Observer15

Full Name: The New Zealand Railway Observer

Issue Number: 15

Issue Date: August 1946

Volume and Number: 3/3

Pages: 20

Page Range: 37-56

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

News Notes and Comment

Auckland Suburban Electrification
Train Service 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Passenger Service withdrawn from Waitara Branch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
- Report on site inspection made in April 1946
- Ohakea Airport Siding also lifted
Mines Dept Private Siding at Kimihia
- recently opened to serve opencast mine, 2miles 22ch long following route of earlier lines
Locomotive cleanliness
- Loco_Ec10 the only electric reasonably clean
- Loco_Ec7 particularly dirty
- Loco_Wab767 and Loco_Wab800 looking particularly tidy in Wellington

Locomotive Notes

Loco_A600 transferred from Wellington back to Palmerston North
Loco_Ww492 Transferred from Wellington to Wanganui. this was the only one in Wellington with a Waikato Spark Arrester
Roller bearings awaited for Ja_class_loco's finally arrived
A disabled railcar hauled by Loco_Ub364 from Greymouth to Christchurch with some challenges
Loco_Ub364 then pulled Loco_Ab688 to Hillside
Loco_Ab688 had been severely damaged in the Islington smash after the over-run of a signal in thick fog
Observed that all Linwood-based locos have class and number on front and rear buffer-beams, except Ub_Class_locos which have them on the smoke-box door
Loco_Ub329 on a passenger service from Rangiora
Loco_Q343 assisted a J_class_Loco from Dunedin to Seacliff with the morning express bound for Christchurch

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