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Subscribe to The Linesider Now!

From September 2025, The Linesider magazine will be published by the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society.   Anyone, whether a NZR&LS member of not, can subscribe to The Linesider for $80 annually (4 issues), or about 10% off the cover price.  NZR&LS members receive an additional discount. Existing NZR& LS Members please use the… Read more »

New Book Release – Rockies – Buller’s Little Known Mine and Incline – Available Now

Written by Bev Fisher, Ian Fisher and Bruce Shalders  Here is one of Buller’s best kept secrets. Situated between Millerton and Denniston, the Westport Granity Coal Mines Ltd constructed an incline of 1.3 kilometres long up a cliff face to the coal deposits situated on the coastal escarpment. At 564 meters high, the incline consisted… Read more »