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Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 3rd November 2020. Part 2 of 4.   Working in the Palmerston North railway yards, 1950s and 60s. Railway through the Square. Safety and speeds. Shunting. Wagon of post holes. Size of PN depot. “Lig...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 3, 2020

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 February, 1964. "Not worried about heights is Mr. C. Silews on the sway of the tower. He and other members of the railway electricity department are wiring the lights...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard

Photo taken by Terry Finnerty, photographer. View of railway yards on Main Street looking West. The railway operated in Palmerston North from late 19th century to 1964.

Creator:      Terry Finnerty
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1958

A view of land that was formerly the site of the Palmerston North railway yards. This land was later developed and is the location of The Warehouse (2020). The Pioneer Shopping Centre on the corner of West Street and Pioneer Highway can be seen in...

Creator:      Peter Patten
Place:          Railway Land, Palmerston North
Date:          April 2003

A view of The Square looking south towards the former railway yards. The concrete walkway through the centre of The Square follows the path of the railway tracks that were removed in 1964.

Creator:      Peter Patten
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1966

A view looking south from The Square across the vacant lot that was once the Palmerston North railway yards. This section would later become the site of the Palmerston North City Council's Civic Administration Building.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of The Square and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 3, 1967

This postcard shows The Square as it was around 1910.

Creator:      Unknown

Date:          circa 1910