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Full Name: New Zealand Railfan

Issue Number: 5

Issue Date: December 1995

Volume and Number: 2/1

Pages: 64

Page Range: 1-64

Cover Image:

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CONTENTS

Editorial: A Fascinating Hobby

Letters

• WAB Article
• Auckland Express out of Wellington
• DA spotting feature
• Loco livery

Book Reviews

• Farewell to Steam
• Wairarapa Railway Memories
• Heavy Metal (Australia)

Video Reviews

• The Pride of Steam
• New Zealand Railscene Vol 4
• Steam in Patagonia

Collectors Corner - Steam Locomotive Cabside Number Plates - Pr 2

ARTICLE: Lines of Industry - Power Conversions

Preservation progress

• K88 Restoration Trust
• Mainline Steam Trust
• Ocean Beach Railway
• Pahiatua Railcar Society
• Plains Vintage Railway

Rail News

• Hello Tranz Rail, Goodbye New Zealand Rail
• Queensland Diesel Locomotives Arrive
• Waipara Vintage Festival
• Rimutaka Tunnel 40th Anniversary

ARTICLE: Headlights Piercing the Night - Night Shift on the trunk

Photo Stop - Coastal Scenes

ARTICLE: A Highball In the South Island - A Holiday Experience in 1937

ARTICLE: The DA Story, The Diesel That Did It Pt 3

ARTICLE: Liveries of the DA Class Locomotives

Guest Commentary - Future Mainline Steam - Tranz Rail -- Ian Welch