Sunday, 5 April 2015

Gisborne Line Tunnel 24 daylighted in May 1956

These photos from Gisborne Photo News issue 21 of May 1956 show works underway to daylight Tunnel 24 on the Napier-Gisborne line. The tunnel was removed because it was driven through an active landslide.
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