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Pilgrim steams to Ferrymead

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<em>Pilgrim</em> steams to Ferrymead

In this painting by renowned rail artist W. W. Stewart, the little British locomotive Pilgrim puffs along the 7-kilometre track to Ferrymead, a makeshift port on the Heathcote River. Huge public excitement is evident in the turnout of the brass band, and the flying of Union Jacks.

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Neill Atkinson, Railways – Building the rail network, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/21374/pilgrim-steams-to-ferrymead (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Neill Atkinson, published 6 April 2010.