The original Feilding Railway Station, opened in 1879.

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'Helen McGregor' and her driver 'Tom' Rodgers, who brought the first passenger train into Feilding. 'Tom' Rodgers was later killed in a bush felling accident at Halcombe.

Horse drawn covered wagon circa 1897. T R Cornish was a photographer in the Feilding area cira 1890 to early 1900's

A De Havilland Puss Moth, registration ZK-ABR, possibly photographed in the 1930s.

First aeroplane (De Havilland 6) arriving at the old Feilding racecourse, August 1920, piloted by Captain Richard Russell. Photographed by Bert Hobday - who flew in the aeroplane later that day, taking the first aerial photos of Feilding.

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Captain Russell, who was from Invercargill, had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Croix de Guerre during WWI - he spent his time after the war touring around New Zealand in his plane and offering flights to civilians in an effort to popularise flying. Tragically, Captain Russell was killed during one of these tours, when his Avro Avian plane stalled while descending onto the New Plymouth Racecourse in November 1920. Two passengers were also killed; Mayor James Clark, and chemist Kathleen Warnock.

Members of the public using the Feilding Carrying Company's early bus transport. This was almost certainly photographed before World War I.

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'Punch' Anderson of Haggitt Street, in October 1996, said that the vehicle had solid tyres and chain drive [in common with most commercial vehicles of the period]. The front lights were gas and there was a gig step for the passengers to use. It was probably the forerunner of a similar vehicle used by the company around 1925-26. It had a canvas cover which could be used over the back and was hired out to parties. Punch remembers his first trips to the beach being made in this vehicle.

A bullock team shifting a pioneer's cottage, photographed on West Street in 1912.

La Hogue, a ship carrying Manchester Block Pioneer Settlers that arrived in Wellington on the 26th May, 1874. It was the 7th ship to arrive with immigrants selected for the Manchester Block.

La Hogue was launched in 1855 and carried both passengers and cargo to Australia and New Zealand. In 1886, she was sold to Thomas Hick, and was then used to transport timber from the Baltic to London.

Feilding Fire Brigade's second fire engine. Date and photographer unknown.

The Sansom Tram, which ran from Sanson to Foxton, photographed in 1910. The Sanson line was built in 1885, and was part of a larger tramway that provided a more efficient method of freight and passenger service to and from the port of Foxton.

A stagecoach owned by M. K. Bauer in the early 1900s. Charles Bauer bought a line of coaches in 1898, and by 1906, he was advertising as a Royal Mail Coach. After his death, his wife took over the business.

This particular coach was built in 1912 by Hoker and Bealing. In the photo:

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Standing, left to right: Norman Collingwood; Jack Younger; Fred Wells; Fred Bealing.

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In the coach: M. K. Bauer

Line up of motor cars outside Benson Motor Garage, located on Fergusson Street, Feilding.

Photograph is thought to have been taken before 1918.

The first excursion of the Wab 794 Steam Train, on August 31, 2003. The train took a trip through the Manawatu Gorge and back, after being rebuilt on a lease by the Feilding and District Steam Rail Society.

The railway yards and station house in Halcombe, in 1883. Photograph taken looking towards the village.

A man hauling timber with a team of horses, just above Raumai Bridge. This photograph was taken in 1890, by an unknown photographer.

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Road Frieghter's trucking company - servicing the Manawatu County rural area.

Feilding Railway Station platform. Both photographs - Teenage section.

One of the local buses

First Wellington to Auckland passenger train at Feilding station.

Circa 1910.

Photograph taken 1912.