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Step Back in Time – Article 55

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 31, No 4, Summer 1974-75 and is: New Zealand Tramways in 1897-98 – A Note on an Important Source By G.T. Bloomfield  Article 55, Volume 31, No 4, Summer 1974-75 Each week a new Article from early issues of the New Zealand Railway Observers… Read more »

A first for NZRLS – two new book releases at the same time – Sawmills of the West Coast Book 1 and 2

At last, the story has commenced about Westland’s fascinating sawmills and bush tramways, with the first two books of a series covering sawmills and tramways of the Grey and Westland counties.  Ian Tibbles takes us on a journey through Stillwater, Coal Creek, the Grey district coalfield and lower Arnold Valley through to Kaimata, with these… Read more »