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{{Clickable button 2|Observer19|Prev Issue}} {{Clickable button 2|Observer21|Next Issue}} '''CONTENTS''' Society Notes ARTICLE: East of the Waikato River - Some notes on the Thames Branch and the Bay of Plenty Main Line - by J. W. Sutherland and T. A. McGavin *Waikato - Thames Railway *Cambridge Branch *Thames Valley and Rotorua Railway Company *Waihi Branch *East Coast Trunk Line *Topography and Track *Traffic and Train Services *The Picture Today **Loco_A583 **Loco_J1221 **Loco_Bb633 **Loco_Ab658 **Car_A1130 ex W&MR **Loco_Ab753 **Loco_A581 **Loco_Ab706 **Loco_Ab698 **Loco_Ab774 **Loco_J1218 **Loco_Ab715 **Loco_Ab739 **Whakatane River Combined Bridge **Loco_Fa250 **Loco_Fa41 News Note and Comment *Electric Multiple Unit Performance **EMU_Dm7 **EMU_Dm8 **Trailer_D107 **Trailer_D108 *Kurow Branch Train Services **Passenger services ended 21 March 1947 **Ba_class_loco used on Branch *Waihi Gold Mining Company **Narrow gauge track **Three locomotives **NZR siding has thired rail for Company traffic *Private railways on 'The Coast' **Burkes Creek Collieries, Reefton approx 2.25 miles long ***ex NZR loco_R28 ***ex NZR Loco_F184 ***ex Cape Foulwind Loco_F841 **New Forest Sawmilling Company, Ngahere ***ex Midland Railway Loco No 5 ***ex NZR Loco_La314 ***two Heislers in shed at Nelson Creek **Stuart & ChapmanLtd., Ross approx 15.5 miles long ***a Leyland Tractor on the under frame of an old A_class_loco ***ex NZR loco_F40 ***ex NZR loco_F75 ***ex NZR loco_Fa251 *Curve approaching Athenree is 10chain radius compensated, on a 1 in 50 grade *Dunedin Tramway Notes. Ratepayers poll in favour of the Trolley Bus system Locomotive Notes *Loco_Ja1243 was passed into service on 28 February 1947. Official trials commenced 4 March 1947 *Loco_Ka957 will probably be the first to be converted to oil burning at [[Otahuhu Workshops]] *[[Mosgiel]] turntable was out of use for a while in mid March 1947 resulting in a lot of tender first running **Loco_Ww680 was pressed into service straight out of [[Hillside Workshops|Hillside]] following an overhaul , it being some 20 years since these loco's worked this service. Locomotive Boiler Numbering by Mr. M. Botten * A new scheme introduced in 1925 say all new stationary boilers numbered from 1 upwards and Locomotive boilers starting from 351 which went into Loco_D130 *The highest number so far was built at [[Hutt Workshops|Hutt]] and is is Boiler_424 fitted to Loco_K902 *The boilers for the new Ja_class_locos being built at [[Hillside Workshops|Hillside]] use the range 1389 up (to 1202?) *The boilers for the K_class_loco's run from 1203 - 1232 *The boilers for the Ka_class_loco's run from 1265 - 1299 but 1293 and 1294 not in service yet as they are for loco_Ka958 and Loco_Ka959 *The boilers for the Kb_class_loco's run from 1300 - 1305 *The boilers for the J _class_loco's run from 1306 - 1345 *Boiler_1368 - 1371 are spares for Wf_class_loco's (superheated) *Boiler_1377 - 1382 were built as spares for Ww_class_loco's (superheated) with 1Boiler_377 fitted to loco_Ww645 in August 1945 and Boiler_1379 fitted to Loco_Ww494 in February 1946 *Old Loco boilers reused as stationary boilers retained their old number *Interestingly, The boiler fitted to Loco_K93 at Addington in 1903 became Boiler_363 after 1925, used as a washout boiler at Paekakariki from 3 December 1926 and was still at Hutt in 1946. Since dumped. *Boiler_1024 seems to be the most swapped boiler Fitted to Loco_Ab806 in 1925, removed in 2/1930, fitted to Loco_611 in 12/1936, removed 11/1937, fitted to Loco_Ab778 in 1/1938, removed in 11/1939, fitted to Loco_Ab810 in 2/1940, removed in 7/1944, fitted to Loco_Ab719 in 2/1945.