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ARTICLE: New Plymouth Freight Terminal Environmental Impact Report
ARTICLE: New Plymouth Freight Terminal Environmental Impact Report


ARTICLE: Railway Minister interviewed
Railway Commentary: Mt Davey Coal and the NZR


International News:
International News:


  * Australia's Mount Newman Mine Expanding
  * Australian Urban Train
  * ARTICLE: Australian Government preserves last working Garratt locomotive
  * Australian Changes
  * Steam excursions raise money for Darwin
  * The Indian Pacific train (Sydney - Perth) now running four times per week
  * Vandals cause concern for British Rail
  * NSW introduces Cheap Day Rover tickets
  * New uses for old stations
  * -Tasmanian Rail takeover
* Rail transport saves fuel
 
  * -New Syrian Railway
Book Review:
  * -Metrication in the USA
 
  * Diesel Hydraulics of teh Western Region (British)


New Zealand News:
New Zealand News:


  * Freight Forwarders worry Harbour Board
  * November 3 is Northerner Day
  * Kaimai Troubles
  * Details of New Vans
  * W&MR Last spike site Marked
  * Wellington Suburban Train reshuffle
  * Another Dunedin Tram Saved
  * New Engines for Dsc Shunters
  * Station Closures
  * Main South Line CTC extended
  * Maharahara (Matahiwi) - 30/03/1975
* Radios now in use on the Gisborne Line
  * Papatawa - 1/07/1967
* Timaru Council calls tenders for footbridge over railway
  * Tahoraiti - 1/02/1971
* Tenders called for the removal of Stockyards at Waverley Racecourse
  * Conical Hill - 2/03/1975
  * Fernside - 30/03/1975


* Carriages Donated
ARTICLE: The End of the Line for Old [[Invercargill]] Station
* Steam Locos still in service
* -District Engineer Christchurch Dies
* -Tenders called for the removal of Station and Stockyards at Ida Valley


Questions in Parliament
Questions in Parliament


  * Road Transport Licences
  * Auckland - Gisborne tug and barge service
  * Rail freight costs for Watties
  * Rail ferry Sterwad duties
  * Improved railway services
* rail travel consession cards for pensioners
  * Twin-set railcars
* Loss of Till money on the Rail ferries
* State takeover of Freight Forwarding Company
* Passenger and Freight subsidies
* Meal Service on Ferries
  * Greymouth to [[Ross Branch]] Line
* [[Seddonville Branch]] Line
* Railway losses
* Fuel cost increases
* Passenger Rolling Stock
* Shipping Subsidy
* Bath St, Levin railway crossing
  * Freight Forwarding Co Purchase negotiations
* [[Tuatapere Branch]] Traffic


ARTICLE: New Dunedin Locomotive Depot is both Attractive and Functional
ARTICLE: 'Locomotion' replica celebrates 150 years of railways
 
Book Review:
 
* [[Coal Fields Enterprise]
* [[Locomotive Selections From the New Zealand railway Observer]]
* South American Steam
* Fourty Years of caledonian Locomotives  (British)
* Steam in the West  (British)
 
Report: Canterbury Steam Museum progress
 
Report: Progress at Glenbrook


ARTICLE: NZR hold Memento of the Gresley Pacifics
ARTICLE: NZR hold Memento of the Gresley Pacifics


ARTICLE: $0 years on the Footplate Pt 2
ARTICLE: Forty years on the Footplate Pt 2
 
Report: NZR GM attends railway Conference


Modellers Photos:  
Modellers Photos:  


  * Class E (non-revenue) crane wagon
  * Feilding Footbridge

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Full Name: Rails

Issue Number: 49

Issue Date: August 1975

Volume and Number: 5/1

Pages: 24

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CONTENTS

Editorial: The Railway and Environmental Impact

ARTICLE: New Plymouth Freight Terminal Environmental Impact Report

Railway Commentary: Mt Davey Coal and the NZR

International News: 

* Australian Urban Train
* Australian Changes
* The Indian Pacific train (Sydney - Perth) now running four times per week
* NSW introduces Cheap Day Rover tickets
* -Tasmanian Rail takeover

Book Review: 

* Diesel Hydraulics of teh Western Region  (British)

New Zealand News: 

* November 3 is Northerner Day
* Details of New Vans
* Wellington Suburban Train reshuffle
* New Engines for Dsc Shunters
* Main South Line CTC extended
* Radios now in use on the Gisborne Line
* Timaru Council calls tenders for footbridge over railway
* Tenders called for the removal of Stockyards at Waverley Racecourse

ARTICLE: The End of the Line for Old Invercargill Station

Questions in Parliament 

* Auckland - Gisborne tug and barge service
* Rail ferry Sterwad duties
* rail travel consession cards for pensioners
* Loss of Till money on the Rail ferries
* State takeover of Freight Forwarding Company
* Passenger and Freight subsidies 
* Meal Service on Ferries
* Greymouth to Ross Branch Line
* Seddonville Branch Line
* Railway losses
* Fuel cost increases
* Passenger Rolling Stock
* Shipping Subsidy
* Bath St, Levin railway crossing
* Freight Forwarding Co Purchase negotiations
* Tuatapere Branch Traffic

ARTICLE: 'Locomotion' replica celebrates 150 years of railways

ARTICLE: NZR hold Memento of the Gresley Pacifics

ARTICLE: Forty years on the Footplate Pt 2

Modellers Photos: 

* Feilding Footbridge
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