Photographer Henry Winkelmann captured this 'mixed train' (featuring both freight and passenger carriages) crossing Chasm Creek bridge in 1903. The locomotive is an F class (possibly F 166).
Auckland Museum
Reference: 2358
Photographer: Henry Winkelmann, 1903
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'Train crossing Chasm Creek bridge, 1903', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/train-over-chasm-creek-bridge, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2013
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