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ISBN / ISSN:

9780908608485

Kauri Timber Days

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NZ$ 19.95 each

Paperback

Author: Bruce W. Hayward

Published by: Bush Press Communications Ltd

A major industry in the northern part of New Zealand's North Island from the 1840s to the 1910s was the felling of mighty kauri trees. This book contains approximately 80 photos of bushmen at work as well as the means used to transport the felled logs and sawn timber: horses, bullocks, flumes and bush tramways. 48 pages.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780908876310

The Kingston Flyer Line : A History

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NZ$ 13.00 each

Paperback

Author: Tony Hurst

Published by: Transpress

Since its introduction (or more exactly re-introduction) in 1971 the Kingston Flyer tourist steam train has become a national icon and a major attraction for visitors in the Otago/Southland regions.

Today it runs over 14 km of track from Kingston on the shore of Lake Wakatipu to Fairlight, but originally it ran the 36 km from Kingston to Lumsden which was itself a hub for railway lines in the region, now gone.

Following the format of the popular transpress books on the Johnsonville and Otago Central lines, this book provides a history of the whole 140 km Invercargill to Kingston line with photos of trains that have run over it over the years plus, of course, a history with photos of the current Kingston Flyer. All in all a feast for steam railway enthusiasts everywhere!

50 pages in A5 landscape format, 40 photos of steam trains past and present, 17 in colour, plus two maps.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9319512190460

The New Zealand Railways Story 1863 - 1995 DVD

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NZ$ 20.00 each

DVD Media

Author: transpress DVD

Published by: Transpress

Documenting the story of New Zealand’s railway system from the 7 km line between Christchurch and Ferrymead, opened in 1863, to the beginning of the Tranz Rail/Toll era in 1995, this program contains a wide variety of coverage taken from newsreels, publicity films and enthusiast footage of steam, diesel and electrically hauled trains in action around New Zealand through the years.
Among the original promotional films featured in their entirety are "Railways of the Scenic Wonderland" from 1939 and "Changing Railways" and "Changing Engines" from 1954/57.

PAL system (all regions). Colour and b/w. Total running time 82 minutes.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780908573868

Addington Railway Workshops : Working With Wood

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NZ$ 49.00 each

Paperback

Author: Keith G. Brown

Published by: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc

Keith G. Brown documents Addington Workshops rich history from formation to closure and details his own experiences working as a tradesman carpenter at Addington from 1949 to 1987. The first book to document Addington's leading role in the manufacture and repair of rolling stock for New Zealand Railways, this is a fascinating look behind the fence of this once-famous facility. Lavishly illustrated with colour and black and white photographs, the workshop buildings, manufacture and repair of locomotives, carriages and wagons are all extensively covered.
A4 portrait, 112 pp, 107 photos.

Published May 2009

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780908876747

Danger Ahead: New Zealand Railway Accidents in the Modern Era

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NZ$ 29.95 each

Paperback

Author: Geoffrey B. Churchman

Published by: transpress

A documentary of some 120 accidents that have occured on New Zealand railways from 1946 to 1992, each illustrated with at least one photograph. The book is completed with a chapter on "near misses" and a chapter on why accidents occur and the lessons that have been learned from them. 168 pages in 260 x 190 mm format.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780908573844

Denniston's Incline : Coal From the Clouds

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NZ$ 47.50 each

Paperback

Author: Bill Prebble

Published by: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc

The complete history and operation of Denniston's Incline.

With much new information and many previously unpublished photographs, this work details the incline and its supporting industries. Chapters include the history, functional operation of the incline, operation of the Conn's Creek branch railway, the people that made it work, rolling stock, Westport wharves, and the current attractions at Denniston today.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781877437281

Great New Zealand Railway Journeys

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NZ$ 59.99 each

Paperback

Author: Graham Hutchins

Published by: Hourglass

Sit back and enjoy the ride while Graham Hutchins takes you on a journey of discovery around New Zealand. In the style of Michael Palin, Hutchins describes a dozen unique train journeys, accompanied by many superb colour photographs of New Zealand's incomparable scenery. For tourists, the book will be a personal travelogue, in which the main features of the landscape, as seen from the train, are described as the journey unfolds; for railway enthusiasts, the book provides nice lineside train photos and some little-known historical and technical information and a look at the lines we have lost.

First published September 2008, Auckland

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781869341077

Main Trunk: Portrait of a Railway

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NZ$ 40.00 each

Hardback

Author: OnTrack

Published by: Grantham House

One hundred years since it was opened, the North Island Main Trunk linking Wellington and Auckland remains the country's most important railway and a symbol of what railways have stood for in New Zealand's history. From the early aspirations of colonial politicians to its long and at times troubled construction; from its boom years to the later decline of passenger services; from competition with road to electrification, the North Island Main Trunk has charted the ebb and flow of New Zealand's railway history. This book brings together many photographs and images, including colour, to tell the story of this line and its role in the development of New Zealand. 152 pages.

Review by Geoffrey Churchman: Quite a few books have been published about the North Island Main Trunk railway over the years—most notably the comprehensive tome from 1981 by the late Bill Pierre—which is understandable given that it is the country’s most important ... more

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780908573813

More Footplate Memories

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NZ$ 25.00 each

Paperback

Author: Rex Hercock

Published by: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc

A follow up volume to the earlier "My Forty Footplate Years", this presents candid accounts of the author's 40 years as an engine driver based in Palmerston North between 1943 and 1983 which included experience on both steam and diesel locomotives. 52 pages + covers in A4 portrait format, illustrated with the author's b/w drawings and 3 colour photos on the cover.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781877418037

New Zealand 1950s Steam in Colour (Compiled from the Derek Cross Collection)

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NZ$ 70.00 each

Hardback

Author: Transpress & David Cross (intro.)

Published by: Transpress

A veritable 'tour de force' of authentic steam railway action in colour. The late Derek Cross was a British geologist and keen steam railway enthusiast who visited New Zealand in the 1950s. Many of his black and white photos from his travels around New Zealand have been published in books and magazines, but only a small number of his colour slides have been seen before. This book contains 380 out of the approx 900 slides he took, organised geographically from north to south, and nearly all of them are hitherto unseen. All are reproduced with generous proportions on gloss art paper. A feast for steam enthusiasts and anyone nostalgic about life in the 1950s in New Zealand.
200 pages in A4 format, includes 2 colour maps and colour endpapers.
First published January 2008.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780908573837

North Island Branch Lines

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NZ$ 39.50 each

Paperback

Author: Bruce Hermann

Published by: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc

In 1997 the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society published a book of scenes on South Island Branch Lines. North Island Branch Lines is its companion.

This book is not a detailed history of North Island branch lines but rather a selection of photographs designed to illustrate typical working of these linesin their "so called hey-days" when they went about their business in a more casual way than the main-lines with which they connected.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781877418006

On the TranzCoastal Route: Christchurch - Picton - Wellington (OUT OF PRINT)

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NZ$ 13.00 each

Paperback

Author: Geoffrey Churchman

Published by: Transpress

A companion volume to the extremely successful book On the TransAlpine Trail, this provides a reference guide for those travelling on the Christchurch-Picton train, the daily "TranzCoastal", to the towns, settlements and geographical features to be seen from the train over the 350 km journey.
Arranged in geographical order from Christchurch are notes on the history of each settlement passed through, anecdotes and points of interest. These consist of general information for all travellers and specific details of interest to railway enthusiasts.
As well as the railway, a further chapter contains details on features of interest to be seen from the Cook Strait ferry route between Picton and Wellington.

52 pages, 36 colour photos - including previously unseen aerial views of the line - plus two in monochrome, and a map.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780476011434

Otago Central Rail Trail : From Steam Trains to Pedal Power

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NZ$ 25.00 each

Paperback

Author: Owen Graham

Published by: Otago Central Rail Trail Trust

An essential guide for those who wish to ride or walk this trail which featured recently on Off The Rails with Marcus Lush. Includes: the history of the area, trail environment, what to take, maps with key for accommodation and toilets etc, and colour photographs.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780646068930

Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand

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NZ$ 45.00 each

Paperback

Author: Geoffrey Churchman

Published by: transpress

Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand examines the development of electric traction from overhead catenary as a motive power source in both countries. Although only small percentages of the rail networks in both countries have been electrified, the proportion of total traffic carried under wires in much higher, making it an important element in the national tramsport task, as well as in energy and enviromental politics.
This book presents an illustrated survey of railway electrification on public lines in both Australia and New Zealand to the mid-1990s with a concise yet comprehensive text accompanied with colour and monochrome photos, locomotive line drawings and maps. 160 pages in 286 x 210 mm format.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780908876785

South Island Main Trunk

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NZ$ 39.95 each

Paperback

Author: Geoffrey B. Churchman

Published by: transpress

Now representing a quarter of the present-day KiwiRail network, the South Island Main Trunk stretches 1000 km from Picton in the Marlborough Sounds to Bluff at the bottom of the South Island, along the way passing through an impressive variety of terrains: mountains, coastline (for some 100 km both at the same time) hill country, plains, and of course, cities.
This book relates the history of the two sections of the railway, which were completed nearly seven decades apart, as well as features of engineering and scenic interest, the nature of rail operations, locomotives and trains through the decades.
Maps and an impressive collection of photos, many in full colour, accompany the fascinating text. 128 pages in 286 x 210 mm format.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780908876280

The Era of the Bush Tram in NZ

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NZ$ 60.00 each

Hardback

Author: Mahoney Paul

Published by: Transpress

After it went out of print in 2000 the publisher received at least one request a week for this book. Accordingly they decided to produce a strictly limited second printing of this comprehensive history of primitive forest railways in New Zealand as used by sawmillers to transport felled logs from the cutting sites to the sawmills and finished timber from the sawmills to wharfs and railheads. Lots of details on the equipment and technology used and operating methods, with comprehensive text and wonderful photos.

192 pages in A4 format, including 8 pages of colour photos, hardcover with jacket.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780986451904

The GDay Country Redux An illustrated rail journey back into New Zealand

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NZ$ 34.95 each

Paperback

Author: David McGill

Published by: Silver Owl Press

DoP September 2009, NZ
Softcover

In February 1985 David McGill set off to travel New Zealand rail in guards' vans, with guards as companionable dispensers of local knowledge.
A generation later, McGill introduces the leisurely journey by comparing the then Silver Fern trip from Wellington to Auckland with the present-day Overlander. On the latter he enjoys the company of former Railways worker and poet Michael O'Leary.
The original 1985 edition of this book was launched at Wellington Railway Station by Richard Prebble, but has now been extensively revised and lavishly illustrated with over 100 photographs. An original Michael O'Leary railway poem introduces each chapter, and his appendix revives dozens of forgotten Maori railway station names in waiata for obsolete rail journeys.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781877418051

The Otago Central Railway: A Tribute (5th Edition)

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NZ$ 15.00 each

Paperback

Author: Tony Hurst

Published by: transpress

This book is a lovely pictorial history of the spectacular Otago Central Railway that once stretched 236 km inland from Dunedin as far as Cromwell; now truncated to the 64 km as far as Middlemarch, the route of the highly popular Taieri Gorge Limited tourist excursion train.

With the increasing popularity of both the Taieri Gorge Limited and the Otago Central Rail Trail walkway/cycleway which follows the old roadbed 150 km from Middlemarch to Clyde, this top-selling book has been updated with many fresh photos so that visitors can appreciate the way the railway has looked over 100 years.
The book has 17 monochrome photos plus 29 in colour, 2 maps and old timetables.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9780908876204

The Railways of New Zealand: a Journey Through History

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NZ$ 59.95 each

Hardback

Author: Geoffrey Churchman & Tony Hurst

Published by: Transpress

Second Edition

224 pages in 286 x 213 mm format on high quality paper, case bound with endpapers and jacket, over 300 photos. more than half of them in colour.
Silver foil blocked cover and spine text.

The first edition of this lavishly illustrated history of the entire New Zealand Railways network was published in 1990 and was quickly snapped up to the extent it featured for 3 months in the national top 10 bestseller list.
Today second hand copies change hands at twice the original retail price.
To meet the constant enquiries for copies, the publisher decided to produce this totally updated and revised edition. It includes 39 colour photos and 58 monochrome photos that were not in the first edition. In all it is an essential book for anyone interested in the history of New Zealand's railways and general history.

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ISBN / ISSN:

9781877418082

Wellington Transport Memories

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NZ$ 35.00 each

Paperback

Author: Geoffrey B. Churchman

Published by: transpress

With a fascinating collection of superb photos (most previously unpublished) of the trains, trams, buses, cars, trucks, ships and aircraft of yesteryear in action, the author takes the reader on an historic journey around the greater Wellington area from the 1900s to the 1980s. This book appeals to all followers of vintage transport everywhere.

The photos of historic street scenes, as well as the classic trams, buses, cars and trucks also show many historic Wellington cityscapes. Trains, buses and aircraft are shown in action as far as the Kapiti Coast and the Wairarapa. The historic photos with extended captions evoke memories for those who lived in the region in this time period and present a clear picture of the transport options available for everybody. Containing 107 historic photos -- 66 of them in colour and the rest printed duotone -- this book portrays the good old days when travel was an adventure, not a chore, and the ... more

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