The guest speaker at this years NZRLS Annual General Meeting 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 developments, including the new hybrid trains for the Manawatu and Wairarapa lines which… Read more »
Posts By: Sandra Knight
Update on WMR 48
On Wednesday 11th October we made a small but significant addition to WMR 48: we added authentic WMR warning notices to the insides of the entry doors to carriage 48. We found the text to these in Company engineering drawings, and a notice also shows in a Percy Godber photograph taken about 1917. This is… Read more »
Wellington’s Train Network Paper Tickets Saved
Recently NZRLS Director Bill Prebble was on a Radio New Zealand Pod Cast in relation to Wellingtons Train Network Paper tickets. This is well worth a listen. Click on the link below and under the search section type in Wellington’s Train Network Paper Tickets Saved or scroll through the podcasts available. The interview was on… Read more »
WMR 48 and WMR 52 Update
WMR 48 These photos were taken earlier this month (July 2023) Dan Harawira working on a door for WMR 48 that was hung later in the day. One of the doors after painting and glazing. WMR 52… Read more »
NZR’s Rebuilt G Class – The Phoenix That Failed
We now have this publication in stock. Orders can be placed using the on line Order Form under the Publications tab. From author Jonathan Shingleton, who brought us Alpine Thunder, the renowned book on the KB class, Jonathan brings us a well-researched and interesting account of NZR’s rebuilt three-cylinder G class. In attempt to make… Read more »
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