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Full Name: Rails

Issue Number: 61

Issue Date: August 1976

Volume and Number: 6/1

Pages: 24

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CONTENTS

Editorial: Why Railways

ARTICLE: New Zealand Railways and the Environment

ARTICLE: Railways and the Environment in Schools

ARTICLE: Good design is vital for selling railways

International News

* Perth bans smoking on suburban trains
* Helicopters used to recover double-deck carriages

ARTICLE: Outdoor Advertising Policy

ARTICLE: Britain adopts costly scheme to win back rail traffic

Letters to the Editor

* Passenger Services
* Engine up, Bunker Down
* Britain's PTEs

New Zealand News:

* Railways in NZ Still Have a Bright Future
* New Wairarapa Passenger Train
* New Picton LineTrain
* Gisborne Line Passenger Hope
* Ross Line Secure
* Alexandra Developments Outlined
* Overtime Restored
* Waipukurau Bridge Renewal
* Spruce-up in Auckland
* Welington Chemical Spill
* Wairarapa's Special Needs Recognised
* Kaimai Tunnell Hole-through at last
* Kaimai Tunnell Costing $5,000 a metre
* New Railways Publicity Chief
* Exemptions and Rate increase Announced
* Rail Rate Increase Criticised
* Rate Increases Justified
* Rangatira Rates Rise
* $1m Cable Car Recommended
* +New Director of Finance
* +Tourist Award for Tokomaru Steam Museum
* +Ka in Steam
* +Historic Trams lost in fire at Ferrymead

Book Reviews:

* Jane's World Railways
* Famous Railway Photographers - Derek Cross
* Memories of Steam on the North Island Main Trunk