Posts By: Sandra Knight

Step Back in Time – Article 29

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 29, No’s 2 and 3 (Special Combined Issue) Winter/Spring, 1972 and is: Locomotives and their Performance No. 27, Story of the “Df” The 18 year Diesel-Electric by K.I. Bullock.  Article 29, Volume 29, No’s 2 and 3 Each week a new Article from early… Read more »

Step Back in Time – Article 28

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 28 , No 3  –  Summer 1971-72 and is: The Last Run of the Last Main Trunk Mixed – David Leitch reports Article 28, Volume 28, No 3 Each week a new Article from early issues of the New Zealand Railway Observers will be… Read more »

Step Back in Time – Article 27

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 28 , No 3  –  Summer 1971-72 and is: “Silver Star” By New Zealand Railways – A Review of the First Night by R.J. Meyer Article 27, Volume 28, No 3 Each week a new Article from early issues of the New Zealand Railway… Read more »

Step Back in Time – Article 26

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 28 , No 3  –  Summer 1971-72 and is: Locomotives and their Performance, No 26 – A Tribute to New Zealand’s Famous “Ab” Class by T A McGavin Article 26, Volume 28, No 3 Each week a new Article from early issues of the… Read more »

Step Back in Time – Article 25

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 28 , No 2  –  Spring 1971 and is: Cheerful Yesterdays – Reminiscences of Life with Steam Locomotives – as narrated by Bert Brown to Joe McNamara Article 25, Volume 28, No 2 Each week a new Article from early issues of the New… Read more »