NZR Carriages
The story of NZR early Passenger Carriages has been told in infinite detail by John Agnew in a series of articles published in NZ Railfan spanning 11 years. With the first article appearing in December 2008, which looked at early car-vans, and ending with an article on Troop movements and Royal visits in December 2020. Sadly Railfan ceased publication in 2020, and what I presume were the last 2 articles in the Royal Visit series never got published. Given there are no articles covering the cars from about 1900 onwards, suggests this overall series could have continued for some years yet.
As a ready reference, a list of all the articles in order of publication is given in the table below with links to the magazine issue. It is hoped to eventually have an extended summary of each article and as each of those gets prepared, a hyperlink will be provided to the Article page.
| Issue | Month | Year | Article Title | Article sub-title | part/of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railfan57 | December | 2008 | NZR's Early Car-vans | - | 1 of 4 |
| Railfan58 | March | 2009 | NZR's Early Car-vans | Class A Low-roofed Bogie cars | 2 of 4 |
| Railfan59 | June | 2009 | NZR's Early Car-vans | - | 3 of 4 |
| Railfan60 | September | 2009 | NZR's Early Car-vans | - | 4 of 4 |
| Railfan61 | December | 2009 | NZ's Bogie Carriages | - | 1 of 8 |
| Railfan62 | March | 2010 | NZ's Bogie Carriages | The Gilbert Bush Cars | 2 of 8 |
| Railfan63 | June | 2010 | NZ's Bogie Carriages | - | 3 of 8 |
| Railfan64 | September | 2010 | NZ's Bogie Carriages | The Gumdiggers | 4 of 8 |
| Railfan65 | December | 2010 | NZ's Bogie Carriages | The Addington Cars | 5 of 8 |
| Railfan66 | March | 2011 | NZ's Bogie Carriages | The Addington Cars | 6 of 8 |
| Railfan67 | June | 2011 | NZ's Bogie Carriages | Cars of the 1890's | 7 of 8 |
| Railfan68 | September | 2011 | NZ's Bogie Carriages | Cars of the 1890's | 8 of 8 |
| Railfan69 | December | 2011 | NZ's Bogie Carriages | A 2011 Carriage Adventure | |
| Railfan70 | March | 2012 | The Early D Class Carriages | NZ's First 3ft 6in gauge carriages | 1 of 2 |
| Railfan71 | June | 2012 | The Early D Class Carriages | NZ's First 3ft 6in gauge carriages | 2 of 2 |
| Railfan72 | September | 2012 | The C Class 6 - Wheelers | 1 of 2 | |
| Railfan73 | December | 2012 | The C Class 6 - Wheelers | 2 of 2 | |
| Railfan74 | March | 2013 | The C Class Bogie Carriages | South Island | |
| Railfan75 | June | 2013 | The C Class Bogie Carriages | North Island | |
| Railfan76 | September | 2013 | Mails by Rail | - | 1 of 6 |
| Railfan77 | December | 2013 | Mails by Rail | 2 of 6 | |
| Railfan78 | March | 2014 | Mails by Rail | South Island | 3 of 6 |
| Railfan79 | June | 2014 | Mails by Rail | North Island | 4 of 6 |
| Railfan80 | September | 2014 | Mails by Rail | - | 5 of 6 |
| Railfan81 | December | 2014 | Mails by Rail | 6 of 6 | |
| Railfan82 | March | 2015 | The Saloon Balcony Cars | 1889 BirdCage | 1 of 5 |
| Railfan83 | June | 2015 | The Saloon Balcony Cars | 2 of 5 | |
| Railfan84 | September | 2015 | The Saloon Balcony Cars | - | 3 of 5 |
| Railfan85 | December | 2015 | The Saloon Balcony Cars | 4 of 5 | |
| Railfan86 | March | 2016 | The Saloon Balcony Cars | 5 of 5 | |
| Railfan87 | June | 2016 | 44ft Day Cars | North Island | |
| Railfan88 | September | 2016 | Passenger Cars of The NZ Midland Railway Co | - | |
| Railfan89 | December | 2016 | Passenger Cars of The Wellington & Manawatu Railway Co | 1 of 4 | |
| Railfan90 | March | 2017 | Passenger Cars of The Wellington & Manawatu Railway Co | 2 of 4 | |
| Railfan91 | June | 2017 | Passenger Cars of The Wellington & Manawatu Railway Co | 3 of 4 | |
| Railfan92 | September | 2017 | Passenger Cars of The Wellington & Manawatu Railway Co | - | 4 of 4 |
| Railfan93 | December | 2017 | Canterbury Railways Broad Gauge Stock | ||
| Railfan94 | March | 2018 | Southland Pioneering Broad Gauge Stock | ||
| Railfan95 | June | 2018 | NZR's 4-wheeled Break vans | 1 of 3 | |
| Railfan96 | September | 2018 | NZR's 4-wheeled Break vans | - | 2 of 3 |
| Railfan97 | December | 2018 | NZR's 4-wheeled Break vans | 3 of 3 | |
| Railfan98 | March | 2019 | Early Bogie Break vans | ||
| Railfan99 | June | 2019 | Early Dining Cars | 1 of 2 | |
| Railfan100 | September | 2019 | Early Dining Cars | - | 2 of 2 |
| Railfan101 | December | 2019 | Troop Movements and Royal Visits | - |