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Full Name: Rails

Issue Number: 17

Issue Date: December 1972

Volume and Number: 2/5

Pages: 24

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CONTENTS

Editorial: Cook Strait ferries

ARTICLE: Questions still surround the decision to close the Nelson Line

ARTICLE: And the Nelson Line that was never started

ARTICLE:Government planned ferry service in 1924 - then hesitated

ARTICLE: Steam Express pt 7

Obituary: Albert Noel Palmer 1920 - 1972

ARTICLE: New Parcels Express to Hamilton

Audio Review:

  • Saga of Steam

Modellers Photo: Clerestory Car

ARTICLE: New links by Endeavour

World News

ARTICLE: Rails can take commuters for half the cost of a car

New Zealand News:

* Dunedin to get new Diesel Depot
* Napier freight yard upgrade to start
* Tender accepted for largest bridge on Mangaweka - Utiku Deviation
* Remote controlled signals
* New colour scheme for Roadserviceas
* Contract let for steam plant at Kawarau Depot

ARTICLE: Ashburton steam project