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International News
International News


* Locontrol in use on Mt Newman Mining railway
  * -New Container service to Freemantle displaces shipping service
* Expensive meals on British trains
  * -Bikes at the Station service in Germany
  * -First Australian built diesel still running well
  * -Heavy casualties in Bombay from illegal track crossings
  * - Sydney introduces carpet in its double-deckers
  * - NSW adopts Grain containers
* - New miniature steam railway at Blenheim Palace


ARTICLE: Railways and Metrication
Letters:


ARTICLE: Auckland's modern Southdown Terminal
* Fare increases
* Tourist Pass customer
* Waironomai Tramway
* Derek Cross and Mararoa
* Passenger Services


Book Reviews:
Book Reviews:


* The Railroad Car Builders Pictorial Dictionary  (Reprint 1974  American)
  * [[Grand Old days of Steam]]
* 1976 RES Caledar
  * The Great Way West  (British)
* Steam Locomotive Prints
  * Locomotive of Australia
* Locomotion  (British)
  * Farewell to the Westerns   (British)
* Steam Locomotives of the East African railways
  * A History of GWR Goods Wagons  (British))Introducing Derek Cross
  * [[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
 
Letters:
 
  * 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
Introducing Derek Cross - The Engine that Ran away


Modellers Photos:  
Modellers Photos:  


  * Class Uc Bogie Petroleum Tank wagon
  * Class M 15ft Lowside Wagon  - Diagram M-1
 
Photo: Northbound goods train near [[Piriaka]]

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Full Name: Rails

Issue Number: 56

Issue Date: March 1976

Volume and Number: 5/8

Pages: 24

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CONTENTS

Editorial: Road v Rail

ARTICLE: Keeping the trains rolling on the Napier Gisborne Line

ARTICLE: More New Wagon Types

ARTICLE: New Minister of railways Interviewed

New Zealand News: 

* -Four locos regularly used on one train
* Railway Charges increased
* New rates for Rail-Air
* End of 40 mile Limit?
* Guard's Van contract to Japan
* MSL CTC extended to Temuka
* Rangatira Rates increase
* Last Dx Shipment due soon
* Tenders called for modifying Aratika ferry
* An additional suburban service from Paraparaumu
* Courtesy Award to Guard's Assistant
* Another railcar catches fire
* 15 year old causes derailment
* Package houses railed to Cromwell
* Wellington cable car overhauled
* Senior appointments announced
* Silver Fern damaged in level crossing accident
* Redundant meat wagons scrapped
* L Class Loco restored at Tauranga
* Tenders

  * Renewal of Bridge 171 PNGL
  * Removal of Stockyards at Mangatainoka
  * Underpinning of 4 piers on Clarence Bridge

NZR Freight Traffic Report - September - November 1975

International News 

* -New Container service to Freemantle displaces shipping service
* -Bikes at the Station service in Germany
* -Heavy casualties in Bombay from illegal track crossings

Letters: 

* Fare increases
* Tourist Pass customer
* Waironomai Tramway
* Derek Cross and Mararoa
* Passenger Services

Book Reviews: 

* Grand Old days of Steam
* The Great Way West   (British)
* Locomotive of Australia
* Farewell to the Westerns   (British)
* A History of GWR Goods Wagons   (British))Introducing Derek Cross

Introducing Derek Cross - The Engine that Ran away

Modellers Photos: 

* Class M 15ft Lowside Wagon  - Diagram M-1
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