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|MAGAZINE=The New Zealand Railway Observer
|Issue_Number=14
|Issue_Number=14
|Issue Date=April 1946
|Issue Date=April 1946
|Volume_Number=3/2
|Volume_Number=3/2
|Page_Count=16
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|Issue_Date=April 1946
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'''CONTENTS'''
'''CONTENTS'''
Society Notes
Society Notes
*Affiliation with British Society
*Affiliation with British Society
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News, Notes, and Comment
News, Notes, and Comment
*Whakatane Board Mills
*Whakatane Board Mills
*F_class_van ex NZR
**F_class_van ex NZR
*18 - specially built flat-top wagons to carry logs
**18 - specially built flat-top wagons to carry logs
*Loco_Fa41 sold to Mill Nov 1937
**Loco_Fa41 sold to Mill Nov 1937
*Loco_Fa250 sold to Mill Mar 1943
**Loco_Fa250 sold to Mill Mar 1943
*Train_326 - morning train from mill
**Train_326 - morning train from mill
*Train_341 - afternoon train to mill
**Train_341 - afternoon train to mill
*Tauranga Airport Line
**Loco_PWD2131 4007 "Planet" F.W. Hibbard & Co
*Shag Point Branch
**Loco_D141
**Third branch line at Shag Point? surely not
*Withdrawl of Passenger Services on Branch Lines
*G_class_locomotives - The Garratt's
*American Built Locomotives in New Zealand
**Baldwin Steam Motor of the Gonville and Castlecliff Town Boards No100
*Passenger Comfort
*Gisbone Airport Runway Crossing
**Signals dispensed with December 1945
 
Locomotive Notes
*two locomotives approved to be converted to oil burning
*Loco_X594 the only one converted to to simple operation to date
*Loco_Ab661 spotted at Palmerston North with Roller Bearing Tender bogies
*6 Tenders (less underframes) of G_Class_Loco pattern made at Otahuhu 3 - 4 years ago - not used yet
*Loco_Ka945 seen working the "night limited" from Frankton to Auckland
*Loco_TTT9 spotted at Putaruru for hydraulic testing
*Loco_TTT7 in shed, in need of clean and overhaul
*LocoTTT10 also at Putaruru.
*A number of A_class_locos appeared in Wellington displacing Ab_class_locos; Loco_A600, Loco_A601, Loco_A606, Loco_A604, ex Palmerston North displaced Loco_Ab829, Loco_Ab831, Loco_Ab837, Loco_Ab838.
*The only Ab class left seem to be; Loco_Ab826, Loco_Ab827, Loco_Ab832
*Loco_Fa9 spotted at working Horotiu Freezing works with Loco_F257 also in the yard apparently undergoing inspection
*Picton Engine Loco_Wf389 first to run through since connection made, to Hillside for overhaul
 
Mount Somers Fa Loco
*Originally Loco_O10 (later Loco_F10) sold to Ohai Railway Board in 1919, date to Mt Somers unknown
 
Wh_class_loco's
*5 originally acquired by WMR from Manning Wardell. Loco_WMR1 became NZR Loco_Wh447 in 1908, sold to Collet & Son Dannevirke 1927, Loco_WMR2 became NZR Loco_Wh448 in 1908, Loco_WMR3 and LocoWMR5 sold to Timaru Harbour Board in 1901 or 1902 one scrapped to Japan, the other to Mt Somers. Loco_WMR4 became NZRWh449 in 1908, sold to Waipa Railway & Coal Co in 1914
 
Hutt Valley Electrification
*Cabinet Approval 27/02/1946
*Includes completion of Deviation and double tracking
*New multiple units similar to Wellington - Johnsonville

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Full Name: The New Zealand Railway Observer

Issue Number: 14

Issue Date: April 1946

Volume and Number: 3/2

Pages: 16

Page Range: 21-36

Cover Image: n.a.


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CONTENTS

Society Notes

  • Affiliation with British Society

Opening of the South Island Main Trunk Part 2 by N. Mather

  • Train_109
  • Train_104
  • Loco_Ab617
  • Loco_Ab607
  • Loco_Ab598

The H Class 0-4-2T "Fell" Type Locomotives

  • Loco_H1 "Mount Cenis" renumbered to H199
  • Loco_H2 "Mount Cook" renumbered to H200
  • Loco_H3 "Mount Egmont" renumbered to H201
  • Loco_H3 "Mount Tongariro" renumbered to H202
  • Loco_H5 renumbered to H203
  • Loco_H6 renumbered to H204
  • Joy valve gear
  • Mr J. Hosie Retired Driver
  • Mr T Rotheram, Locomotive Superintendant
  • Mr. T. Ronayne, Locomotive Superintendant
  • Mr. Cooms, Draughtsman, Worksops Manager's Office

News, Notes, and Comment

  • Whakatane Board Mills
    • F_class_van ex NZR
    • 18 - specially built flat-top wagons to carry logs
    • Loco_Fa41 sold to Mill Nov 1937
    • Loco_Fa250 sold to Mill Mar 1943
    • Train_326 - morning train from mill
    • Train_341 - afternoon train to mill
  • Tauranga Airport Line
    • Loco_PWD2131 4007 "Planet" F.W. Hibbard & Co
  • Shag Point Branch
    • Loco_D141
    • Third branch line at Shag Point? surely not
  • Withdrawl of Passenger Services on Branch Lines
  • G_class_locomotives - The Garratt's
  • American Built Locomotives in New Zealand
    • Baldwin Steam Motor of the Gonville and Castlecliff Town Boards No100
  • Passenger Comfort
  • Gisbone Airport Runway Crossing
    • Signals dispensed with December 1945

Locomotive Notes

  • two locomotives approved to be converted to oil burning
  • Loco_X594 the only one converted to to simple operation to date
  • Loco_Ab661 spotted at Palmerston North with Roller Bearing Tender bogies
  • 6 Tenders (less underframes) of G_Class_Loco pattern made at Otahuhu 3 - 4 years ago - not used yet
  • Loco_Ka945 seen working the "night limited" from Frankton to Auckland
  • Loco_TTT9 spotted at Putaruru for hydraulic testing
  • Loco_TTT7 in shed, in need of clean and overhaul
  • LocoTTT10 also at Putaruru.
  • A number of A_class_locos appeared in Wellington displacing Ab_class_locos; Loco_A600, Loco_A601, Loco_A606, Loco_A604, ex Palmerston North displaced Loco_Ab829, Loco_Ab831, Loco_Ab837, Loco_Ab838.
  • The only Ab class left seem to be; Loco_Ab826, Loco_Ab827, Loco_Ab832
  • Loco_Fa9 spotted at working Horotiu Freezing works with Loco_F257 also in the yard apparently undergoing inspection
  • Picton Engine Loco_Wf389 first to run through since connection made, to Hillside for overhaul

Mount Somers Fa Loco

  • Originally Loco_O10 (later Loco_F10) sold to Ohai Railway Board in 1919, date to Mt Somers unknown

Wh_class_loco's

  • 5 originally acquired by WMR from Manning Wardell. Loco_WMR1 became NZR Loco_Wh447 in 1908, sold to Collet & Son Dannevirke 1927, Loco_WMR2 became NZR Loco_Wh448 in 1908, Loco_WMR3 and LocoWMR5 sold to Timaru Harbour Board in 1901 or 1902 one scrapped to Japan, the other to Mt Somers. Loco_WMR4 became NZRWh449 in 1908, sold to Waipa Railway & Coal Co in 1914

Hutt Valley Electrification

  • Cabinet Approval 27/02/1946
  • Includes completion of Deviation and double tracking
  • New multiple units similar to Wellington - Johnsonville
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