I was told tonight that the white cross was actually wooden bracing attached to the side of the structure later in its life as it was rotten and moving in the...
Many thanks Paul. That cross certainly had us guessing. The other thing that stood out for me was the obvious drain on NZR's resources that operation must have...
Ladies and gentlemen, I have created a photo album called, naturally enough, Woodsworks, in which you will find pics of my latest projects, etched brass...
Hi Paul You may remember that I indicated to you several months ago that I would like one of the new carved turntable pits, to use with the Precision Railcraft...
I have discovered that the National archives has most of the old plans and proposals for rail in New Zealand. I have been slowly going through these for the...
There was a plan of BP 1656 in the NZMRJ last year some time. ... From: "Mark Andrews" <markandmarisaintheuk@...> To: <nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com> ...
Hi John Never fear, I have your name on my list of pre-orders, along with eight others so far. I will contact everyone who has already registered interest,...
Can anyone advise if the memory wire as used by Lawrence Boul in his NZR signal article (NZMRJ August 2001), or a similar product, is available in NZ? Thanks ...
You'll note from the original article that the wire from the sources Pete lists is not the same in its technical details. I don't have any personal experience...
Thanks Peter. I will pursue further. Gary ... From: Peter Ross To: nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [nz_railchat]...
Check this out! Miniatronics New Product News June 2009 Dear Philip, Miniatronics is pleased to introduce a new and unique product for the hobby world. ...
Andrew, Looking through my NZMRJ, page 19 of the Oct 84 shows a picture of Bp8200 Bulk Pitch wagon, also in Railway Wagon of NZ part 1, page10 is all about...
Well, that book's not an overly reliable source then. Bp.8200 was built on the underframe of Hc.1230 in December 1964 (to carry bulk pitch from Ngakawau to...
Just to let you all know that about 100 years of rail history has being demolished this last week. The old road/rail bridge has been closed to all trafic and...
So in the meantime how does traffic cross the river. Have they not built the new bridge first? If the rail system is to be knocked out for 6 months or more...
They are building one road lane first, then the rail side in the dairy dry season then the next road lane plus cycle and footpath ... From: Daryl Roe To:...
Hi Daryl And Richard, Facing north on the South bank of the Arahura River They have already opened the footpath and one lane to road traffic. When they have...
Hi Lindsay I was actually reading about the brief on the internet yeasterday about it, but i believe there is something about it in the June-July issue of the...
Oh aaarrrhh. But there ain't nothing like standing there looking at it. ________________________________ From: Richard Glendinning <geno-cyber@...> To:...
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