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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

Hello again!

As you can see from the pictures in

this edition of the NRM newsletter,

we are continuing to make good

progress on the project on several

fronts. The most obvious of course

is the work on finishing up the

installation of the turntable. (It sure

is impressive when you see it in

person!)

The embankment for the feeder rail

line is now nearly complete as well.

It will soon be time to lay track and

get connected to the Ferrymead

Railway infrastructure. Once this is

all finished we can move on to

starting with the piling and

foundations for the roundhouse

itself.

Our collection continues to grow as

well. The most notable recent

addition is the remarkable donation

from KiwiRail of electric loco Eo 45.

It was recently removed from service

and is the last remaining of that

class. She also looks great in her

KiwiRail livery.

This gets me to the main point I

wanted to cover in this message.

The National Railway Museum has

been truly blessed in having received

help from many, many people and

organisations. Some, like KiwiRail

have made substantial donations,

and others have contributed with

doing all kinds of things for us

either at discounted rates or as

“favours”. It is time we thank each

and every one of them for their

generosity and support of the NRM

project. It is not only fair, but

absolutely accurate, to say that we

could not build this Museum without

these contributions, large and small.

We sincerely appreciate each and

every contribution and look forward

to the day we can all come together

and enjoy what we have all worked

so hard to build.

John Peterson

Chairman

RECENT PROGRESS NEWS

FROM THE MUSEUM

As John has noted much has been

achieved in the four or five months

since the last newsletter in April.

It may be recalled that in April the

centre pivot foundation of the

turntable had been constructed and

the concrete poured. Since that

time Martin Civil Construction have

constructed and poured the outer

Newsletter of the National Railway Museum of New Zealand October 2013

With the news in this newsletter of the arrival into the museum collection of Toshiba built Eo locomotive No.45 of 1968 it is perhaps interesting to look back at the early days of this five member class. In late 1968 three of the class (then classified Ea) are at Lyttelton on a test run from Christchurch. Photo Gary Cosgrove. (NRMNZ archives)

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ring foundation that carries the ring

rail supporting the ends of the table.

The turntable centre pivot and

bearing cap were also placed into

position on the central foundation.

On Monday the 20th of May, Smiths

Cranes were contracted to lift the ex

Auckland 70ft turntable into the

newly prepared turntable pit, a

major milestone in the museum

project.

After a short hiatus during the worst

of the winter weather and while

Martin Civil were occupied with

other city contracts, during July the

ring rail was installed. Following this

the newly manufactured ‘locking

blocks’ that will align the turntable

with the radiating tracks were

installed to the foundation. These

blocks were designed and installed

with the assistance of Andy Rowe of

Steam Solutions. With the ring rail

installed the turntable is now able to

live up to its name!

Following a period of particularly wet

weather when the turntable pit

resembled a large swimming pool, a

submersible pump has also been

fitted to the central pivot foundation

to aid drainage.

Since the beginning of August Frews

Construction had been working hard

on the construction of the access

embankment across the horse

paddock from the Ferrymead

branchline. This involved crushing

the large piles of broken concrete

from city demolition sites and laying

this over the paddock with repeated

rolling every couple of hundred

centimetres to provide a firm and

strong foundation for the access

track. The embankment is now

complete from the Junction with the

Ferrymead Railway branchline to the

turntable wall and now awaits

sleepers, track and ballast. Due to

the generosity of KiwiRail the track

and a secondhand turnout for the

connection are already on site. We

also acknowledge committee

member Colin Barry and Clive Davis

of the NZRLS for arranging transport

from Wellington for the turnout track.

The track installation will now wait

until after the Rail 150 celebrations,

as a number of visiting items of

rolling stock will be accessing the

Ferrymead site using the branchline

from the Christchurch to Lyttelton

mainline.

The completed approach embankment awaiting tracklaying on the 21st of September. Photo Gordon Bartram

Away from the turntable

construction, the committee has

authorised the purchase of a 40ft

grade A highcube container (with

end windows and door), for archives

storage. This will be fitted with

sectional shelving of a type which

will eventually be transferable to the

permanent archives section of the

Museum building in stage two of the

museum development. This will

hopefully be on site in the not too

distant future.

The turntable is gently lowered onto its central pivot by Smiths Cranes on Monday 20th May. Photo Colin Dash

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The NRMNZ has been offered by a

private individual a former

“Southerner” buffet car. The carriage

is currently lacking wheels and

windows and some committee

members are to travel to inspect the

vehicle before any decision is made.

Transportation to Christchurch

would be a relatively costly exercise

but at the same time it would be a

valuable addition to our collection of

historic carriages from the 1870s to

the 1970s

It may be recalled that in the April

newsletter I noted the generous

donation of a Victorian ‘Cowans

Sheldon’ built goods shed crane

from Steam Incorporated at

Paekakariki. This has now also

arrived on site at Ferrymead and

again we should acknowledge Colin

Barry and Clive Davis for arranging

transport for this historic item which

will be one of the oldest artifacts in

the museum collection dating from

1874.

On the more administrative side of

the project our chairman John

Peterson has compiled four different

funding applications to various

trusts and he has spent a significant

amount of time on the Museum’s

Standard Materials “. This is needed

to conform to the Te Papa

‘Framework for Successful Museums’.

John has also met on several

occasions with KiwiRail

representatives in preparation for

the Rail 150 celebrations in October.

Peter Soundy our treasurer has also

been working on the Museums OSH

certification and contractors

insurance.

THE BIG MODEL TRAIN

SHOW 2013 AND RAIL 150

Over the coming weekend of

Saturday the 19th

and Sunday the 20th

of October, the NRMNZ shop will

again be attending the annual Big

Model Train Show at Pioneer Stadium,

Lyttelton Street, Spreydon.

With the Rail 150 celebrations being

held at Ferrymead the following

Labour weekend (Saturday 26th

to

Monday 28th

), we will be showcasing

this year a range of clothing and

souvenirs branded with this

anniversary as well as new NRMNZ

branded items. We hope to have a

range of Christmas Cards on display

with different locomotives from the

CRS collection.

We will also have the full range of

2014 calendars and the latest issues

of the rail magazines available for

purchase. We look forward to

seeing you at one of these two

events .

NEW ROLLING STOCK

ARRIVALS

Since the last newsletter in April the

NRMNZ has been donated two

further items of historic rolling stock

for future display in the Museum.

Both of these are 1500V DC

overhead electric powered units

adding to the existing impressive

collection of electric power already

onsite with the Canterbury Railway

Society Collection. This includes

examples of every single 1500v DC

electric locomotive class purchased

and operated by New Zealand

Railways and their successors since

1923.

The completed turntable outer block wall on the 21st of September. Photo Gordon Bartram

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The two new items are the English

Electric Unit DM

16 and D 162 (TMS

No. DM216 and D2687 respectively)

known as “Phoenix” dating from

1949, and the Toshiba Heavy

Industries Eo (originally Ea) class Bo-

Bo electric No.45 (originally Ea 2) of

1968, for the Arthurs Pass to Otira

section.

The Dm and D car multiple unit

“Phoenix” was one of the forty motor

cars and 71 trailers ordered in 1946

and delivered in 1949, for the

Paekakariki Line services. These

followed earlier English Electric DMU

orders in 1938 and 1942 for the

Hutt and Johnsonville lines.

While the CRS collection already

holds a Wellington unit, (DM 27 of

1951 and DM 163 of 1953), Phoenix

has a number of variations including

electrical circuits, seat squabs and

the later twin unit headlights

retrofitted to most of the class later

on in their service.

The unit was withdrawn from service

in 2001 and after storage at Hutt

workshops, it was overhauled and

reinstated by the Greater Wellington

Regional Council and Tranz Metro in

2008, due to a shortage of rolling

stock. Finally withdrawn again in

December 2011, Phoenix has been

donated to the National Railway

Museum by the Greater Wellington

Regional Council who wished to see

several of the surviving English

Electric units be preserved in

recognition of their decades of

service to Wellington commuters.

After storage in Wellington the unit

was shipped over Cook Straight on

the 7th

of August and railed to

Christchurch from Picton on train

729 on the 8th

of August. Committee

member Peter Soundy has arranged

insurance cover and storage off site

until space becomes available at

Ferrymead in due course. A

container of spare parts for the unit

has been also been donated by the

GWRC.

The Toshiba Heavy Industries Bo-Bo

Eo 45, was one of five locos

imported in 1968 to replace the

original English Electric Eo class

locomotives of 1928, which after 45

years of hard service on the 1 in 33

grade between Otira and Arthur’s

Pass were worn out. (Eo 3 is

preserved at Ferrymead in the CRS

collection).

At 55 tonnes and 1290hp (960kw)

output they were roughly twice as

powerful as the original Eo class.

The locos were originally classified

as the Ea class until the 1980s when

they were reclassified Eo.

The class operated on the Otira to

Arthur’s Pass section from 1968

until November 1997 when the

increasing export coal tonnages and

the worn out state of the Otira

overhead electrification and

powerhouse led to the

decommissioning of the electric

overhead and the installation of

doors and extractor fans on the

Otira tunnel to enable modified Dx

diesel electric locos in multiple to

power trains though the tunnel.

While at Otira Eo 45 along with two

sisters no. 51 and 74 was involved in

the Goat Creek derailment of 21st

of

May 1980 where the 3 locomotives

ran into a washout due to flooding

of the Otira River. Locomotive

Engineer Owen Fitzgerald sadly lost

his life in this accident.

Following withdrawal from the Otira

section the five locos were stored

Phoenix' photographed at Redwood on the 28th December 2008 working a special service for a post Christmas event at QE2 Park. This was obviously prior to the requirement for full yellow ends! Photo David Parsons

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variously at Linwood depot,

Ferrymead Historic Park and Picton

locomotive depot. In 2007 the 3

locos stored at Picton, (Eo’s 45, 51

and 74) were moved to Hutt

workshops, where they were

refurbished by Tranz Metro for use

on metlink suburban trains using

refurbished ex British Rail SE class

carriages. This was a stopgap

messure to increase capacity on the

network until the introduction of the

Matangi EMU’s in 2010. The

remaining two locos stored at

Ferrymead (Eo 39 and 68) were also

moved north to Hutt workshops but

were not refurbished and were used

as donors for spare parts.

Rarely used after September 2011,

increasing unreliability of the Eo’s

and the progressive arrival of the

Matangi EMUs saw their withdrawal

from service in November and the 3

locos were hauled out to Hutt shops

to join no. 39 and 68.

Scrapping of four of the remaining

locomotives started in May 2013

with the unrefurbished pair of EO 39

and 68 the first to be scrapped on 1

May. EO 51 and EO 74 were

scrapped on 15 May and 7 May

respectively.

The decision was made by Kiwirail

that one locomotive was to be

preserved and Eo 45 was selected to

be donated to the NRMNZ and is

now stored on site at Ferrymead

until the NRM roundhouse is built.

Once on display it will be an

interesting contrast to the English

Electric Eo 3 of 1923 and it will be a

memorial to the final class of 1500v

DC electric locomotives built for this

country. Thanks to Peter Soundy,

Dave Hansen, David Parsons and

Wikipedia! for the info on these

units.

HEISLER LOCOMOTIVE

WORKS NO.1450 OF 1922

The National Railway Museum of

New Zealand will naturally have a

strong focus on the history of New

Zealand Government Railways and its

successors. However we also aim to

tell the story of the numerous

industrial railways of New Zealand

including collieries, the meat

industry and of course the numerous

Bush Tramways that once dotted the

country.

The Canterbury Railway Society’s

collection that will provide the bulk

of the display for the NRMNZ holds a

number of these former industrial

locomotives in long term storage.

From the meat industry came

Manning Wardle 0-4-0T no.1841 and

from the Christchurch Gasworks

Bagnall 0-4-0T no.1857. (I discussed

plans for the future display of this

loco in a previous newsletter). The

timber industry has provided three

former bush tramway survivors.

From the Lake Brunner Sawmilling

Co at Ruru came the remains of 0-4-

2T Barclay No.1894 of 1926 and the

final two came from the New Forest

Sawmilling Co tramway at Ngahere

between Stillwater and Reefton.

These were A & G Price built CB

No.113 of 1924 and the subject of

this article Heisler Locomotive works

No. 1450 of 1922.

(It should be noted in passing that

several other locos in the CRS

collection came from industrial

service after being sold ex New

Zealand Railways, including Wd 357,

F12 and D 140).

Heisler 0-4+4-0 No.1450 stored at

the back of the Ferrymead Railway

locomotive shed for the last 30 odd

years, is one of only three survivors

from seven examples of this famous

geared loco design imported to New

Heisler 1450 shunts at the New Forest Sawmilling's Ngahere Mill in July 1967, its last year in service. Photo D.L.A Turner

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Zealand from the Heisler Locomotive

Works, Erie, Pennsylvania between

1903 and 1924. It is also notable

as being the very last geared steam

lokey to be used in the timber

industry, finally retiring in March

1968.

The Heisler was one of the three

main types of geared logging

locomotives designed and

manufactured in the United States,

and the last of the three to be

developed. The other two being the

Climax Manufacturing Co, of Corry,

Pennsylvania and the Shay

Locomotives manufactured by the

Lima locomotive works of Lima, Ohio.

Charles L Heisler received a patent

for the design in 1892 following the

construction of a prototype in 1891.

The design was quite similar to

a Climax locomotive, but the Heisler

did however have several design

advantages over the Climax.

The transmission was a much

simpler concept. The crankshaft was

incorporated directly into the

lineshaft, eliminating a set of gears

and much vibration. Further, the

lineshaft was connected to just one

axle on each bogie, replacing two

further set of gears with simple pairs

of side rods and avoiding the

complicated skew bevel gears. This

gave the Heisler the best riding

qualities and the highest top speed

of the US logging lokeys.

Moreover the gears were totally

enclosed in a housing which

provided constant lubrication and

excluded water and grit.

On the downside the Heisler truck

was poorly sprung relative to the

Climax reducing its flexibility on

uneven track.

The first Heislers were built from

1891 by the Dunkirk Engineering

Company of Dunkirk, New York, at

the time producer of their own

design of geared locomotive (called

naturally enough “the Dunkirk”), of

which the Heisler could be

considered an improvement. They

did not adopt the Heisler design, but

in 1894 the Stearns

Manufacturing Company of Erie,

Pennsylvania started to produce

Heislers, and built them until 1904.

Reorganised as the Heisler

Locomotive works in 1907, it

produced locomotives of the Heisler

design until 1941 when development

of internal combustion designs

caused the company to cease

producing locomotives. The very last

Heisler geared lokey was

manufactured in 1939; works

number 1627, for logging in the

Phillipines.

In 1943 Ogilvie and Co Sawmillers

of Hokitika wished to order a Heisler

locomotive for their Gladstone

tramway, but as Heisler had gone

out of business two years previously

they placed an order instead with A

& G Price of Thames.

The resulting locomotive, maker's

NO

148 of 1944, was the last Heisler-

design steam locomotive to be built

anywhere. It followed Heisler

practice closely but with the addition

of a Belpaire firebox and front-

mounted water tanks that with a

unique curved leading edge. This

historic locomotive survives at the

Canterbury Steam Preservation

Society at Mcleans Island behind

Christchurch Airport, and has

recently received a thorough

overhaul to full working order.

The subject of this article, Heisler no.

1450, was ordered in 1921 by the

Bartholomew Land and Timber

Company for their Te Whetu timber

tramway between Tokoroa and

Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty. This

company had commenced operations at

Te Whetu in 1910 and was one of

Heisler 1450 at Ngahere in August 1966. Photo R.P.Barker (NZRLS Collection)

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the largest native timber producers

in the North Island.

The loco operated here between

1923 and 1950. After a couple of

years out of use it was purchased by

Ogilvie and Co Sawmillers of

Hokitika and shipped to the West

Coast in 1953. Here it operated on

this company’s extensive tramway

operating from their mill at

Gladstone between Greymouth and

Kumara Junction until the late 1950s.

The main part of the Ogilvies Tram

closed in 1959 but the extensive

yard around the mill and some

smaller spurs survived into the mid

sixties. No 1450 was used to lift

parts of the top end of their tram

during the early 60s and was then

laid up at Gladstone with two of their

other locomotives. The Heisler at

least still had a boiler certificate.

Another West Coast Sawmilling

operation “The New Forest

Sawmilling Co” had used a number

of locomotives to shunt their mill at

Ngahere between Stillwater and

Reefton after their own tramway to

Nelson Creek and beyond had closed

about 1955-56

The history of this company is

quite complicated. It started with the

Forest Sawmilling Co that was

formed in 1913 by J Nyberg and

others to run Nybergs mill at Nelson

Creek. Reese Brothers from

Christchurch in 1916 purchased a

major interest in the company and in

1918 the mill name was changed

from Nybergs to Forest Sawmilling

Co. The mill closed in 1922 and the

company went into liquidation in

1929.

The New Forest Sawmilling Co built

a mill at Bell Hill in 1922 using

equipment from the Forest

Sawmilling Co Nelson Creek mill.

This burnt down prior to 1929 and

was rebuilt near Nelson Creek. In

1937 the Nelson Creek mill burnt

down and a new mill was built at

Ngahere by New Forest Sawmilling

Co. Obviously mill fires were not

uncommon in the timber industry!

A second similar mill unit was

added shortly after the main mill was

built and this operated periodically

until about 1950. The main mill

eventually closed in 1974 when the

company took up shares in Hokitika

Bandmills and transferred their

timber cut to them.

New forest Sawmilling had used an

eclectic band of locomotives on their

tramway including a Johnston 16

wheeler, Heisler 1494 (now

statically preserved on display at

Shantytown) ex NZ Midland Railway

(and NZR) La 314 and Dubs C 802 a

former Westport section C class 0-4-

2. They also operated several

internal combustion locos including

a Dispatch log hauler , two planet

locomotives and three petrol

powered railcars.

In 1965 the boiler of New Forest’s

Heisler 1494 was finally condemned

(after operating at 110 1b since

1962). The company still required a

shunter to transfer wagons from the

mill to the NZR Ngahere yard about

half a mile away. They came to an

arrangement to purchase Heisler

1450 from Ogilvie’s for this purpose.

After it was trucked from Gladstone

to Ngahere, it shunted the mill there

from mid 1965 until the 29th

of

March 1968 when it was finally

retired. It thus became the final

geared steam lokey to work in the

New Zealand timber industry and is

therefore historically important.

Another view of Heisler 1450 shunting the New Forest Sawmill at Ngahere in July 67. Photo D.L.A Turner

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In the late 1960s the Canterbury

Branch of the NZ Railway and

Locomotive Society (Now the

Canterbury Railway Society) were

actively seeking locomotives and

rolling stock for their proposed

“Ferrymead Railway”. While the

focus was predominantly on

redundant NZR equipment the

Society approached Reese Brothers

the owners of New Forest Sawmilling,

who generously donated for

preservation Heisler 1450 and A & G

Price built Cb 113 of 1924, that had

been derelict in the gorse and

blackberries at Nelson Creek since

the mid 1950s.

The Cb was transported to

Ferrymead in February 1968 and the

Heisler followed over Lewis Pass on

the 6th

October 1968, again

transported by the late Tom Gilroy’s

heavy transporter. Tom performed

many valuable movements for the

early Canterbury Branch NZRLS.

On arrival at Ferrymead the loco still

held a boiler certificate, and was

steamed on two or three occasions

before this expired in January 1969.

(See the Wilson Lythgoe photo with

this article). Following the expiry of

the boiler certificate the late Garth

Beardsley and some other members

stripped off the boiler backhead

fittings and the boiler cladding.

However this was as far as work

went and the loco sat in open air

storage until the new locomotive

shed was built in the 1980s. Since

then it has sat forlornly at the back

of the shed keeping company with

other out of service or unrestored

engines including C 864 and Wf 893.

One or two items from the Heisler

including the steam brake, appear

to have disappeared over the

In mid 1965 the Heisler is transported through Greymouth on its way from Gladstone to New Forest's mill at Ngahere. 'Inksters Photo' , NZRLS collection

Three years later on the 6th October 1968 the loco is on its way from Ngahere to Ferrymead after being donated to the Canterbury Branch of the NZRLS. Photo Ken Philpott

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intervening years but given the

amount of “stuff” in storage at

Ferrymead it is not out of the

question that these may turn up

eventually.

It is fair to say that the Heisler is not

high on the list of priority

restorations for the Cantebury

Railway Society, as they already have

the restored Cb as an example of

Bush Tramway technology and the

generally worn out condition of the

lokey would make a return to steam

expensive and time consuming. Like

the Cb loco it would also be too slow

for normal passenger services.

For the same reasons, it will

probably not initially at least be an

exhibit in the National Railway

Museum when it opens, but given its

inherent historical importance as the

last operating geared bush lokey and

as one of only 3 surviving Heislers in

New Zealand, one hopes that

eventually when funds become

available the Heisler may be

statically restored for display in the

new museum.

I’d like to thank a number of people

for their help in providing

information for the preparation of

this brief article and also for the use

of their valuable photographs

including; Colin Barry, Ian Tibbles,

Alan Burney, Murray Blair, Keith

Brown, Ken Philpott, Bill Prebble,

D.L.A Turner and Jim Staton.

New Zealand Railscene

2014 Colour Calendar and DVD

Blackfish Publishing and

Majik Video Systems

This calendar features the photos of

Janet Weir with text by Lindsay

Benbrook. The extremely clear and

well reproduced images cover a

range of both contemporary KiwiRail

Scenes and images taken on a

number of our heritage railways. It

covers everything from Standard

Railcar Rm 30 at the Silverstream

Railway to a shot of a pair of

KiwiRail’s new Chinese built DL

class heading a train on the North

Island Main Trunk for driver training.

The accompanying DVD by Lindsay’s

Majik Video Systems covers a range

of mainline steam trips over the

previous year including (amongst

others) the Waikato Explorer, the

first run for Ja 1240 since

restoration and a special run by Wab

on a private charter to Hamilton for

the “Lodge Tawhiri” Centennial

celebrations. Other items include a

Kiwirail segment , the GVR railfans

day and a feature on the “Forgotten

World Adventures” operating

converted golf carts on the former

Stratford to Okahukura line west of

Taumaranui.

For those familiar with Lindsay’s

Railscene DVD’s, this is a very

similar format produced to a high

On the date of perhaps its last ever steaming, the 25th

January 1969, the Heisler shunts now unique horsebox Ug 137 at a very undeveloped Ferrymead site. Photo Wilson Lythgoe.

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standard featuring a range of

contemporary rail happenings with

the addition of the calendar for the

coming year. Available now at the

Museum shop.

THE NEW ZEALAND RAILWAY

OBSERVER August/September

2013 NZRLS 79 pages A4

The latest quarterly New Zealand

Railway Observer magazine from the

NZ Railway and Locomotive Society

has arrived at the museum shop.

Like the NZ Railfan magazine, the

contents provide a variety of both

historical and contemporary NZ Rail

content. Feature articles in this

issue cover; The Port of Tauranga

and the history of their Sulphur Point

container terminal by Rochelle

Lockley; a further memoir of his

NZR career by Ray Thompson

covering working in the Wellington

car yard shunt and a fascinating

history of Blackball and the Roa

incline (part 1 of 2) by Colin Barry.

Smaller features are some

marvellous historical photos from

the G.E.Arundel collection in the

NZRLS archives compiled by Bill

Prebble; some notes on the

arrangements made in March 1878

to transport the Cooper and Bailey’s

Circus from Bushey to Oamaru by Bill

Cowan, Riding the Forgotten World

Railway (the closed Stratford to

Okahukura line) on golf carts by

Bruce Hermann; an article on three

former Auckland region turntables

(including the NRMNZ’s) by Graeme

McClare.

The magazine’s regular features

including the “Down at the Station”

and “On the Heritage Lines” news

snippets as well as letters to the

Editor are also present as usual.

Graeme Carter and Lindsay

Stockbridge continue to produce an

interesting and well presented

magazine with a range of articles for

the discerning railfan in both New

Zealand and those with an interest

overseas in the NZ scene.

PASSING TRAINS 2014 COLOUR

CALENDAR

TRIPLE M PUBLICATIONS

We have just received the 2014 issue

of this long running calendar

produced by Triple M Publications

and NZ Railfan Magazine.

It always astonishes me the

continuing range of high quality

historic images sourced from a

range of different photographers for

this calendar. This year’s issue

features images ranging in time

from a 1955 Keith Cullen shot of a

Baldwin Ub departing Greymouth for

Hokitika to a 1979 Kevin Ward shot

of a ‘Popsicle’ liveried Dx loco on a

northbound freight at Mercer.

Geographically it ranges from

Parawa in Southland to the main

street of Kawakawa in Northland.

This latter shot by Wilson Lythgoe

taken from a Da hauled mixed train

also features a Bedford bus of the

somewhat neglected Railways Road

Services, for so long such an

important nationwide transport

network.

The colour printing by Southern

Colour Print of Dunedin is to its

usual high standard and the calendar

retains its thirteen month format

with a January 2015 page and photo.

Because of its varied historic images,

personally this remains my favourite

of the New Zealand Rail themed

calendars.

APPEAL FOR HELP

The museum shop is struggling to

get enough staff to cover the three

days of Labour Weekend the 26th

to

28th

of October, during the Rail 150

celebrations. If you are perhaps

able to help, please contact Brian

Wheatley 021 148 2868. You would

be rostered with another person.

The Roundhouse

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SUBMIT AN ARTICLE

Got something to say? Write a

letter to the editor. Want to write

an article to be published in this

newsletter, contact us about it.

Tell us about your restoration

project, explorations or research. It

is important.

Have a photo of railways

importance, submit it along with

your write-up and we may feature

it. All photos should be of print

quality, full credit will be given for

any item or picture used. We look

forward to hearing from you.

WE WANT YOUR STUFF

We want your old stuff!! If you are

having a clean out or have any

unwanted railways related items,

before you throw them out, please

contact us. Once an offer has been

accepted we may even be able to

offer assistance with the cost to get

your items to us

Almost any railway-related items can

potentially be of interest.

Photographs, historical material and

artefacts may be potentially valuable

museum exhibits. Old magazines,

books and DVD's are always in

demand in our shop. No matter how

big, small or insignificant an item

may seem to you, please let us be

the judge. Please let either Colin

Dash collections@nzrailmuseum.com

ph 03 358-8215 or Gordon Bartram

newsletter@nzrailmuseum.com

ph 03 339-2622 know. A great

source of direct contact is always at

the shop in Moorhouse Station open

on any Ferrymead Railway running

day, someone is always there that

you can speak to.

MONETARY DONATIONS

Monetary donations are always

acceptable for Museum purposes,

and as the Museum has a Charitable

status, your donations are tax

deductable. Bequests to the museum

may be registered with your

solicitors, please ask us for the form

for that purpose.

CONTACT DETAILS

Postal:

National Railway Museum of New

Zealand

P.O. Box 19027 Woolston

Christchurch 8241

New Zealand

Email:

Chairman: John Peterson.

chairman@nzrailmuseum.com

Collections: Colin Dash.

collections@nzrailmuseum.com

Publications & Sales:

sales@nzrailmuseum.com

Newsletter Editor Gordon Bartram

newsletter@nzrailmuseum.com

Website:

www.nzrailmuseum.com

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