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    Photo: Bill Cowan collection
    Photo: Bill Cowan collection
    A covered wagon was photographed passing Waipahi School, heading north, in 1974.

    The town of Waipahi, which is halfway between Dunedin and Invercargill, was an important railway junction for freight and passenger trains until the 1970s. 

    Photo: Bill Cowan collection
    Photo: Bill Cowan collection

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