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Trains on the Seddonville line

One of the first Seddonville coal trains, probably photographed on a narrow section of the lower Mokihinui gorge. The locomotive is a C class, the smallest used on this line.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 146479-1/2
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'Trains on the Seddonville line', URL: /media/photo/early-seddonville-train, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2013

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