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Full Name: Your Auckland Railway News

Issue Number: 5

Issue Date: November 1953

Volume and Number: 1/5

Pages: 4

Page Range: 1-4

Cover Image: n.a.

CONTENTS

Planned Trips

Christmas Train services

Auckland Provincial News

• The first 8m 52ch of the Murupara Branch (Hawkens Junction to Kawerau) were opened for traffic on 26/10/1953, and being worked by Ab_class_engines
• 24 Railway Houses being built at Kawerau.
• Loco_Tr61 ex Putaruru is to be relocated to Kawerau in the interim and coupled De_class_loco's are expected before end of 1953
• Tauranga Yard had had lots of material for the Mt Maunganui Branch stockpiled with track laying well under way.
• It is understood that Murupara will become the mainline terminus and Taneatua a Branch Line.
• The 2 mile deviation at Tirau to Putaruru is still awaiting rails
• The extensive deviation south of Whangarei is progressing . rails are not yet on site and one large cutting still needs to be excavated.
• The future Down Main was brought into use as the Main Line to allow upgrade of the older track with 85lb rail.
• Auckland's two new suburban stations are reporting good public support.

Mile-post intervals between Tuakau and Mercer are not regular. the 35th mile being 3ch short, several others about o.5 chain short. the 39th mile (through Pokeno Station) is just over 19 chain long.

Engine For sale. The Government Stores Board have a 32t Heisler for sale at Mamaku, ex Loco_TTT9