Story: Transport – overview

Travelling by steam train

Travelling by steam train

Well into the 20th century, the fastest, most comfortable way to travel was by steam train. The relative luxury of train travel is evoked in this late-1930s photograph of a first-class carriage.

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Reference: ANZ AAVK W3493 C106

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James Watson, 'Transport – overview - Steam transport', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/24986/travelling-by-steam-train (accessed 23 April 2024)

Story by James Watson, published 11 Mar 2010