Further information - North Island main trunk line

This web feature was written by Neill Atkinson and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team. 

Links

• Rail tourism (NZHistory.net.nz)
• Railway stations (NZHistory.net.nz)
• Tangiwai railway disaster (NZHistory.net.nz)
• Railway songs (NZHistory.net.nz)
• North Island Main Trunk Railway (Wikipedia)
• All aboard - NIMT centenary website
• Read the New Zealand Railways Magazine (1926-40) online - NZ Electronic Text Centre
• Paekakariki Rail and Heritage Museum
• Railways, An encyclopaedia of New Zealand 1966

Books

• Neill Atkinson, Trainland: how railways made New Zealand, Random House, Auckland, 2007
• Geoffrey Churchman & Tony Hurst, The railways of New Zealand: a journey through history, Transpress, Wellington, 2001
• Bill Pierre, The North Island main trunk, Reed, Wellington, 1981