NZR Guard

A DigitalNZ Story by Kawe Roes

Image: Railway Guard

Railway Guard

Palmerston North City Library

Image: New Zealand Railway Hostess and Guard - 1974

New Zealand Railway Hostess and Guard - 1974

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Guard, NZ Railways.

Guard, NZ Railways.

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Retiring railway men. Mr R. Arthur (Guard)

Retiring railway men. Mr R. Arthur (Guard)

Tauranga City Libraries

Image: Robertson, J. N.Z. Railways Guard

Robertson, J. N.Z. Railways Guard

Hocken Collections - Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago

Image: Men Who Assist In The Safe Running Of New Zealand Trains

Men Who Assist In The Safe Running Of New Zealand Trains

Auckland Libraries

Image: Coat

Coat

Te Awamutu Museum

Image: (Photo. James Reid, Hamilton) — The staff at the Frankton Junction railway station in 1896. Back row (left to right): J. Bennett, I.P.W.; J. Turner, guard; H. M. Shera, clerk; R. B. Peat, stationmaster; R. Hampton, guard; A. Whisker, cleaner; M. Higgin...

(Photo. James Reid, Hamilton) — The staff at the Frankton Junction railway station in 1896. Back row (left to right): J. Bennett, I.P.W.; J. Turner...

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: The stationmaster, coaching foreman, and some of the guards, at Auckland Railway Station

The stationmaster, coaching foreman, and some of the guards, at Auckland Railway Station

Auckland Libraries

Image: Uniform Hat Guard's cap

Uniform Hat Guard's cap

MOTAT

Image: Mr J Hawke, senior railway guard

Mr J Hawke, senior railway guard

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: NZ Railways: Guard Tom Wood with hostess Leslie Turner

NZ Railways: Guard Tom Wood with hostess Leslie Turner

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: The Royal train halting in the bush at Arahiwi

The Royal train halting in the bush at Arahiwi

Auckland Libraries

Image: “He is the rear-guard, the safeguard and the vanguard of the travelling household known as the train.”

“He is the rear-guard, the safeguard and the vanguard of the travelling household known as the train.”

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: New Zealand Railways guard's peaked cap

New Zealand Railways guard's peaked cap

Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato

Image: Rail guard, Wellington

Rail guard, Wellington

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: School children travelling by train, and guard, Buller district

School children travelling by train, and guard, Buller district

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Four well-known Auckland railway guards

Four well-known Auckland railway guards

Auckland Libraries

Image: Guard signals to leave Taihape railway station on the record breaking train, that took 11 1/2 hours to travel from Wellington to Auckland 16-18 Feb 1960

Guard signals to leave Taihape railway station on the record breaking train, that took 11 1/2 hours to travel from Wellington to Auckland 16-18 Feb...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Uniform Trousers Silver Star Guard

Uniform Trousers Silver Star Guard

MOTAT

Image: Matheson, T.

Matheson, T.

Hocken Collections - Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago

Image: Railway station unidentified workers group portrait, in uniform wearing caps with job function badges like porter or guard, under a railway station platform awning, Christchurch [Station?]

Railway station unidentified workers group portrait, in uniform wearing caps with job function badges like porter or guard, under a railway station...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Last train at Moutohora

Last train at Moutohora

Tairāwhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o Tairāwhiti

Image: Sixty-One Years Ago. — Driver, Fireman and Guard. — (Messrs. A. McGarvie, J. Hislop, and T. Dennis) of the Invercargill-Bluff train (broad gauge), 1867

Sixty-One Years Ago. — Driver, Fireman and Guard. — (Messrs. A. McGarvie, J. Hislop, and T. Dennis) of the Invercargill-Bluff train (broad gauge), ...

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Last train at Moutohora

Last train at Moutohora

Tairāwhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o Tairāwhiti

Image: Last day of Kaitoke Station refreshment rooms

Last day of Kaitoke Station refreshment rooms

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: Glass Plate Negative: Man (copy)

Glass Plate Negative: Man (copy)

Canterbury Museum

Image: Palmerston North 75th Jubilee Celebrations

Palmerston North 75th Jubilee Celebrations

Palmerston North City Library

Image: Railway workers in front of the locomotive used for the 1901 royal visit

Railway workers in front of the locomotive used for the 1901 royal visit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: The highways of progress: scenes on New Zealand's Government railways

The highways of progress: scenes on New Zealand's Government railways

Auckland Libraries

Image: Last train over Rimutaka Incline

Last train over Rimutaka Incline

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Last train over Rimutaka Incline

Last train over Rimutaka Incline

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Attaching "Fell" brake van to train at Summit : Photograph

Attaching "Fell" brake van to train at Summit : Photograph

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Engine driver in uniform

Engine driver in uniform

Tasman District Libraries