New Zealand Railway Books Catalogue
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New Zealand Railway Catalogue uploaded 21st October 2008
New titles added 15th November 2007
| Author | Title | Yr of Publ | Comments | Price | |||
| Alexander, R B | The Stratford Okahukura Line - Fifty Years of Service Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1983 | PB A4 bklet 2nd ed revised mint | A short history of the line finished in 1932, which took more than 30 years to build, with 24 tunnels in its 44 kms of track linking Taranaki with the King Country | 25.00 | ||
| Cameron, W N | A Line of Railway - The Railway Conquest of the Rimutakas Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1976 | HB DW v good, DW taped | Full history of the line including operation, locomotives, signalling and accidents with maps and illustrations | 70.00 | ||
| Cameron, W N | Rimutaka Railway - Extracts from "A Line of Railway" Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1992 | PB A4 mint | 35.00 | |||
| Cassells, K R | The Foxton and Wanganui Railway Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1984 | HB DW 1st ed v good | 55.00 | |||
| Cassells, K R | Uncommon Carrier - The History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company 1882-1908 | 1994 | HB DW 1st ed mint | The history of the successful privately owned Railway Company operating between Wellington and Longburn this line achieved many notable firsts in NZ railway history | 26.00 | ||
| Churchman, Geoffrey B | NZ Locomotives and Railcars 1988 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1992 | PB flexi leatherette binding mini | 22.00 | |||
| Churchman, Geoffrey B | NZ Locomotives and Railcars 1992 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1992 | PB mini | 22.00 | |||
| Churchman, Geoffrey B | On the Trans-Alpine Trail - A Travel Guide to State Highway 73 and the Midland Railway | 1994 | PB Bklet v good 2nd ed | 12.00 | |||
| Churchman, Geoffrey B | Railway Electrification in Australia & NZ Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1995 | PB A4 - signed 1st ed ltd # 98 / 750 | Describes the basics of electric traction, examines the routes that have been selected for electrification, the reasons behind the decisions, and looks at the locomotives and multiple units that have been developed for use over these routes | 60.00 | ||
| Churchman, Geoffrey B | Railway Electrification in Australia & NZ | 1995 | PB A4 (ABB new at this price) | Describes the basics of electric traction, examines the routes that have been selected for electrification, the reasons behind the decisions, and looks at the locomotives and multiple units that have been developed for use over these routes | 45.00 | ||
| Churchman, Geoffrey B | The Midland Line - NZ's Trans-Alpine Railway Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1988 | PB A4, 2nd revised & expanded edition | Combines a comprehensive history of the line with "an attempt to portray the senic majesty and grandeur of the terrain it passes through". | 32.00 | ||
| Churchman, Geoffrey B | The Midland Line - NZ's Trans-Alpine Railway Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1995 | PB A4, 4th edition | Combines a comprehensive history of the line with "an attempt to portray the senic majesty and grandeur of the terrain it passes through". | 32.00 | ||
| Churchman, Geoffrey B | The Route of the Coastal Pacific Express Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1989 | PB A4 | The Northern part of the South Island Main Trunk along the Kaikoura Coast - 84 years construction and terrific views | 40.00 | ||
| Churchman, Geoffrey B & Hurst, Tony | Danger Ahead - NZ Rail Accidents in the Modern Era | 1991 | PB 1st with DW | 30.00 | |||
| Churchman, Geoffrey B & Hurst, Tony | The Railways of NZ - A Journey Through History Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1990 | HB DW 1st ed mint | Since the 1860's the railway has always been particularly important for travel in NZ and this is a well-documented and attractive outline of its history | 60.00 | ||
| Conly, Geoff & Stewart, Graham | NZ Tragedies on the Track - Tangiwai and Other Railway Accidents Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1991 | TPB rep | An insight into the more notable steam train accidents in NZ since 1880 & the reason why they happened | 36.00 | ||
| Cran, Julian (comp) & Rangitikei Railfans Group | NZ's Long-Distance Rail Passenger Services - 1984 Edition Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1984 | PB bklet good - privately published bklet | 13.00 | |||
| Cran, Julian (comp) & Rangitikei Railfans Group | NZ's Long-Distance Rail Passenger Services - 1986 Timetable Edition Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1986 | PB bklet good - privately published bklet | 13.00 | |||
| Crosado, Kevin | Working With Steam Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1979 | PB bklet Lodestar Press good | A collection of illustrations of steam locomotives in NZ, from engine sheds, getting ready for the road, working steam out on the roads and the workshops | 16.00 | ||
| Cross, Derek | NZ Steam Spectacular | 1976 | HB DW square - v good | 96 pages of black and white startling steam engine photoraphs, with explanatory text, | 42.00 | ||
| Dale, B J, Hinman, D D, Shanks, J S, Spicer, I D & Jones, D | All Fares Please - A Pictorial Record of the Christchurch Electric Tramways | 1967 | PB bklet | A pictorial record of the Christchurch electric tramways | 16.00 | ||
| Dangerfield, J A | Dunedin's Matchbox Railway - The Dunedin, Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway Company and Other Suburban Transport Ventures | 1986 | PB v good 1st ed | Also a good account of the steam trams in Dunedin. Covers the period 1874 - 1936 | 26.00 | ||
| Dangerfield, J A | Train Control in NZ - NZ Railway History Series Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1989 | PB bklet mint | An account of automatic signaling and CTC operations on the NZR from the 1920's to the 1980's | 18.00 | ||
| Dangerfield, J A & Emerson, G W | Over the Garden Wall - Story of the Otago Central Railway Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1995 | HB no DW as issued mint 3rd ed | History of the construction, operations and closure of the Otago Central Railway and establishment of Taieri Gorge Limited | 38.00 | ||
| Dew, Les & the Tramway Historical Society with the Christchurch Transport Board | On the Move - Christchurch Transport Though the Years - Vol 5 - The Country Commuter - The Regional Railway Network of Christchurch Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1988 | PB A4 | A history of the branch railways of Canterbury and the railway services of Christchurch (NZ). | 20.00 | ||
| Dyer, Peter & Hodge, Peter | Cane Train - The Sugar-cane Railways of Fiji Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1988 | HB DW v good | A history of the sugar cane railways of Fiji from the early days to the 1980s | 40.00 | ||
| Fletcher, R S | Single Track - The Construction of the Main Trunk Railway | 1978 | HB DW 1st ed | Covers the building of the railway in the centre of the North Island in NZ & includes the delicate negotiations with the Maori tribes whose ancestral lands were traversed | 32.00 | ||
| Garner, John | Guide to NZ Rail Heritage Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1996 | PB mint cond | Guide to the Tourist Railways & Museums, clubs and association, notable rescued and restored rail related items & rolling stock, line walks, model railways etc in NZ | 26.00 | ||
| Grainger, J M | On and Off the Rails - A Railwayman's Story | 1964 | HB DW | J M Grainger, train driver recalls his life as a cleaner, fireman and driver, mainly in Canterbury | 26.00 | ||
| Green, R Brett & Lees, Trevor J | The Thames Line 1898 - 1990 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1990 | PB A4 | 12.00 | |||
| Heath, Eric & Stott, Bob | Classic Railcars, Electric & Diesel Locomotives of NZ - Vol 2 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1993 | HB DW landscape mint | 55.00 | |||
| Heath, Eric & Stott, Bob | Classic Steam Locomotives of NZ - Vol 1 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1993 | HB DW landscape mint | An historical work of art combining the skills of a draughtsman and artist, superbly detailed with a text by one of NZ's leading transport journalists | 55.00 | ||
| Heine, Richard W | Semaphore to CTC - Signalling and Train Working in NZ 1863 - 1993 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
2000 | HB DW landscape mint | 165.00 | |||
| Heine, Richard W | Semaphore to CTC - Signalling and Train Working in NZ 1863 - 1993 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
2000 | PB landscape mint | 95.00 | |||
| Hercock, Rex | My Forty Footplate Years 1943 - 1983 - A NZ Enginedriver's Story Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1987 | PB A4 bklet mint | With illustrations and the author's sketches, the author's life on NZR, from steam to railcar to diesel | 25.00 | ||
| Hermann, Bruce (comp) | South Island Branch Lines - Pictorial Memories Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1997 | PB A4 bklet mint | Photographs from the 20s to 70s | 26.00 | ||
| Holm, Roly | Logs & Locomotives - A King Country Bushman's Story Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1990 | PB mint | Roly Holm anacdotes of being King Country bushman, Locomotive Fireman and brakesman in the 1920s to 40s | 30.00 | ||
| Hoy, Douglas | West of the Tararuas - An Illustrated History of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1972 | HB DW | History of the railway, its rise to fame, operation and the subsequent purchase by the Government | 26.00 | ||
| Hurst, Tony | The Otago Central Railway 1897 - 1990 - A Tribute Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1990 | PB bklet landscape mint | 10.00 | |||
| Johnson, Christine | Learning the Hard Way - A Case Study of Selected Railway Accidents in NZ Since the 1920s Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1991 | PB A4 bklet mint | Incs Level Crossing Accidents, Driver Error, Excessive Speed & No Man's Fault | 25.00 | ||
| Lea, C C | Life and Times of New Zealand's Famous Fell Engine Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1988 | PB bklet landscape v good | 10.00 | |||
| Lee, Fred | NZ Railways - Freight Rolling Stock Plan Book Vol 1 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1996 | Booklet A4 Landscape good cond | 32.00 | |||
| Leitch, David B | Engine Pass - NZ Railways | 1967 | HB DW - v gd | Leitch, NZ lawyer obtained an engine pass, a permit allowing him to ride footplate or in the guard's van - NZ 1960s rail travel | 36.00 | ||
| Leitch, David D & Stott, Bob | NZ Railways - The First 125 Years | 1988 | PB A4 | 40.00 | |||
| Leov-Lealand, Christine | Barry Brickell - A Head of Steam Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1996 | TPB mint | Barry Brickell, master potter, is the creator and director of Driving Creek Railway and Potteries, the uniquely personal theme park at Coromandel | 20.00 | ||
| Maffey, I D | The Mount Somers Tramway 1886-1943 - Mid-Canterbury NZ | 1971 | HB DW | The full story of the rise and fall of the Mount Somers Tramway | 60.00 | ||
| Mahoney, J D & edited by Whyte, Philip | Kings of the Iron Road - Steam Passenger Trains of NZ Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1994 | PB A4 landscape v good revised 4th ed | A well illustrated account of steam hauled passenger trains in NZ | 30.00 | ||
| Marine Department | NZ Boiler Code - Instructions to Engineer Surveyors Governing the Design, Construction, Tests, and Maintenance of Land Boilers and Unfired Pressure Vessels Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1975 | PB good 6th ed ? | 16.00 | |||
| McClare, E J (Jack) | Aucklands Railway Workshops Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1998 | PB A4 v good | Covers the three railway workshops in Auckland - Auckland central, Newmarket and Otahuhu from 1875 to 1992, with details of equipment manufactured | 18.00 | ||
| McClare, E J (Jack) | New Zealand Railways - Diesels Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1980 | PB A4 v good | Specifications for different types of diesels on NZ rail (as at 1980). | 18.00 | ||
| McClare, E J (Jack) | Steam Locomotives of NZ - Part 2 - 1900-1930 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1988 | PB A4 v good (Part 1 by T A McGavin) | 26.00 | |||
| McClare, E J (Jack) | Steam Locomotives of NZ - Part 3 - 1930-1971 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1991 | PB A4 v good (Part 1 by T A McGavin) | 26.00 | |||
| McClare, E J (Jack) | The NZR Garratt Story Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1978 | HB DW 1st ed - v scarce | A history of the 3 Garrett Locomotives introduced to NZ in 1929 which did not fare well on NZ terrain | 75.00 | ||
| McClare, G J | Three Preserved NZR Steam Locomotives at the Ferrymead Historic Park | 1988 | PB A4 | The 'X' Class loco No 442, the 'AB' Class loco No 608, the 'Wab' Class loco No 794, well-illustrated, in action and at Ferrymead, with historical detail | 15.00 | ||
| McClare, G J & Thomson, R G (comp) | Wairarapa Railway Memories Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1995 | PB A4 bklet 1st ed | 16.00 | |||
| McDougall, Robert J | NZ Naval Vessels Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1989 | PB A4 landscape 1st ed | Ships serving with the RNZN, and its predecessors, from berfore WWI to the 1980s are listed and illustrated | 40.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A | Manawatu Line - A Commemoration of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1982 | PB bklet A4 2nd ed v good revised and enlarged | A good account of the most successful private railway to operate in NZ | 24.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A | NZ Railways 1979 - A Review of NZR Operations to 31st March 1979 | 1980 | TPB Bklet - v good cond. | Illustrated review of NZ Railways Transport operations | 12.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A | NZR Locomotives and Railcars - 1970 - Diesel, Electric, Steam | 1971 | TPB Bklet 4th ed - good cond. | Comprehensive listings of all NZR locomotives as at 31 March 1970, with dimensions & depots where they were based & with plans and tables | 26.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A | NZR Locomotives and Railcars - 1973 - Diesel, Electric, Steam | 1973 | TPB Bklet 5th ed - v good cond. | Comprehensive listings of all NZR locomotives as at 31 March 1973, with dimensions & depots where they were based & with plans and tables | 26.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A | NZR Locomotives and Railcars - 1977 - Diesel, Electric, Steam | 1977 | TPB Bklet 6th ed - v good cond. | Comprehensive listings of all NZR locomotives as at 31 March 1977, with dimensions & depots where they were based & with plans and tables | 26.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A | NZR Locomotives and Railcars - 1980 | 1981 | TPB Bklet 7th ed - v good cond. | Comprehensive listings of all NZR locomotives as at 31 March 1980, with dimensions & depots where they were based & also inc ex NZR preserved locomotives | 26.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A | NZR Locomotives and Railcars -1983 | 1983 | TPB Bklet 8th ed - v good cond. | Comprehensive listings of all NZR locomotives as at 31 March 1983, with dimensions & depots where they were based & with plans and tables | 26.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A | NZR Locomotives and Railcars -1990 | 1990 | TPB Bklet 9th ed - v good cond. | Comprehensive listings of all NZR locomotives as at 31 March 1990, with dimensions & depots where they were based & with plans and tables | 26.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A | Steam Locomotives of NZ - Part 1 - 1863 - 1900 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1987 | TPB Bklet - v good cond. (Part 3 by E J McClare) | 26.00 | |||
| McGavin, T A & NZ Railway & Locomotive Society | NZ Railways Working Timetable North Island, July 1947 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1985 | HB no DW facsimile reprint | Full details of working procedure taken from the Working Timetables | 36.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A & NZ Railway & Locomotive Society | NZ Railways Working Timetable Picton, Nelson And Westport Sections, November 1938 | 1981 | TPB Bklet facsimile reprint | Full details of working procedure taken from the Working Timetables | 18.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A & NZ Railway & Locomotive Society | NZ Railways Working Timetable, Auckland section, November 1884 | 1984 | TPB Bklet facsimile reprint | Full details of working procedure taken from the Working Timetables | 20.00 | ||
| Merrifield, A L R (Rob) | Beyond Dashwood - A History of the Railway in Marlborough Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1990 | PB A4 mint | A history of the railway from Picton to Kaikoura with particular coverage of the construction of the Clarence to Kaikoura section in the 1940s | 30.00 | ||
| Merrifield, A L R (Rob) & NZ Railway & Locomotive Society | NZR Working Timetables for the Middle Island July 1879 | 1993 | TPB Bklet facsimile reprint | Full details of working procedure taken from the Working Timetables | 24.00 | ||
| Meyer, Robert J | All Aboard - The Ships and Trains That Served Lake Wakatipu Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1963 | HB DW v good | The story of the integrated rail steamer services that connected the New South Island towns of Invercargill, Dunedin, Queenstown, Kingston and settlements on lake Wakatipu | 60.00 | ||
| Meyer, Robert J | Coaling from the Clouds - The Mount Rochfort Railway and the Denniston Incline | 1983 | PB A4 bklet 2nd revised ed reprint (red) | The story of the Westport - Waimangaroa railway, the Conns Creek branch and the famous Denniston Incline (Buller District) | 40.00 | ||
| Meyer, Robert J | Coaling from the Clouds - The Mount Rochfort Railway and the Denniston Incline - 2nd ed Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1981 | PB A4 bklet 2nd revised ed (yellow) | The story of the Westport - Waimangaroa railway, the Conns Creek branch and the famous Denniston Incline (Buller District) | 45.00 | ||
| Miller, F W G | The Story of the Kingston Flyer Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1975 | PB v good | The Story of NZ's only steam vintage train in Southland | 26.00 | ||
| Morris, Roger | Pacific Sail - Four Centuries of Western Ships in the Pacific Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1987 | HB DW | "Early Navigators, Spanish, Magellan, Dutch, Anson, Russians, French Exploration, James Cook, Bligh, The First Fleet, Pandora, Pilgrim, Darwin & the Beagle, 19thC whalers, American Clippers, Cutty Sark, Lancing, Immigrant Ships, Nitrate Clippers & the scows. | 60.00 | ||
| Murphy, J A & Radcliffe, G T | Trains at Work in the North Island | 1973 | PB bklet good | A selection of photographs depicting trains in various parts of the North Island mostly within the last 25 years | 24.00 | ||
| Murphy, J A & Radcliffe, G T | Trains at Work in the South Island | 1973 | PB bklet good | A selection of photographs depicting trains in the South Island both past and present | 24.00 | ||
| Murphy, J A & Radcliffe, G T | Trains at Work on the West Coast | 1974 | PB bklet good | A selection of photographs depicting trains on the West Coast mostly over the last 25 years | 24.00 | ||
| NZ Model Railway Guide Inc. | NZ Railway Planbook 1 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1983 | Booklet A4 Landscape (ringbound) good cond | Engineering plans and photos - covers rolling stock, some station buildings, cranes, gates, windmills and culverts | 32.00 | ||
| NZ Model Railway Guide Inc. | NZR Rolling Stock Data | nd c 1990s | Ringbound A4 plus Landscape - Facsimile of 1933 pub, ltd 500 ed - | Facsimile of 1933 publication issued to NZR Workshops, Car and Wagon Depots and Engineering Staff - Original train blueprints | 60.00 | ||
| NZ Model Railway Guide Inc. by Gaby, N W & Bradley, C I | The NZ Model Railway Journal April 1968 - Railway Bridge Plans Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1968 | Booklet A4 Landscape good cond | 44.00 | |||
| NZ Railway & Locomotive Society & Cole, D M | NZR Rolling Stock Drawings - A Selection of Former Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company Rolling Stock Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1986 | Unbound A3 landscape Blueprints | 20.00 | |||
| NZ Railway & Locomotive Society & McGavin, T A (ed) | The NZ Railway Observer - Journal of the New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society - Vol 14 1957 | 1998 | PB A4 facsimile reprint | 22.00 | |||
| NZ Railway & Locomotive Society & McGavin, T A (ed) | The NZ Railway Observer - Number 116, Vol 25 #2 - Winter 1968 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1968 | TPB bklet / journal | Incs - Wire-rope Tramways of Dunedin by Ditchfield, Four Stations of Dunedin by Dangerfield, New Ea class locomotives in Otira, Ba class in Otago & Ks Class Wagons | 6.00 | ||
| NZ Railway & Locomotive Society & McGavin, T A (ed) | The NZ Railway Observer - Number 80, Vol 16 #2 - April June 1959 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1959 | TPB bklet / journal | Incs - Centralised Traffic Control by R I Barker, East Coast Rail Tour by R J Meyer, Peckett 0-4-2T Locomotives at Portland by P F Dyer | 6.00 | ||
| NZ Railway & Locomotive Society & McGavin, T A (ed) | The NZ Railway Observer - Number 99, Vol 21 #1 - Autumn 1964 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1964 | TPB bklet / journal | Incs - K R Cassell on the North Isl Main Trunk, Palmerston Norths new Station, Modernisation of Signalling in Christchurch | 6.00 | ||
| Petrie, Gerald | In the Beginning - The Story of the NZ Locomotive 1863 - 1877 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1996 | HB DW mint | A history of railway construction, tenders and contracts. Julius Vogel's Public Works Scheme Each regions own fledgling railway, how they grew, and which were the first to connect & the pioneer engineers that erected and drove locomotives | 55.00 | ||
| Petrie, Gerald | NZ Locomotive and Rolling Stock Handbook 1994 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1994 | PB mini | 18.00 | |||
| Petrie, Gerald | NZ Steam Locomotives By Official Number | 1993 | PB A4 ltd 200 ed | A research manual for those interested in NZ's industrial, private, non- NZR locomotives. Essentially this is an index to preserved boiler records that detail the history of these locomotives | 25.00 | ||
| Pierre, W A (Bill) | Canterbury Provincial Railways - Genesis of the NZR System Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1964 | HB DW v good | History of the construction of the Canterbury rail system in the 1850's. Inc.s William Sefton Moorhouse and the great tunnel through the Port Hills. | 40.00 | ||
| Pierre, W A (Bill) | North Island Main Trunk - An Illustrated History Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1981 | HB DW v good | A history of the North Island Main trunk, inc Raurimu Spiral etc | 46.00 | ||
| Rennie, Neil & Radcliffe, Graham | The Tokomaru Steam Engine Museum - Tokomaru, Main Highway 57, Manawatu Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
nd c 1970s | PB A4 landscape good | Details of the engines, rolling stock, locomotives, traction engines etc at the museum | 18.00 | ||
| Roberts, F K | A Compendium of Railway Construction - Part 2 - North Island Main Trunk Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1990 | PB A4 bklet v good | A summary of the Public Works Statements from 1889 to 1917 relating to the construction of railways in these areas | 22.00 | ||
| Roberts, Frank & Troup, Gordon (ed) | Vintage Steam - Stories by Frank Roberts | 1967 | HB DW Caxton Press v good | A collection of the author's stories of rail in NZ, posthumously published, with many illustrations | 65.00 | ||
| Roberts, Joyce | Steam in Miniature - Frank Roberts & His Garden Railway Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1976 | PB A4 | Frank Roberts & his Garden Railway, 1930s built model railway, engineer, trains | 22.00 | ||
| Rossiter, Geoffrey R (comp) | South Island Diesel Scene | 1993 | PB A4 bklet v good | Diesel locomotive operations between the late 60s to 90s in the South Island, NZ; divided off by region | 18.00 | ||
| Rous-Marten, Charles & McGavin, T A (ed) | NZ Railways to 1900 - Being an Adaption of Three Articles Contributed to The Railway Magazine in December 1899 and January & February 1900 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1985 | PB A4 bklet v good | 20.00 | |||
| Royal Commission | Report of Commission to Inquire into Disaster at Kaimai Tunnel | 1970 | PB bklet mint inc maps and plans at back | Commision into the cave in during the construction of the Kaimai Tunnel in which 12 men were trapped and 4 ultimately died | 45.00 | ||
| Sinclair, Roy | Journeying with Railways in NZ Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1997 | PB A4 near mint | Oral histories of men and women in NZ's rail history | 35.00 | ||
| Sinclair, Roy | Rail - The Great NZ Adventure Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1987 | HB DW 1st ed mint | A celebration of 125 years of rail services in NZ. Discusses the routes, systems, locomotives, journeys and restoration of K88 | 60.00 | ||
| Sinclair, Roy & VanDerSluijs, Simon | NZ Railway Yarns Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1990 | TPB mint | 16.00 | |||
| Stewart, Graham | Always a Tram in Sight - The Electronic Trams of NZ - 1900 to 1964 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1996 | HB DW mint | History of the trams which reigned supreme for half a century until they were eclipsed by buses | 70.00 | ||
| Stewart, Graham | Around Auckland By Tram In The 1950s Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1973 | PB A4, as new | 35.00 | |||
| Stewart, Graham | The End of the Penny Section - When Trams Ruled the Streets of NZ | 1973 | HB DW | History of the trams which reigned supreme for half a century until they were eclipsed by buses | 36.00 | ||
| Stewart, Graham | The End of the Penny Section - When Trams Ruled the Streets of NZ Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1993 | HB DW revised enlarged ed (red) mint & signed ed | History of the trams which reigned supreme for half a century until they were eclipsed by buses | 65.00 | ||
| Stewart, Graham | Tangiwai Disaster & Thirty Other Railway Disasters in NZ | 1972 | PB A4 bklet (Wilson & Horton) | 22.00 | |||
| Stewart, W W | Grand Old Days of Steam | 1975 | HB DW v good 1st ed | Details the history of steam locomotives in NZ with station-masters, scandals, politicking and experiments | 48.00 | ||
| Stewart, W W | When Steam Was King - A Comprehensive History of Steam Trains and Steam Trams in NZ | 1970 | HB DW 2nd ed foxed | The history of steam locomotives & the talented group of mechanical engineers and superintendents who planned, designed and developed one of the most unique assortment of railway stock and steam trams in the world. | 36.00 | ||
| Stott, Bob | Kaimai - The Story of the Kaimai Tunnel and the East Coast Main Trunk Railway | 1978 | PB A4 bklet landscape v good | The story of the building of the Kaimai tunnel between the Bay of Plenty and the Waikato, at the time the longest tunnel construction in the Southern hemisphere | 12.00 | ||
| Stott, Bob | NZ Railways - Railway Wagons Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1982 | PB bklet landscape v good | Incs, Flat Wagons, High-sided Wagons, Box Wagons, Container Wagons, Tank Wagons and other Special Purpose Wagons | 16.00 | ||
| Stott, Bob | Prices of Thames - Locomotive and General Engineers, Thames, NZ Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1983 | PB A4 good | 10.00 | |||
| Taylor, Colin | Train Catcher - Adventures of a Rail Traveller Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1996 | TPB v good | 25.00 | |||
| Troup, Gordon | Footplate - The Victorian Engineman's NZ | 1978 | HB DW | 45.00 | |||
| Troup, Gordon | George Troup - Architect and Engineer Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1982 | HB DW v good | George Troup, founder of the Presbyterian Young Men's Bible Class Movement in NZ, architect with the Railways (designing, amongst other buildings, the Dunedin Railway Station), and Mayor of Wellington | 35.00 | ||
| Troup, Gordon (ed) with Pierre, W A | Steel Roads of NZ - An Illustrated Survey Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1974 | HB DW 1st ed good | History of the building of the railways of NZ with many appendices, glossary, 40 plans and over 250 photos | 45.00 | ||
| Troup, Gordon (ed) with Pierre, W A | Steel Roads of NZ - An Illustrated Survey | 1973 | HB DW 2nd ed very good | History of the building of the railways of NZ with many appendices, glossary, 40 plans and over 250 photos | 50.00 | ||
| Voller, Lois | Rails to Nowhere - The History of the Nelson Railway Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1991 | HB DW | A history of the now almost completely abandoned Nelson Railway that despite 80 years of use and political promises was never connected to the South Island Main Trunk. | 75.00 | ||
| Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company Limited | Working Timetable of Passenger and Goods Traffic - For the Guidence & Exclusive Use of Officers & Servants to be Observed On and After 6th Nov 1905 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1974 | PB bklet facsimile ed Southern Press | Rail timetables and working regulations from 1905 | 24.00 | ||
| Yonge, John | NZ Railway And Tramway Atlas Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1993 | PB bklet 4th ed v good (blue) | Maps of all NZ Railway lines, urban tramways, and most industrial lines with historical & technical details inc stations, tunnels, bridges, elevations, lengths of lines and private sidings | 28.00 | ||
| Yonge, John | NZ Railway And Tramway Atlas Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1985 | PB bklet 3rd ed v good (orange) | Maps of all NZ Railway lines, urban tramways, and most industrial lines with historical & technical details inc stations, tunnels, bridges, elevations, lengths of lines and private sidings | 28.00 | ||
| Churchman, Geoffrey & Hurst, Tony | South Island Main Trunk Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1992 | PB A4 mint | In two parts, with the beginning of public railway in NZ in 1863, and the extraordinary difficulties in developing the South Island main trunk line | 36.00 | ||
| Churchman, Geoffrey B | The Story of the Wellington To Johnsonville Railway Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1988 | PB bklet landscape | 24.00 | |||
| Dyer, Peter F (ed) | Locomotive Selections from the NZ Railway Observer Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1974 | HB DW v good | Includes; Tiny Mites, Numbering of Old "A" Locomotives, Performance of Old "A" Locomotives, Workhorses, Early History of the "F" class Locomotives, Industrials, Big Power, a Tribute to the "K" class | 42.00 | ||
| Lloyd, W G | Register Of NZ Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1974 | HB DW | The authoritive work on all NZR steam locomotives with full details of origin and ultimate disposal - incs builder & the maker's number, date in service and any changes to number | 30.00 | ||
| Mahoney, J D & edited by Whyte, Philip | Kings of the Iron Road - Steam Passenger Trains of NZ Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1983 | PB A4 landscape v good 2nd ed | A well illustrated account of steam hauled passenger trains in NZ | 30.00 | ||
| McGavin, T A & NZ Railway & Locomotive Society | NZ Railways Working Timetable South Island, December 1952 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1979 | HB no DW facsimile reprint | Full details of working procedure taken from the Working Timetables | 36.00 | ||
| Mellor, Peter J | NZ Railway Reflections - A 1950s Album Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1995 | HB DW A4 landscape mint | The NZ Railways in the 1950's inc the Main Trunk, Subbies, Portland, Ongarue, the Midland Line, Rotowaro and Raurimu | 36.00 | ||
| NZ Model Railway Guide Inc. | "Railcar" Series (Blueprints and rolling stock designs on looseleaf and bound) Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
nd c 1980s? | Photo album style A3 landscape binders in 3 vols with over a 4th vol worth of extra Blueprints looseleaf / unbound | 70.00 | |||
| NZ Model Railway Guide Inc. | NZ Railway Planbook 4 - Station & Lineside Buildings Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1979 | Booklet A4 Landscape good cond | Engineering plans and photos | 32.00 | ||
| NZ Model Railway Guide Inc. | NZ Railway Planbook 5 - Bridges Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1983 | Booklet A4 Landscape good cond | Engineering plans and photos | 30.00 | ||
| Palmer, A N & Stewart, W W | Cavalcade of NZ Locomotives - An Historical Survey of the Railway Engine in NZ since 1863 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1957 | HB DW 1st ed ok | 35.00 | |||
| Roberts, F K | A Compendium of Railway Construction - Part 1 - Taranaki Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1987 | PB A4 bklet v good | A summary of the Public Works Statements from 1889 to 1940 relating to the construction of railways in these areas | 22.00 | ||
New titles added 15th November 2007
| Hazeldine, M D | Sleepers Beneath My Wheels - A South Island Enginedriver's Life on the Rails 1944 - 1984 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1995 |
PB A4 bklet mint | Des Hazeldine's 40 years with the NZR working on steam & diesel locomotives based in Christchurch & Greymouth from 1944 to 1984. | 40.00 |
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| Southern Press Ltd - Stott, Bob & Bromby, Robin (eds) | Rails - NZ's Rail Transport Journal - vols 1- 4, Nov 1971 to Jul 1975 Sold 21st Oct 2008 |
1972-75 |
HB A4 no DW 4 vols set bound monthly journals | The first 4 years publications complete, nicely bound in large red cloth volumes | 195.00 |
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| The New Zealand Model Railway Guild Inc | NZ Model Railway Journal | 1975-76 |
Green Binders - 12 vols (2 years worth) - Put out in Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec each year | 80.00 |
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| The New Zealand Model Railway Guild Inc | NZ Model Railway Journal | 1977-78 |
Green Binders - 12 vols (2 years worth) - Put out in Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec each year | 80.00 |
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| The New Zealand Model Railway Guild Inc | NZ Model Railway Journal | 1979-80 |
Green Binders - 12 vols (2 years worth) - Put out in Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec each year | 80.00 |
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| The New Zealand Model Railway Guild Inc | NZ Model Railway Journal | 1981-82 |
Green Binders - 12 vols (2 years worth) - Put out in Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec each year | 80.00 |
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| The New Zealand Model Railway Guild Inc | NZ Model Railway Journal | 1983-84 |
Green Binders - 12 vols (2 years worth) - Put out in Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec each year | 80.00 |
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| The New Zealand Model Railway Guild Inc | NZ Model Railway Journal | 1986-87 |
Green Binders - 12 vols (2 years worth) - Put out in Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec each year | 55.00 |