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Train carrying sheep, Cross Creek station

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Train carrying sheep, Cross Creek station

A goods train loaded with sheep passes through Cross Creek station, on the Wairarapa side of the Rimutaka Range, about 1910. The sheep are loaded into double-decker J wagons, with between 60 and 80 per carriage.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)

Reference: APG-0148-1/2; G

by Albert Percy Godber

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Ruth Low, Transport of animals – Rail transport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18098/train-carrying-sheep-cross-creek-station (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ruth Low, published 1 March 2009.