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International News
Questions in Parliament:


  * Locontrol in use on Mt Newman Mining railway
  * Wellington - Lyttelton Rail Ferry Service
  * Expensive meals on British trains
  * Kaimai Tunneling Machine
  * -First Australian built diesel still running well
  * Facilities at [[Studholm]] Railway Station
  * - Sydney introduces carpet in its double-deckers
  * New Zealand Railways function
  * - NSW adopts Grain containers
  * Cable Car Accident
* - New miniature steam railway at Blenheim Palace


ARTICLE: Railways and Metrication
Railway Commentary:Electrics, Fuel and Locomotion


ARTICLE: Auckland's modern Southdown Terminal
Report: Rail ferries integrate Railway Network


Book Reviews:
Book Review:


* The Railroad Car Builders Pictorial Dictionary  (Reprint 1974  American)
  * [[Spirit of Steam]]
* 1976 RES Caledar
* Steam Locomotive Prints
* Locomotion  (British)
* Steam Locomotives of the East African railways
* [[Horse-drawn Days]]
* [[The Old NZR C Class Tank Locomotives]]  (Reprint)
  * [[The Development of Railway Signalling in New Zealand]] (reprint)
* Crime on the Lines  (British fiction()


ARTICLE: Weatherproofing the Main Trunk
Audio Review:  


Letters:
* Steam panorama First Division (Australian)
* Steam panorama Second Division (Australian)
* Puffing Billy in Stereo  (Australian)


* Lpx wagons seen and log transfers at Waipahi
* Train radios
* Garratt Tank use
* Steam on the main line


ARTICLE:Steam Express - the G Class loco
ARTICLE: Enter the Northerner


Modellers Photos:  
ARTICLE: Hillside Railway Workshops Reaches its First Century
 
* Class Uc Bogie Petroleum Tank wagon
 
Photo: Northbound goods train near [[Piriaka]]

Latest revision as of 19:29, 3 October 2022

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Full Name: Rails

Issue Number: 53

Issue Date: December 1975

Volume and Number: 5/5

Pages: 24

Page Range:

Cover Image:

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CONTENTS

Editorial: The Election

ARTICLE: The Future of Railways in the Wellington Region

ARTICLE: Continuous Ultrasonic Rail Testing trolley for Argentina

New Zealand News: 

* Tourist Pass Sales exceed target
* Passenger Specials to link with Picton Ferry
* No railway connection to Wainuiomata
* Container planning praised
* More problems at Kaimai Tunnel
* Chief admin Officer retires
* Terminus for Otago Central Branch Queried
* Palmerston a new stop for Southerner
* Kingston Flyer wins Tourism Award
* Mock-up of new Guards van at Hutt Shops
* Wellington City to keep Trolley busses
* Display of Locos marks 150th anniversary of Rail

Questions in Parliament: 

* Wellington - Lyttelton Rail Ferry Service
* Kaimai Tunneling Machine
* Facilities at Studholm Railway Station
* New Zealand Railways function
* Cable Car Accident

Railway Commentary:Electrics, Fuel and Locomotion

Report: Rail ferries integrate Railway Network

Book Review: 

* Spirit of Steam

Audio Review: 

* Steam panorama First Division (Australian)
* Steam panorama Second Division (Australian)
* Puffing Billy in Stereo  (Australian)


ARTICLE: Enter the Northerner

ARTICLE: Hillside Railway Workshops Reaches its First Century

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