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Volume 76 2019/2020 The New Zealand Railway Observer ISSN 0028-8624 Volume 76 Issues 354 to 359 New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Incorporated 1A North Street, Petone, Lower Hutt, 5012, New Zealand Principal Contents The Elusive X (Derek Cross) ................................................................................................................................... 5 The Hokitika-Ross Railway and Cycle Trail (Alan Stokes and Peter Ross) .......................................................... 13 New Rail Capable Interisland Ferries (Bruce Taylor) ............................................................................................ 18 How Palmerston North Missed the Tram (James Watson) ................................................................................... 25 Footplate Years from 1937 to 1944 (Bren Campbell) ............................................................................................ 49 Hamilton –Auckland Commuter Trains (Graeme Carter) ...................................................................................... 56 North Otago Excursion Trains in 1895 (Bill Cowan) .............................................................................................. 62 Photographs of Midland Line Coal Traffic (Andrew Hewitt) ................................................................................... 63 The Phantom Karekare Locomotive (Philip Wrigley) ............................................................................................. 68 Memories of Aramoho Junction ((Lindsay Benbrook) ........................................................................................... 78 Napier – Wairoa Railway – The Rebuild (Cran Julian and Rob. Merrifield) ........................................................... 93 Esmae and Lennie (Anne Leitch) .......................................................................................................................... 98 High Horsepower (Paul Mahoney) ...................................................................................................................... 102 How I Lost a Police Car (Frank Lewis) ................................................................................................................ 104 Ab 699 Returns to Service (D L A Turner) .......................................................................................................... 105 Otira Tunnel: The clean-Up Job of a Century (Rob. Merrifield) ........................................................................... 112 The Rebuilding of Aramoho Railway Bridge (Caes Slabber) ............................................................................... 120 Christchurch Railway Yards in the Early 1970s – A Different World (Ritchie Wilson) ......................................... 137 Was Sandfly Re-gauged? (Kevin Crosado, Richard Stratford and Graeme Carter) ............................................ 143 Green Light for Rail: an Engineer’s Tale (Alexandra Johnson) ........................................................................... 149 Recollections of the X Class Locomotive (David Berry) ...................................................................................... 156 The Mysterious ‘Royal Train’ (Robert Finlay) ...................................................................................................... 164 Dromore – A Settlement Centred on a Railway (Michael Hanrahan) .................................................................. 181 Otago-Southland Rail Tour, 1959-60 (Hugh Isdale) ............................................................................................ 187 Where to Next? KiwiRail Motive Power Options for the Next 30 Years (Rob Merrifield) ..................................... 200 Riding with Ces Gledhill – Fighting the Grade to Spooners Tunnel (Bill Prebble) ............................................... 202 My Experiences on the Footplate (John Prince).................................................................................................. 206 The Homer Tunnel Railway (Paul Mahoney) ...................................................................................................... 225 New Freight Centre for Palmerston North (Graeme Carter) ................................................................................ 230 Order Out of Chaos (Rob Merrifield) ................................................................................................................... 234 The Last of the Baldwins (Keith Cullen) .............................................................................................................. 239 Morrie Bryson – Part One (Bill Cowan) ............................................................................................................... 244 Wellington Rail Upgrades (Bruce Taylor) ............................................................................................................ 251 Have You Got the vinegar Syndrome? (Robert Finley) ....................................................................................... 253 Research Notes (All by Graeme McClare) No 204, A One Season Wonder? .......................................................................................................................... 11 No 205, The Bigger Picture ................................................................................................................................... 60 No 206, Awarua .................................................................................................................................................. 100 No 207, A Southern Engine ................................................................................................................................ 146 No 208, The last Railcar through Kaitoke (with Alan Smith) ................................................................................ 185 No 209, One of those “Wow” Moments! .............................................................................................................. 236 Regular Features Book and DVD Reviews .......................................................................................................... 42, 86, 173, 218, 262 Down at the Station ......................................................................................................... 37, 81, 127, 168, 213, 257 From the Top of the Raurimu Spiral .................................................................................... 4, 48, 92, 136, 180, 224 From the Collection Of … .......................................................................................... 22, 32, 74, 116, 151, 161, 195 Letters ............................................................................................................................. 40, 84, 129, 171, 216, 260 Obituaries .............................................................................................................................................. 36, 115, 166 INDEX Bridges and Viaducts: Authors: Ashburton River 44 Little Grey River 236 Benbrook, Lindsay 78 New Road Bridge Will Help Rail 38 Berry, David 156 Pigeon Bush 198 Campbell, Bren 49 The Rebuilding of the Aramoho Railway Bridge Carter, Graeme 56, 143, 230 (Caes Slabber) 120-126 Cowan, Bill 62, 244 Crosado, Kevin 143 Carriage Stock Cross, Derek 5 Cullen, Keith 239 AKS Luggage Vans 257 Finlay, Robert 164, 253 Hamilton – Auckland Commuter trains Hanrahan, Michael 181 (Graeme Carter) 56-59 Hewitt, Andrew 63 Guard’s Van 77 Isdale, Hugh 187 SA/SD Carriages 128 Johnson, Alexandra 149 Julian, Cran 93 Electric Railways: Leitch, Anne 98 Lucas, Frank 104 Green Light for Rail: an Engineer’s Tale Mahoney, Paul 102, 225 (Alexandra Johnson) 149-150 McClare, Graeme 11, 60, 100, 146 Merrifield, Rob 93, 102, 200, 234 Ferries: Prebble, Bill 202 Prince, John 206 New Rail Capable Interisland Ferries (Bruce Ross, Peter 13 Taylor) 18-21 Slabber, Caes 120 New Rail Capable Ferries 4, 37, 81 Smith, Alan 185 Wellington ferry Terminal 169 Stokes, Alan 13 Stratford, Richard 143 Financial: Taylor, Bruce 18, 251 Turner, D L A 105 A Good Six Months 37 Watson, James 25 Dannevirke Log Hub 128 Wilson, Ritchie 137 Hillside to Reopen 214 Wrigley, Philip 68 KiwiRail Benefits from the Budget 92, 127 KiwiRail Had a Good Year 168 Book & DVD Reviews: More Money for Rail 257 Main North Line Costs 82 Books North Auckland Upgrade 127 Plans for Tourist Traffic 213 Drewry and Baguley Locomotives and Railcars Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy 224 in New Zealand (Sean Millar) 42 Wellington Rail Wants Government Help 258 Ghost Railways New Zealand (Barbara Mulligan Where to Next? KiwiRail Motive Power Options & David Cuthbert) 86 for the Next 30 Years (Rob Merrifield) 200-201 Going by Train – The Complete New Zealand Railways Story (Graham Hutchins) 218 Freight Services: MoTaT Locomotives (Richard Croker and Seam Millar) 262 Christchurch Improvements 128 Napier’s Royal Blue Trams 1915-1931 Christchurch Railway Yards in the Early 1970s – (Graeme Stewart) 173 A Different World (Ritchie Wilson) 137-142 Riding with Ces Gledhill (ed. Bill Prebble) 173 Fighting the Grade to Spooners Tunnel Tragedy and Heroism at Kopuawhara (ed Bill Prebble) 202-205 (Gillian Ward) 174 How I lost a Police Car (Frank Lucas) 104 Main Line Log Loading 81 DVDs Napier – Wairoa Line 169 NZ Rail Scene No. 98 (Majik Video) 86 Photographs of Midland Line Coal Traffic NZ Rail Scene No. 99 (Majik Video) 174 (Andrew Hewitt) 63-67 NZ Rail Scene No. 100 (Majik Video) 218 Taranaki Log Trains 214 NZ Rail
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