The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 12 (April 1, 1928.)
Decorated Engine of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Employees' Picnic Train, 1897. — Mr. Daniel Skinner (late messenger of Head Office), to whom we are indebted for the above photograph referred, in an accompanying note, to his years of service on the Wellington-Manawatu Railways as “The happiest of my life. …. This is how we turned out our engine on the occasion of our picnic in 1897. Prizes were offered for the best decorated engine, the driver and fireman of the engine illustrated winnin…
Decorated Engine of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Employees' Picnic Train, 1897.
Mr. Daniel Skinner (late messenger of Head Office), to whom we are indebted for the above photograph referred, in an accompanying note, to his years of service on the Wellington-Manawatu Railways as “The happiest of my life. …. This is how we turned out our engine on the occasion of our picnic in 1897. Prizes were offered for the best decorated engine, the driver and fireman of the engine illustrated winning the first prize—£10.”