Saturday, May 16, 2015

from the last run of Kb 968 in June 1969



On 22 June 1969, Kb 968, one of 6 of the 4-8-4 type sub-class made its final run from Christchurch to Arthur's Pass and back.  This shows a photo stop near Cora Lynn and a Roy Sinclair pic (who is probably among those in the first photo) which was made into a postcard.  More photos have been in our books. The engine is slowly being restored by the Mainline Steam Trust.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

my name barry woodfield last trip 968 was driven by jimmy dillon and i fired her a enthusious trip we broke down kowi bush and was towed back to ch ch

Anonymous said...

My name is Bruce Allan. I took the first photograph. It was a very memorable excursion.