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Full Name: Rails

Issue Number: 53

Issue Date: December 1975

Volume and Number: 5/5

Pages: 24

Page Range:

Cover Image:

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CONTENTS

Editorial: The Election

ARTICLE: The Future of Railways in the Wellington Region

ARTICLE: Continuous Ultrasonic Rail Testing trolley for Argentina

New Zealand News:

* Tourist Pass Sales exceed target
* Passenger Specials to link with Picton Ferry
* No railway connection to Wainuiomata
* Container planning praised
* More problems at Kaimai Tunnel
* Chief admin Officer retires
* Terminus for Otago Central Branch Queried
* Palmerston a new stop for Southerner
* Kingston Flyer wins Tourism Award
* Mock-up of new Guards van at Hutt Shops
* Wellington City to keep Trolley busses
* Display of Locos marks 150th anniversary of Rail

Questions in Parliament:

* Wellington - Lyttelton Rail Ferry Service
* Kaimai Tunneling Machine
* Facilities at Studholm Railway Station
* New Zealand Railways function
* Cable Car Accident

Railway Commentary:Electrics, Fuel and Locomotion

Report: Rail ferries integrate Railway Network

Book Review:

* Spirit of Steam

Audio Review:

* Steam panorama First Division (Australian)
* Steam panorama Second Division (Australian)
* Puffing Billy in Stereo  (Australian)

ARTICLE: Enter the Northerner

ARTICLE: Hillside Railway Workshops Reaches its First Century