A brief history of passenger trains in New Zealand: 1955-1968
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Published 2024-05-13
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All Comments (5)
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I have travelled in a Fiat powered Rail-car, Masterton and Upper Hutt from Wellington. One Fiat car burned down near Featherston in the Late 1970's - I knew someone who had to walk down the track from it. In the 1950's I caught a regular scheduled train from Main Street, Palmerston North to Wellington. It stopped at Paekakariki to change to Diesel, and for travellers to swamp the tea-rooms for a pie and a tea in a very heavy strong cup. My last Steam memory was in my car along the Waikanae straight racing a steam train at full speed - it is a grand memory.
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A shame the re engine program got halted for the twinsets. Leyland or Cummins would have worked well, they both had ideal flat engines of the right output by the 60s.
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Interesting series. I love trains but didn't know much about NZL rolling stock.
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Poor decisions, managed decline, lost opportunities so sad for NZ rail. It can be - must reversed, as with Rail we will have a better future than be entrapped with total Road Dependency- an economic drain