(Applicable only to orders placed with the Society by Non Society members)


The following list sets out titles of all NZRLS publications available ex stock at March 2008. All New Zealand prices quoted include Goods and Services Tax (GST) at 12.5 percent plus an allowance to cover packing and postage by surface mail. All prices to Australia and other countries include the cost of postage by economy post international where available. All prices are subject to adjustment in the event of significant changes in postage rates.

All prices quoted in NZ Dollars, AUS = Australia, R of W = Rest of World

Denniston's Incline.

Author Bill Prebble
A follow on to the classic "Coaling from the Clouds". Told for the first time is the full story of Deniston's Incline and the industry associated with supporting the incline. With Significant New Information...New drawings...previously Unpublished Photographs.
96 pp. ISBN 0-908573-84-4
List Price NZ $47.50, "AUS" $54.50, USA/Canada $59.50, UK/Europe $60.50, "R of W" $62.50

North Island Branch Lines

Author Bruce Herman
Relive the days of the Country Railway. Pictorial presentation with brief details of each branch line.
Landscape, 72pp. ISBN 978-0-908573-83-7
List Price NZ $39.50 "AUS" $47.50, USA/Canada $54.50, UK/Europe $55.50, "R of W" $57.50

Rimutaka Railway

Author N Cameron
Update and reprint of 1992 edition of the same title. Includes amended text and two extra chapters covering the incline as a public walkway as it is today, and the Fell Locomotive Museum. Also additional photographs, some colour, of the incline operation.
108 pp. ISBN 0-908573-82-0
List Price NZ $35, "AUS" $43, USA/Canada $50, UK/Europe $51, "R of W" $53

More Footplate Memories

Author Rex Hercock
Collection of author’s stories and drawings of his service with NZ Railways.
ISBN 0-908573-81-2
List Price NZ $24.50 "AUS" $27.50 "R of W" $28.50

NZR Passenger Rolling Stock Plan Book. Volume 1.

Author Fred Lee. 2004.
Plans elevations and detail drawings from 1950-1980 approximately.
48pp Landscape Illustrated. ISBN 0-908573-80-8
List Price NZ $24 "AUS" $27 "R of W" $30

My Colouring Book of New Zealand Trains

Author Sketches by Rex Hercock. 3rd.edition, 2003
Seventeen big pictures of steam and diesel trains.
16pp. Landscape plus illustrated cover. ISBN 0-908573-79-0
List Price NZ $7 "AUS" $11 "R of W" $13

New Zealand Railway Motive Power

Author David Parsons 2002.
Data on each class of locomotive, railcars and multiple units in service in 2002 plus other details..
64pp. Illustrated.. ISBN 0-908573-78-0
List Price NZ $34 "AUS" $42 "R of W" $46

How North British Built the NZR’s J Class Locomotives

Author compiled by T A McGavin, 2000.
A picture story with introduction by Graeme Carter and story captions by Peter Dyer.
24pp plus cover (A4). ISBN 0-908573-77-4
List Price NZ $12 "AUS" $16 "R of W" $17

Some New Zealand Railway Scenes

Author Norman Daniel.
From Norman Daniel's Camera, compiled by Tom McGavin.
20pp plus cover. Landscape with 34 colour illustrations. ISBN 0-908573-75-8
List Price NZ $10 "AUS" $14 "R of W" $16

NZR Freight Rolling Stock Plan Book, Volume 1

Author Fred Lee. 1996.
Plans elevations and detail drawings mostly at 1:64 scale of
15 classes of rolling stock in common use from 1950-1980 approximately.
48pp plus cover. Landscape. Illustrated. ISBN 0-908573-69-3
List Price NZ $24 "AUS" $27 "R of W" $30

NZR Freight Rolling Stock Plan Book, Volume 2

Author Fred Lee. 1998.
More plans elevations and detail drawings from 1950-1980 approximately.
48pp plus cover. Landscape. Illustrated. ISBN 0-908573-73-1
List Price NZ $24 "AUS" $27 "R of W" $30

Auckland’s Railway Workshops, 1875-1992

Author E J McClare. 1998.
A comprehensive survey of the railway workshops in the Auckland area from 1875 until 1992.
32pp including cover. Illustrated (A4). ISBN 0-908573-72-3
List Price NZ $12 "AUS" $16 "R of W" $17

New Zealand Railway Reflections

Author Peter J Mellor. 1995.
A 1950s Album: 150 evocative photos of the period when diesel power was replacing steam. The text is a commentary.
128pp. Landscape. Hard Cover. Illustrated. ISBN 0-908573-66-9
List Price NZ $30 "AUS" $35 "R of W" $37

Sleepers Beneath My Wheels

Author M D Hazeldine. 1995.
A South Island engine driver’s life on the rails 1944-1984.
80pp plus cover. Illustrated. ISBN 0-908573-65-0
List Price NZ $18 "AUS" $22 "R of W" $24

NZR Working Timetable Reprint, Middle Island, 1879

Author Introduction by A L R Merrifield, 1993.
Facsimile reprint with brief introduction and map.
48pp. ISBN 0-908573-64-2
List Price NZ $14 "AUS" $18 "R of W" $20

South Island Diesel Scene

Author G R Rossiter. 1993.
65 photographs mostly from the period 1970 - 1980, mountains, valleys and plains of the South Island.
32pp plus cover. Illustrated (many in colour). ISBN 0-908573-62-6
List Price NZ $13 "AUS" $17 "R of W" $18

Rails Out of Palmy

Author G Summers. 1991.
A guide to train excursions out of Palmerston North.
12pp. Landscape. Illustrated. ISBN 0-908573-59-6
List Price NZ $4 "AUS" $8 "R of W" $9

Learning the Hard Way

Author Christine Johnson. 1991
A study of 22 selected accidents since 1923. Read what happened, what the enquiry disclosed and what was done as a result.
48pp. Illustrated. ISBN 0-908573-57-5
List Price NZ$6 "AUS" $11 "R of W" $12

Beyond Dashwood

Author Rob Merrifield. 1990.
Many photographs. Story of construction of line from Blenheim to south of Kaikoura.
96pp. Full colour. Soft cover, ISBN 0-908573-56-1
List Price NZ $18 "AUS" $22 "R of W" $24

A Compendium of Railway Construction, Part 2 - North Island Main Trunk

Author F K Roberts.
Many maps and diagrams. Account of building of the line from Marton to Te Kuiti.
64pp. 58 photographs. ISBN 0-908573-54-5
List Price NZ $14 "AUS" $18 "R of W" $20

A Compendium of Railway Construction, Part 3 – South Island West Coast.

Author F K Roberts. 1998.
From the short lines of of Greymouth and Westport to the final link through the Buller Gorge.
64pp. 58 photographs. Plus cover. Illustrated ISBN 0-908573-74-8
List Price NZ $17 "AUS" $21 "R of W" $22

Cane Train

Authors Peter Dyer and Peter Hodge.
Definitive story of the sugar cane railways of Fiji. Includes 128 photographs plus maps and line drawings.
184pp. Hard Cover. ISBN 0-908573-50-
List Price NZ $24"AUS" $27 "R of W" $30

Uncommon Carrier

Author K R Cassells, 1994.
The History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, 1882 – 1908.
208pp. Hard Cover. Illustrated ISBN 0-908573-63-4
List Price NZ $30 "AUS" $35 "R of W" $37

Private Railways in Hawke’s Bay

Author A C Bellamy.
Private industry use of rail and tram transport.
24pp. Map and 31 half-tone photographs - ISBN 0-908573-41-3
List Price NZ $4 "AUS" $8 "R of W" $9

NZR Working Timetable. Auckland Section 1884

Author Facsimile reprint by NZRLS
Illustrative of the practices of that early stage of railway development in New Zealand.
24pp. with added map and introduction. ISBN 0-908573-39-1
List Price NZ $4 "AUS" $8 "R of W" $9

“F163” - Class F Locomotive

Authors R B and E R Alexander. 1989.
Includes information about the “F” class in general.
Souvenir booklet
List Price NZ$11 "AUS"$15 "R of W" $16

Kaimai Tunnel

Author Bob Stott and Southern Press Ltd. 1978.
Marks the occasion of the opening of the tunnel and deviation.
64pp. ISBN 0-908573-
List Price NZ $6 "AUS" $10 "R of W" $11

Pictures of New Zealand Railways

A series of eight colour postcards
Depicting NZ rail scenes of recent times, including a coal train, loaded milk train,
Tranz Alpine express, Kingston Flyer, North Island electric locomotives, Wellington EMU's,
an Auckland rebuilt British suburban train and an Auckland refurbished diesel multiple unit.
Sold in sets of eight.
List Price NZ $10 "AUS" $13 "R of W" $15