By: Tracey Kearns6th Nov 2023 7:56AMThis photograph also appears in the publication 'Upper Hutt: Reflections from the past', by Joseph M. Kenneally (Colonial Associates publication for Silverstream Lions, 1980), p. 19, where it has the following caption:
'In 1900 the Upper Hutt Stationmaster was a Mr J. Hanning and for a time the Upper Hutt Post Office was situated in this building which was officially opened on the 1st February 1876 (the line itself not being completed at this time)....A small open seating lobby in the centre of the building accommodated some 20 people whilst a ladies' waiting room was adjacent. Gents were provided for in a detached building to the rear. A new station was opened in 1955, the old building being demolished in 1958. Private collection c.1900.' This photograph appeared in the 'Upper Hutt Leader'on November 29, 1972 (see reference letter 9/11/1999) with the caption 'Photo courtesy Miss N. Benge.' No names were given there.

By: Tracey Kearns6th Nov 2023 7:55AMLocal memory has identified the four men in the image as:
Left to right, line gang foreman Scotty Allan; railway clerk, name unidentified; station master, name unidentified; shunter Sandy Allan.

By: Brian J. Pearce4th Jun 2014 11:59PMThis image probably dates from the 1890s. New Zealand Railways' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 1900 recorded that a verandah had been fitted to the Upper Hutt Railway Station during that year.