Traction engine fooled experts, Survey to be made on a train

Object detail

Accession number

03/005/004

Description

Newspaper clipping
Restored 1911 Ruston-Proctor traction engine in field trial in Gracefield.
Restored by owner, Len Southward, engine driver Eric Hampton and coach painter Harry Berry.
A survey of commuter traffic between the Wairarapa and Wellington will be administered by Jean Horsburgh on the Masterton to Wellington train

Signature/Marks and Type

23/5/66

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 page : black and white ; 38 cm

Record level

Item

Credit line

23 May 1966. Traction engine fooled experts, Survey to be made on a train, 03/005/004. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Clipping Clipping, Newspaper Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Subject: all levels

New Zealand Steam-engines Engines New Zealand Farm engines New Zealand Traction engines Wellington New Zealand Railroads North Island New Zealand Railroad travel Wellington New Zealand Urban transportation Wairarapa

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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