New Zealand Railway (NZR) Locos Double-Heading

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A photograph print of New Zealand Railway (NZR) WA & AB locomotives double-heading passenger train No. 145, Christchurch-Invercargill Express,about to enter the north end of Cliffs Tunnel near Dunedin. Waiteti Inlet at rear with Pacific Ocean on right.

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Rockliff, Stanley Arthur January 18, 1941.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Preston George Collection and was provided by the Oklahoma Historical Society to The Gateway to Oklahoma History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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A photograph print of New Zealand Railway (NZR) WA & AB locomotives double-heading passenger train No. 145, Christchurch-Invercargill Express,about to enter the north end of Cliffs Tunnel near Dunedin. Waiteti Inlet at rear with Pacific Ocean on right.

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Preston George Collection

The Preston George Collection railroad photographs were taken by Preston George during the 1930s and 1940s. George photographed trains in his spare time while working as a civil engineer in Colorado and Oklahoma.

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  • January 18, 1941

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  • March 21, 2024, 1:33 p.m.

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Rockliff, Stanley Arthur. New Zealand Railway (NZR) Locos Double-Heading, photograph, January 18, 1941; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2300819/: accessed April 28, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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