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Silver Fern railcar

Passengers board the Silver Fern railcar at Wellington railway station in 1974. These railcars ran a daylight passenger service on the North Island main trunk from December 1972 to December 1991.

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    The North Island main trunk line

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Credit

Archives New Zealand/Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga
Reference: AAVK-W3493-D24605

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'Silver Fern railcar', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/silver-star, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 16-Oct-2014

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Cati

Posted: 13 Mar 2010

I half-remember a little song from years ago that must be related: I went to windy Wellington on the Silver Star, it huffed and puffed along the tracks much faster than a car ... anyone know the rest?!