Photograph of Opua wharf, train and cruise ship

Object detail

Accession number

14-4296

Maker

Les Downey

Production period

1980s

Description

Opua wharf with excursion trains DA451 and 725 and cruise ship. DA locomotives 656 and 748 in middle distance. Trip was from Opua to Kaikohe return, and was the last goods train to Opua.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic/Acetate

Physical description

1 negative : colour ; 35 mm.

Collection

Les Downey Rail Collection

Credit Line

Les Downey. 1985. Photograph of Opua wharf, train and cruise ship, 14-4296. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Opua
Far North District
Northland
New Zealand

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Classification

Photograph Negative Negative, Roll Film Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

New Zealand Wharves Da (Locomotive) Diesel locomotives

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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The cruise ship in the background is from the USSR (part of hammer & sickle just visible on funnel). Appears to be an Ivan Franko class ship. (Possibly the Mikhail Lermontov??)

- GKS posted 3 years ago.

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