The New Zealand Railway Observer : Issued Bi-monthly, ISSN 0028-8624
Issue 381 October-November 2023
Volume 80, No. 4
Contents
With heavy snow overnight and the Porter’s Pass road closed, train crew changeovers needed to be adjusted and trains were late. The Otira banker crew brought loaded coal Train 850 to Springfield for a Christchurch crew to take over. The banker locomotives from 850 had been cut off and were running forward to couple up to empty coal Train 849 to return to Otira for a Greymouth crew to take over. Glen Anthony photographed this interesting scene on 2 August 2023.
Hawkes Bay Floods – Eskdale Timestamps – Bill Prebble
Cyclone Gabrielle and the Rail System – Murray King
Abandoned Bush Tram Becomes a Cycle Trail – Paul Mahoney and Graeme Carter
Some of Mark Cole’s Classic NZR Photography
The End of Tickets on the Wellington Rail Network – Bruce Taylor
The Crunchie Train: A Monumental Rail Tour (Part 6) – Alan and Wendy Bailey
The Ongarue Memorial – Barry O’Donnell
Research Notes #231 – An Engine Called Dora – Graeme McClare
Celebrating the Midland Line – David Maciulaitis
From the Top of the Raurimu Spiral, Down at the Station, Letters to the Editor, Book and DVD Reviews
In this Issue are 34 colour photographs
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