Observer15

Full Name: Observer

Issue Number: 15

Issue Date: June 1946

Volume and Number: 3/3

Pages: 20

Page Range:

Cover Image: n.a.

CONTENTS

Society Notes

Railways of New Caledonia - by A. N. Palmer

The Takapuna Steam Tramway - by W. W. Stewart

Operated by Takapuna Tramways and Ferry Company Limited (TTF)
Loco_TTF1 Kerr Stewart from 1909, Maker No 1096, originally named "Waitemata", scrapped 1927
Loco_TTF2 Kerr Stewart from 1909, Maker No 1137, originally named "Bayswater", boiler went to Waitemata Brewery
Loco_TTF3 Kerr Stewart from 1911, Maker No 1216. Boiler sol to NZ Dairy Co 1927
Loco_TTF4 Baldwin from 1911, Maker No 418 C96 37168. Boiler sol to NZ Dairy Co 1927
Loco_TTF5 Baldwin from 1919, Maker No 418 C117 52128. Boiler sol to NZ Dairy Co 1927
Loco_TTF6 Baldwin from 1919, Maker No 418 C119 52205. Boiler sol to NZ Dairy Co 1927
Loco_TTF7 Kerr Stewart from 1924, Maker No 4301. Boiler fitted to stationary Engine ex Calliope Wharf in 1927 and became a log hauler for Gammon & Co, Mamaku
tram cars made by Cousins and Cousins in Auckland on Brush undergear in lots of 6, 5 and 2. 9 Sold to Wanganui (complete) 4 to Dunedin (minus bogies)

New Zealand Locomotive Performance Part 12 - by T. A. McGavin

"Field's Expresses"

News Notes and Comment

Auckland Suburban Electrification
Train Servise Improvements
Passenger Service withdrawn from Waitara Branch
New Railcar Shed at Linwood is in use
A new Crossing loop being constructed at Amberley turning the platform into an Island, a similar change expected at Rangiora
Overseas Notes
- South Africa
- Western Australia
- Queensland
Old T_class_loco boiler
Sanson Tramway
- Decision made to Dismantle
- Loco_R29 to come up for sale around August 1946
- April 1946 inspection report
- Ohakea Airport Siding also lifted

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