The New Zealand Railway Observer : Issued Bi-monthly, ISSN 0028-8624
Issue 311 - Volume 68 No.6  February-March 2012

Contents


Waingawa Station in 1983 as DX5235 passes - train 928.    Photo: Mark Cole.
click  for a Full Screen picture (580Kb/300dpi).

  • Railway Stations in New Zealand
    A case of Architectural Lag - Part One.
     Keith Bryanr Jnr.
  • The North South Junction Upgrade
     Daniel Headifen
  • Around Greymouth with Wilson Lythgoe
     Photo Feature
  • Research Notes #162
    Seeing is not always believing,
    take 2 - Who is Bluffing Who?
    Graeme McClare
  • KiwiRail Locomotive colour schemes
     David Parsons
  • From the Collection of - Newton Candish
  • A day in Glenhope
     John LeCren
  • Down at the Station,
     Letters to the Editor, News and other notes.
  • From the top of the Raurimu Spiral -
    (by the Editor, Graeme Carter)


The New Zealand Railway Observer

The Observer is for everyone who takes an interest in the railways and tramways of New Zealand. Read about their fascinating present developments and past history.
We publish it::-
  • Six times a year for members of the Society and the public.
  • For everyone who takes an interest in the railways and tramways in New Zealand.
  • It is packed with information and pictures.
  • Design · Construction · Operation : Development · History
  • Mailed direct to Society members as part of the annual subscription.
  • Copies may also be purchased from the Society or ordered through your favourite hobby shop or bookshop.
 Membership of the Society brings you:
  • Six issues of The New Zealand Railway Observer each year
  • The Society's members' newsletter "Turntable"
  • Special members' prices for all Society publications
  • Opportunities to insert free private announcements in The New Zealand Railway Observer and Turntable
  • Opportunities to join your nearest Society Group for meetings and outings with other railfans.
  • Access to the Society's archives of information on railways.

CONTRIBUTIONS

Manuscripts

We welcome for possible publication contributed articles and notes, including photographs. Articles should not normally exceed about 4000 words, and should be supplied electronically in PC format accompanied by a hard-copy version. We will consider a modest rate of payment for material published - enquire for details. Neither the Editor nor the Society can undertake to return unsolicited contributions.
Photographs should be supplied as clear, sharp, glossy black and white or colour prints not less than 10cm x 15cm in size; or, for full colour reproduction, clear, sharp colour slides or transparencies. Digital scans should be no less than 300 dpi, preferably sent on a Compact Disk. The Editor reserves the right to reproduce colour slides or transparencies in monochrome. Black and white and colour prints are retained by the Society, but colour slides and transparencies are returned after use.

For more information write to:
New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society,
P O Box 5134, Lambton Quay,
Wellington, 6145, New Zealand.

Or send us an e-mail at nzrls@actrix.co.nz