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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.
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