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Rails to RoxburghRails To Roxburgh Cowan, W J New listing February 2012 256 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; tables; graphs; lists; drawings; plans; card covers; Molyneux Press; (The complete story of the branch line from Clarksville to Roxburgh, opened progressively to 1928 and closed in 1968, also covering recollections of people who worked on the line. The Branch is considered to have been one of New Zealand’s most picturesque lines.) NeR00271 $69.95

PavementsA History of British Pavements Earthmoving (New.) January 2012 Returns will only be accepted should the disk be faulty. 90minutes; black and white and coloured footage; DVD; Vidpro; 2011. (A tribute to this innovative Christchurch road building and sealing company with 80% of the DVD featuring old movies from the mid 1920s to the early 1980s, with the other 20% being a slide presentation of historic photographs.) DVV24243 $45.00

 

 

 

NZR Steam LocoThe NZR Steam Locomotive Millar, Sean New listing October 2011 336 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society; 2011. (The history of the steam locomotives owned by New Zealand’s national railway system comprising more than 1,000 locomotives of various classes together with details of their operations. Lavishly illustrated and very informative, this is an essential reference work for all interested in the railways of New Zealand.) NeR00270 $75.00

 

 

Bedfords GaloreBedfords Galore! – NZR Road Services Bedford Buses & Coaches of the 1950s and 1960s Jarka, Michael and Millar, Sean New listing September 2011 68 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; tables; lists; light card covers; mint copy; Sean Millar; 2011. (Features the 951 SB and VAS Bedford chassis purchased by Road Services in the two decades, details of bodies, locations and disposals where known. Bedford was the preferred make! 100 photographs. Third of four volumes on New Zealand’s largest bus and coach operator.) Bus24012 $19.90

 

 

Cranes in NZFrom Crank Handles To Hydraulics – A History Of Cranes In New Zealand Carter, John New listing September 2011 300 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Crane Assn of NZ; 2011. (A magnificent coffee-table style book detailing transport and service cranes, port cranes, railway cranes, construction cranes, crane companies and personalities in New Zealand over the last 170 years.) GeV24265 $75.00

 

Last TrainLast Train To Paradise – Journeys from the Golden Age of New Zealand Railways Hutchins, Graham New listing July 2011 224 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; Exisle 2011. (Describes the halcyon days of travel by rail (1920s to 1950s) and the journeys of celebrated trains like Opua Express, Taneatua Express, West Coast Express and 1956 Test Match Special.) NeR00269 $50.00

 

 

Once seen everywhereOnce Seen Everywhere – NZ Railways’ Road Services Passenger Vehicles of the 1940s and 1950s Jarka, Michael and Millar, Sean New listing June 2011 64 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; tables; lists; light card covers; mint copy; Sean Millar; 2011. (Covers all passenger vehicles in the Road Services fleet during these two decades, with the exception of the S Bedfords. Includes vehicles acquired when operators were taken over and disposals where known. 109 photographs. Second of four volumes on New Zealand’s largest bus and coach operator.) Bus24013 $19.90

 

Low GearFrom Low Gear To Overdrive Cooke, Ron New listing April 2011 160 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; card covers; mint copy; Taumarunui & Districts Hist Soc; 2011. (Volume One of a planned two-volume series covering the operators, trucks and personalities involved in the carrying industry of the King Country. Great stories, great photographs, great reading.) Tru23141 $65.00

 

 

Rails Toward the Sky

Rails Toward The Sky – The Story of Driving Creek RailwayRails Toward The Sky – The Story of Driving Creek RailwayyBrickell, BarryBrickell, BarryBrickell, Barry New listingg April 20111 228 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; black and white drawings; laminated hard covers; David Ling. (The story of Barry’s determination in establishing a pottery in Coromandel, building a railway firstly to bring clay to the pottery and later as a tourist line, building tunnels, viaducts, spirals and lookouts and also the locomotives and rolling stock. One man’s vision has become a reality.) NeR002688 $50.000  

 

Wellington's RailwaysWellington’s Railways – Colonial Steam to Matangi Parsons, David New listing April 2011 208 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; old adverts; tables; card covers; NZRLS. (Documents progress of the greater Wellington railway system and motive power development through to the introduction of the new Matangi multiple-units. Also covers trams, cable car, rail ferries and rail-air as well as rail museums. ) NeR00267 $57.50

 

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Doing the ImpassableDoing The Impassable Earthmoving New listing January 2011 (New.) Returns will only be accepted should the disk be faulty. 35 minutes; coloured and black and white footage; Contract Cultivation; 2005.(A history of Contract Cultivation, founded in Timaru by Jock Smith in the mid 1930s and later transferred to Dunedin. Covers all major earthmoving jobs done by the company and interviews with former staff members.) DVV22300 $30.00

 

 

KawakawaThe Life And Times Of The Kawakawa – Opua Railway Hansen, H J New listing January 2011 44 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; map; card covers; self published; (A history of the struggles of this Northland line from the 1880s as a coal railway through to Government ownership and then as a tourist railway. Famous for the railway running through the Main Street of Kawakawa.) NeR53201 $10.00

 

 

 

NZRRS 1 smallProviding A Popular Service – NZ Railways’ Road Passenger Fleet 1907–1939 Jarka, Michael and Millar, Sean New listing December 2010 64 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; scale drawings; tables; lists; light card covers; mint copy; Sean Millar; 2010. (Details of all passenger vehicles in the Road Services fleet over the 32 year period together with vehicles acquired when operators were taken over and disposals where known. Over100 photographs. First of four volumes on New Zealand’s largest bus and coach operator.) Bus23013 $18.90

 

 

Haast PassA Road Through The Pass – Roadmaking Haast to Makarora Grantham, David New listing December 2010 182 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; maps; drawings; card covers; mint copy; self published; 2010. (The story of men and machines – blasting, bridging and roadmaking over the Haast Pass in the 1950s by private contractors and Ministry of Works. Plenty of human-interest stories and a good account of the isolation and difficulties of pushing the road through.) Ear23063 $40.00

 

 

Haast Pass DVDConstruction Of Haast To Haast Pass (New DVD) Earthmoving New listing December 2010 Coloured 65 .minutes; Tas Smith. Returns will only be accepted should the disk be faulty. (Between 1956 and 1960 Contract Cultivation of Dunedin built State Highway 6 between Haast Pass and Haast. Film taken during construction shows the difficult terrain and the challenges the company faced getting the road through. Tough on men and machines, this is earthmoving at its best.) DVV23268 $38.00

 

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TotT Trains On The Trunk compiled by Graeme Carter New listing November 2010 100 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; map; card covers; New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society; 2010. (A celebration of the building, maintaining and operating the North Island Main Trunk railway from the days of steam through to diesel electric and electric locomotives. Not forgotten are the country stations, refreshment rooms, goods yards and passenger trains.) NeR00266 $45.00

 

West of the Divide - 2West Of The Divide – More Memories of the Midland Line by Stephen and Matthew Wright New listing September 2010 212 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; maps; plans; card covers; self published; 2010. (Details of construction and operations of the line from Otira to Greymouth together with memories of those who were associated with ‘the Coast’. Also contains a great photograph gallery of the line. A companion volume to Journey to the Pass.) NeR00265 $62.00

 


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