All aboard for a voyage into the history of New Zealand’s railways!
From a standing start of little tank engines chugging along wooden rails, New Zealand built a vast rail network, made up of enough steel rail to wrap halfway around the moon.
If our rail network was once so massive, why is it now a shadow of its former glory?
For more on this subject:
Can’t Get There From Here by Andre Brett
Trainlands by Neill Atkinson
Te Ara Encyclopaedia - Railways https://teara.govt.nz/en/railways