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Full Name: The New Zealand Railway Observer

Issue Number: 6

Issue Date: December 1944

Volume and Number: 1/6

Pages: 10

Page Range: 41-50

Cover Image: n.a.


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CONTENTS

Some Notes on Passenger Cars - by A. P. Godber

  • choir mats
  • spittoons
  • sliding Doors
  • lighting
    • Colza Oil
    • kerosene
    • Pintsch gas
    • electric
  • handbrakes
  • Westinghouse air brake
  • longitudinal seating
  • cross seating
  • lavatories
  • water filters
  • air conditioning
  • day cars
  • sleeping cars
  • car-vans

The Mainline Gradients of New Zealand Railways Part 2 - by T. A. McGavin

New Zealand Locomotive Performance Part 5 - by T. A. McGavin

  • J_Class_locomotives
  • X_Class_locomotives
  • Ab_Class_Locomotives

News and Comments

  • We_Class Locomotives
    • Loco_We198 and
    • Loco_We377 both originally converted for use on the Rimutaka Incline.

The "Night Limiteds" - by T. A. McGavin

  • Ab_class_locomotive
  • K_class_locomotive
  • 56 seat Day car
  • 31 seat 1st class car
  • 16 berth sleeping car

The Rimutaka Tunnel Project - by T. A. McGavin

Loco Notes

  • Loco_Ka954 seen at Wellington Depot, new from Hutt Workshops
  • Loco_F277 photo supplied showing wide cab and large running boards

Our First Year. a review by T. A. McGavin