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Roll of honour for Railways Department
A consolidated roll of honour of officers of the New Zealand Railways Department who had fallen during the war was published as part of the minister’s annual Railways Statementin 1915 (pictured). A...
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Roll of honour and obituaries of railway workers
Rolls of honour listing the names of killed, wounded and missing railway workers were published in the New Zealand Railway Review, the journal of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, from 1915....
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Memorial at Petone railway station
On the first anniversary of the Gallipoli landings, 25 April 1916, a commemorative flagpole made from kauri and Australian hardwood – symbolising ‘the unity of Australian and New Zealand railwaymen in...
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Hillside railway workshops roll of honour board
In 1916, workers at Dunedin’s Hillside railway workshops unveiled a roll of honour board in the library at their social hall. This listed staff members who were serving in the First World War and those...
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Newmarket railway workshops roll of honour board
In mid-1915, members of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants employed at the Newmarket railway workshops in Auckland unveiled a roll of honour board listing fellow members absent on war service...
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East Town railway workshops roll of honour board
On Anzac Day 1918, workers at the East Town railway workshops in Whanganui unveiled a roll of honour board listing staff members on war service. It listed the names of 37 men, six of whom had been...
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Christchurch railway workshops roll of honour board
In mid-1918, staff of the Railways Maintenance Workshop in Christchurch unveiled a roll of honour board listing colleagues serving in the First World War. The board was designed and made by members of...
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Unveiling of East Town railway workshops roll of honour
On Anzac Day 1918, staff at Whanganui’s East Town railway workshops unveiled a roll of honour board listing colleagues who had served in the First World War. They decorated the yard with flags, placed...
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First passengers traverse Lyttelton rail tunnel
Lyttelton rail tunnel under construction, 1860s (Alexander Turnbull Library, MNZ-1683)After 6½ years of construction, it took just 6½ minutes for the first trainload of passengers to speed through the...
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Railway companies
Light-rail ammunition train, BelgiumNew Zealand Railway Company (New Zealand Engineers)The New Zealand Railway Company, part of the New Zealand Engineers, was a component of the New Zealand Advance...
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