The New Zealand Railway Observer : Issued Bi-monthly, ISSN 0028-8624

Issue 302 Volume 67 No.3  August - September 2010





Photo Andrew Hewitt

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Contents


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British Railways Carriages in New Zealand.  
 Ray Deerness

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New Carriages for the South Island.
 Nigel Parry & Ian Wylie

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West Coast Wanderings.
 Janet Weir

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Research Notes #153
Disruption of the 1920 Royal Tour.

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Opening the Railway from Oamaru to Moeraki Junction.
 Bill Cowan

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The "S" Class Locomotive.
 AP Godber

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Down at the Station,
 Letters to the Editor, News and other notes.

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From the top of the Raurimu Spiral -
(by the Editor, Graeme Carter)

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```````````````` 28 Colour Photographs in this issue,
    plus front and back covers.

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