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Full Name: Rails

Issue Number: 30

Issue Date: January 1974

Volume and Number: 3/6

Pages: 24

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CONTENTS

ARTICLE: Australia shows that Steam Power can still make money for Railways

ARTICLE: A Plea for Mainline steam

ARTICLE: Air Ride bogies in NSW

ARTICLE: South African Steam

ARTICLE: New Japanese Tunnel will beat the Chunnel

An NZR Photo Album

New Zealand News:

* Multiple Units to Paraparaumu 
* Aratika launching
* Railcar timetable switched
* Minister addresses EF&CA 65th Reunion
* New carriages and railcars for the South Island
* Alltrans appointed Agent for Canadian National Railways in NZ

Questions in Parliament

* Are Railways operating illegal road services
* New Plymouth - Taumaranui railcar service
* Single inter-island freight rate
* Wairarapa railcar service
* Proposed Auckland suburban train service
* Replacement passenger car bogies
* Tonnages carried on rail ferries
* replacement vessel for Wanaka profitable?
* Silver Fern railcar occupancy
* Expected loss on Paraparaumu passenger service 
* Railfreight concession for cement
* Delay in calling for tenders for railcars
* Number and type of railcars required
* How long will the vessel Silvia be operated by the Railways Department

ARTICLE: Can the decline in rail travel be halted?

Modellers Photo: Gantry cranes at Ngauranga

Book Reviews:

* Trains at work in the South Island
* New Railway Calendar from Taihape

Article: Cliff climbing railway in North Devon