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Like many towns in the central North Island, Taihape owed its existence to the main trunk line. It was also home to one of New Zealand's best-known railway refreshment rooms, where bleary-eyed travellers poured off overnight trains for a quick 'cuppa and a pie'.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: F. G. Radcliffe Collection, 1/2-006010-G.
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