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Biography: Jackson, Alban Gifford

Designing trains

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A video showing Gifford Jackson working in his studio

In this video clip from the television documentary ‘Start … stop … a film about the Auckland Rapid Transit project 1974–75’ (1975), Gifford Jackson talks about designing trains for Auckland’s ultimately abandoned rapid rail project. Watch the full documentary at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

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Michael Smythe. 'Jackson, Alban Gifford', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/47570/designing-trains (accessed 25 June 2026).