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Full Name: New Zealand Railfan

Issue Number: 38

Issue Date: March 2004

Volume and Number: 10/2

Pages: 72

Page Range: 1-72

Cover Image:

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CONTENTS

Editorial: Am I The Only One That Doesn't Understand?

Letters

• Whistle For Crossing
• Annie
• Kaimai Express
• The Rotorua Branch
• Assistance Required
• Taumaranui Help
• 4 8 2 Help

Book Reviews

• Coal Mines Of Puponga
• The Heritage Train
• Glenbrook Vintage Railway Guidebook

Video Reviews

• Rails and Wires
• Legends Of Steam
• New Zealand Railscene Vol 37

Obituaries

• Allan Charles Bellamy 1924 - 2004
• Edwin Joseph Pointon 1936 - 2004
• Wray Alexander Warwick Holmes 1907 - 2004
• Sir Leonard Bingley Southward 1905 - 2004

Rail News

• Tranz Rail locomotive Notes
• Tangiwai Revisited Half A century Later
• Railways In Chaos - Storm damage on a massive Scale
• Track Improvements For The Queen City
• Tranz Rail Announces an Operating Loss

Preservation Progress

• Napier harbour Board Fowler No 5
• Reefton Historic trust Board
• Shantytown Infants Creek Railway

Photo Stop: Preserved Steam On The Mainline 1996 - 2000

ARTICLE: The DE Class - NZR's Pioneering Diesel Electric Locomotoives

ARTICLE: An ANZAC Weekend Safari

Vignettes:

• Shunting Tractors
• Gisborne City Vintage Railway

Guest Commentary: Why Are There No Rail Cranes in 'Thomas The Tank Engine'?