Posts Categorized: Historical NZRO Articles

Step Back in Time – Article 50

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 31, No 3, Spring 1974 and is: Spit to Paki Paki – A Note on the First Railway in Hawke’s Bay – by E.C.G. Fletcher with considerable stimulation from A.C. Bellamy  Article 50, Volume 31, No 3, Spring 1974 Each week a new Article… Read more »

Step Back in Time – Article 49

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 31, No 2, Winter 1974 and is: Some Auckland Industrial Locomotives by B.R. Hutchinson  Article 49, Volume 31, No 2, Winter 1974 Each week a new Article from early issues of the New Zealand Railway Observers will be featured. Previous articles can still be… Read more »

Step Back in Time – Article 48

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 31, No 2, Winter 1974 and is: New Zealand Railways in 1973 – Booming Traffic Recorded in 1974 Report  Article 48, Volume 31, No 2, Winter 1974 Each week a new Article from early issues of the New Zealand Railway Observers will be featured…. Read more »

Step Back in Time – Article 47

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 31, No 1, Autumn 1974 and is: A Century Between Wellington and Lower Hutt  Article 47, Volume 31, No 1, Autumn 1974 Each week a new Article from early issues of the New Zealand Railway Observers will be featured. Previous articles can still be viewed… Read more »

Step Back in Time – Article 46

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 31, No 1, Autumn 1974 and is: The First Locomotives at Wellington and Napier – Some notes on the Old “C” Class Saddle-Tank Locomotives of 1873-76  Article 46, Volume 31, No 1, Autumn 1974 Each week a new Article from early issues of the… Read more »