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|MAGAZINE=Observer | |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 | |Page_Count=16 | ||
|Page_Range=21-36 | |||
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|Magazine=The New Zealand Railway Observer | |||
|Issue_Date=April 1946 | |||
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'''CONTENTS''' | '''CONTENTS''' | ||
Latest revision as of 21:23, 3 May 2023
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.
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