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Full Name: Railfan

Issue Number: 48

Issue Date: September 2006

Volume and Number: 12/4

Pages: 80

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Cover Image:

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CONTENTS

Editorial: the Professionals Strike Again Letters:

 * David P Morgan
 * K/KA Cklass On Auckland Suburban trains
 * K Class Memories
 * Vintage Palmerston North
 * Lumsden-Invercargill Train 634

Book Reviews:

 * An Identification Key To NZR Steam Locomotive Classes  

Video Reviews:

 * New Zealand Railscene Vol 74
 * The History Of The Frankton Signal Box

Obituary:

* Robert James Mann  1929 - 2013

Rail News:

 * KiwiRail Locomotive Notes
 * Fonterra's New Link To Lyttelton Port
 * Gisborne City Vintage Railway
 * Progress On New EMU Cars For Auckland
 * Pulpliner Changes Direction
 * Coastal pacific becomes A Seasonal Service
 * Budget 2013 - An Extra $94 Million For KiwiRail
 * Surplus Ganz Mavag Units For Sale
 * Kingston Flyer For Sale - Again
 * Farewell To Hillside Workshops Part II
 * KiwiRail Sells A And AO Class Carriages
 * Taieri Gorge Railway

Photo Spreads:

 * Non-standard Power For The Northern Explorer
 * Taieri Gorge Railway
 * A Half Hour At The Bean Pole Fence
 * Heritage Locomotives On The Mainline
 * A Change Of Direction For Four Heritage locomotives

Commentary: Speeding Up Freight Trains While Increasing Safety - Fairly Cheaply

Commentary From beneath the Clutter: FRONZ Conference, Media, TAIC and Kingston Flyer

Preservation Progress

 * Glenbrook Vintage Railway
 * Mainline Steam Trust
 * Nelson Railway Society
 * Rimutaka Incline Railway
 * National Railway Museum
 * Oamaru Steam And Rail Society
 * Goldfields Railway
 * Silver Stream Railway
 * Tramway Historical Society
 * Pleasant Point Railway

ARTICLE: K Class Memories - A Contemporary Analysis

ARTICLE: On The Night Shift - A photo Essay

ARTICLE: The English Electric DF Class Diesel-Electric Locomotive Part 1

ARTICLE: The Class B Bogie Carriages Part 2 - The North Island