... Amen to that. It took a couple of weeks to relax and enjoy the series for what it was and not to concentrate on mistakes and lost opportunities. A good...
Yeah right Angus - Queenstown had a Stationmaster, and most of the Earnslaw stops up the lake had a rly shelter complete with the regulation name board. Graham...
on 2/7/05 11:31 PM, nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com at ... Back in the 80s rail used to take Queenstown to the cleaners -- all the dry cleaning was hauled in and...
The school holidays start at the end of this week and what better way to spend the first weekend but to attend the Wairarapa's largest Model Railway ...
This is a short note and request - can anyone tell me if a Shay type was used on any bush tramways? If so what type and where can I find any photos. Ian...
There were never any Shays in NZ, Ian, end of story I'm afraid. Heislers, Climaxes, one Alco Mallet and lots and lots of home built lokeys but no Shays. Peter ...
There were never any Shays in NZ, Ian, end of story I'm afraid. Heislers, Climaxes, one Alco Mallet and lots and lots of home built lokeys but no Shays. Peter ...
I like the bit about the provincial colours ... Peter ... From: "Nelson Kennedy" <nelson@...> To: <nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 05,...
Hey Mike, Don't include us Wellingtonians huh? Russell ... From: "M.Lough" <m.lough@...> To: <nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005...
on 5/7/05 9:42 PM, nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com at ... Gidday Ian It depends on what you mean by Shay type. We never had any of yer actual Lima-built patent...
Thanks guys, not necessary the answer I had hoped for but!! The main reason for asking is that I have been asked to construct a scene for a bush tramway and...
Hi Just wondering if anyone can tell me a bout actual colour schemes for these i have an Eric Heath drawing showing green and red (how true are the dwgs)and...
Paul, I don't have Heath's book, but WW Stewart in When Steam Was King depicts J84 with what appears to be an overall black scheme with red lining on the...
I would tend to think the Russia Iron on the painting of the P and J may be artist’s licence, at least as far as the J goes. However if you look at early P...
Peter Ross wrote: have grey boilers, probably intended to represent Russian iron although my understanding is that only the Americans used Russian iron for...
There is also the Green scheme as shown on page 4 (Ak J56) of "Grand Old Days of Steam". This was clearly also a SI scheme as there is a painting in the...
Tut, tut yourself, Bill Stewart says Russian, 'cos that's what it was, iron from Russia. Or do you call the sailors in Lyttelton Russia fisherman? Beware...
Tut, tut yourself, Bill Stewart says Russian, 'cos that's what it was, iron from Russia. Hmmm, no argument about the originators of the process being Russian....
Beware American affectations. . . . . and those pesky Norwegians and Russians as well, Peter! :-) http://www.ferra.ru/catalog/?d=25813 Nelson Kennedy ...
Just watch out for all foreigners. They're all out to get us!!! Lincoln ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version:...
Hello, Resident foreigner here ! Errr.. Isn't Nokia Finnish? And the developers of N-Gage as well? As long as they do not touch S and H0 :-) John Brouwer ......
... Absolutely! Senior moment, sir! Nelson Kennedy Christchurch, New Zealand Some NZR 0 gauge and SP H0 at http://downunder.railfan.net 1/32 scale bits at...
Hi Nelson, I have the on-line discussion, but just as it should be it was mostly about what Russian iron is and what it looks like. In my experience on-line ...
Peter Beg to differ here – how about Low Moor iron or Yorkshire iron or Sheffield steel? "Russia Iron" fits into this pattern. Aidrian ... Tut, tut yourself,...
Hi Peter and y'all as a Kiwi resident in the land of NASCAR fans, associating them campgrounds as you might understand the term escapes me....but we...
Hey people, we sorted this out last year! Russia iron is the correct RR terminology. There are many perceptions of whats Russia Iron. e.g. for my money, the...
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