption: Winter scenes in the Cass District.
Addington Railway Workshops Maintenance Shop sub-foreman and library trustee and auditor, Pat Sullivan (left) and Franz Mader, senior coach builder and head librarian in the Addington Workshops...
Newspaper caption: Good progress is being made in the construction of the Midland Railway, and work is being carried on all along the line of the uncompleted portion, right up to the tunnel mouth. The...
Newspaper caption: The progress of the Midland Railway construction. This photograph gives a good idea of the amount of material which collects at the mouth of a tunnel which is being constructed. The...
Newspaper caption: The progress of the Midland Railway construction.
Newspaper caption: On the route of the Midland Railway. This camp is situated at Horsehoe Bend, Bealey Gorge, and similar camps are at present dotted all along the proposed route. The railway line...
Newspaper caption: On the route of the Midland Railway. The Bealey Township is on the other side of the river, at a point at the end of the spur on the right.
Newspaper caption: On the route of the Midland Railway. Bealey Flat township, at the eastern headworks of the railway.