HP Day 5:Taumarunui On The Main Trunk Line
May 5, 2009
Another Peter Cape song, updated by When the Cats Been Spayed
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No doubt with a cup of railway tea and a pie
I can remember many journeys from Palmy to Auckland or vice versa in the 1970′s, with the obligatory stop at Taumarunui in the dark of night.
I remember Mike Moore doing a version of this, either just before or just after he got rolled as Labour leader.
It had a certain poignancy about it…
Almost enough to make me say, bring back the trains