Posts By: Sandra Knight

Step Back in Time – Article 3

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 24, No 2 – Winter edition 1967 and is: Locomotives That Have Crossed the Tasman –  R J Meyer Discusses. Click on the link below to read. Article 3 Volume 24, No 2   Each week a new Article from early issues of the… Read more »

Step back in time…. Article 2

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 24, No 2 – Winter edition 1967 and is: The Price ‘D’ introduced by Alan Bellamy. Click on the link below to read. Article 2   Each week a new Article from early issues of the New Zealand Railway Observers will be featured. Previous… Read more »

A new weekly feature on our Website

The New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society holds back copies of nearly all issues of New Zealand Railway Observer and as an ongoing feature on our Website we are going to feature articles from these on a weekly basis.   The first Article was written by T.A. McGavin and featured in Volume 24, Issue No…. Read more »

Presentation on Metlink Rail Operations – Present Operations and Future Plans from Daran Ponter

In the Governments’ 2025 Budget they confirmed $600m for upgrading the rail network.  At the NZRLS 2023 Annual General Meeting the guest speaker was Daran Ponter who addressed the topic “Metlink Rail Operations – Present Operations and Future Plans”. Daren is the chair of the Greater Wellington Regional Council and a keen observer of rail… Read more »