Feilding Railway Station and yards

Description

Feilding Railway Station was situated on the Palmerston North to Wanganui Line. There was a large goods shed and water-tanks at the station and the local post and telegraph office was on the railway platform. Six trains passed Feilding daily during this period. The locomotive shown is an F class, designed and built in England for the Public Works Department from 1873 - 1921. They were the second biggest locmotive class in New Zealand, but only five served in the North Island, with all five being assigned to Wanganui in 1878.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Fe 2

Date

circa 1880 to circa 1885

Digitisation id

2011P_Fe2_004563

Held in

Coolstore