A brief history of passenger trains in New Zealand: 1969-1990

The next installment of the Train Vicar continues the series on the history of passenger rail in New Zealand, this time looking at such new trains as the Southerner, the Silver Star, and the Silver Fern Railcars.

Material sourced from: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/
Archives NZ: https://www.archives.govt.nz/
Alexander Turnbull Library: https://natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-...
Museum of Transport and Technology: https://collection.motat.nz/explore
Hocken Library: https://www.otago.ac.nz/library/hocken
Puke Ariki: https://pukeariki.com/
Brian Smith