End of the line for steam on the Christchurch - Dunedin overnighter...

End of the line for steam railways


1971: End of the line for steam on the Christchurch - Dunedin overnight express. My last trip was in 1965... 



The Christchurch–Dunedin overnight express, headed by a JA-class locomotive, ran the last scheduled steam-hauled service on New Zealand Railways (NZR), bringing to an end 108 years of regular steam rail operations in this country.Read more...

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