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| | |Magazine=The New Zealand Railway Observer | ||
|Issue_Number=1 | |Issue_Number=1 | ||
| | |Issue_Date=May 1944 | ||
|Volume_Number=1/1 | |Volume_Number=1/1 | ||
|Page_Count=6 | |Page_Count=6 | ||
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|Issue Date=May 1944 | |||
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The first issue of the Observer was produced in May 1944 following along the lines of its British equivalent. It appears to have been a solo effort by Tom McGavin acting as Editor, and Secretary/Treasurer of the new Railway Correspondence Society. Within a year the Society was to get a new name The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, and go on to produce regular issues of The New Zealand Railway Observer. Issue 1 consisted of a few specialised articles and some general news | The first issue of the Observer was produced in May 1944 following along the lines of its British equivalent. It appears to have been a solo effort by Tom McGavin acting as Editor, and Secretary/Treasurer of the new Railway Correspondence Society. Within a year the Society was to get a new name The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, and go on to produce regular issues of The New Zealand Railway Observer. Issue 1 consisted of a few specialised articles and some general news | ||
as follows: | as follows: | ||
The New Zealand Correspondence Society. | |||
ARTICLE: Locomotive Developments in New Zealand, 1933 - 1943 | |||
*Ab_class_loco | |||
*K_class_loco | |||
*A_class_loco | |||
*Q_class_loco | |||
*U_class_loco | |||
*Ua_class_loco | |||
*Ub_class_loco | |||
*Wab_class_loco | |||
*Ws_class_loco | |||
*Kb_class_loco | |||
*Ka_class_loco | |||
*J_class_loco | |||
*Ed_class_loco | |||
*Q_class_loco | |||
*U_class_loco | |||
ARTICLE: NZ Line-Speed Limits | |||
News and Comments | News and Comments | ||
*The Christchurch to Picton Mainline | *The Christchurch to Picton Mainline | ||
**Wf_class_loco | |||
**A_Class_locos | |||
*Classification of Car Vans | *Classification of Car Vans | ||
**A_class_car | |||
**F_class_van | |||
**Af_class_car-van | |||
Latest revision as of 23:56, 1 May 2023
Full Name: The New Zealand Railway Observer
Issue Number: 1
Issue Date: May 1944
Volume and Number: 1/1
Pages: 6
Page Range: 1-6
Cover Image: n.a.
The first issue of the Observer was produced in May 1944 following along the lines of its British equivalent. It appears to have been a solo effort by Tom McGavin acting as Editor, and Secretary/Treasurer of the new Railway Correspondence Society. Within a year the Society was to get a new name The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, and go on to produce regular issues of The New Zealand Railway Observer. Issue 1 consisted of a few specialised articles and some general news as follows:
The New Zealand Correspondence Society.
ARTICLE: Locomotive Developments in New Zealand, 1933 - 1943
- Ab_class_loco
- K_class_loco
- A_class_loco
- Q_class_loco
- U_class_loco
- Ua_class_loco
- Ub_class_loco
- Wab_class_loco
- Ws_class_loco
- Kb_class_loco
- Ka_class_loco
- J_class_loco
- Ed_class_loco
- Q_class_loco
- U_class_loco
ARTICLE: NZ Line-Speed Limits
News and Comments
- The Christchurch to Picton Mainline
- Wf_class_loco
- A_Class_locos
- Classification of Car Vans
- A_class_car
- F_class_van
- Af_class_car-van