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Newsletter of the National Railway Museum of New Zealand

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October 2013

CHAIRMANS MESSAGE
Hello again! As you can see from the pictures in this edition of the NRM newsletter, we are continuing to make good progress on the project on several fronts. The most obvious of course is the work on finishing up the installation of the turntable. (It sure is impressive when you see it in person!) The embankment for the feeder rail line is now nearly complete as well. It will soon be time to lay track and get connected to the Ferrymead Railway infrastructure. Once this is all finished we can move on to starting with the piling and foundations for the roundhouse itself. Our collection continues to grow as well. The most notable recent addition is the remarkable donation from KiwiRail of electric loco Eo 45. It was recently removed from service and is the last remaining of that class. She also looks great in her KiwiRail livery.

With the news in this newsletter of the arrival into the museum collection of Toshiba built Eo locomotive No.45 of 1968 it is perhaps interesting to look back at the early days of this five member class. In late 1968 three of the class (then classified Ea) are at Lyttelton on a test run from Christchurch. Photo Gary Cosgrove. (NRMNZ archives)
This gets me to the main point I wanted to cover in this message. The National Railway Museum has been truly blessed in having received help from many, many people and organisations. Some, like KiwiRail have made substantial donations, and others have contributed with doing all kinds of things for us either at discounted rates or as favours. It is time we thank each and every one of them for their generosity and support of the NRM project. It is not only fair, but absolutely accurate, to say that we could not build this Museum without these contributions, large and small. We sincerely appreciate each and every contribution and look forward to the day we can all come together and enjoy what we have all worked so hard to build. John Peterson Chairman

RECENT PROGRESS NEWS FROM THE MUSEUM

As John has noted much has been achieved in the four or five months since the last newsletter in April. It may be recalled that in April the centre pivot foundation of the turntable had been constructed and the concrete poured. Since that time Martin Civil Construction have constructed and poured the outer

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turntable wall and now awaits sleepers, track and ballast. Due to the generosity of KiwiRail the track and a secondhand turnout for the connection are already on site. We also acknowledge committee member Colin Barry and Clive Davis of the NZRLS for arranging transport from Wellington for the turnout track. The track installation will now wait until after the Rail 150 celebrations, as a number of visiting items of rolling stock will be accessing the Ferrymead site using the branchline from the Christchurch to Lyttelton mainline.

The turntable is gently lowered onto its central pivot by Smiths Cranes on Monday 20th May. Photo Colin Dash
ring foundation that carries the ring rail supporting the ends of the table. The turntable centre pivot and bearing cap were also placed into position on the central foundation. On Monday the 20th of May, Smiths Cranes were contracted to lift the ex Auckland 70ft turntable into the newly prepared turntable pit, a major milestone in the museum project. After a short hiatus during the worst of the winter weather and while Martin Civil were occupied with other city contracts, during July the ring rail was installed. Following this the newly manufactured locking blocks that will align the turntable with the radiating tracks were installed to the foundation. These blocks were designed and installed with the assistance of Andy Rowe of Steam Solutions. With the ring rail installed the turntable is now able to live up to its name! Following a period of particularly wet weather when the turntable pit resembled a large swimming pool, a submersible pump has also been fitted to the central pivot foundation to aid drainage. Since the beginning of August Frews Construction had been working hard on the construction of the access embankment across the horse paddock from the Ferrymead branchline. This involved crushing the large piles of broken concrete from city demolition sites and laying this over the paddock with repeated rolling every couple of hundred centimetres to provide a firm and strong foundation for the access track. The embankment is now complete from the Junction with the Ferrymead Railway branchline to the

The completed approach embankment awaiting tracklaying on the 21st of September. Photo Gordon Bartram

Away from the turntable construction, the committee has authorised the purchase of a 40ft grade A highcube container (with end windows and door), for archives storage. This will be fitted with sectional shelving of a type which will eventually be transferable to the permanent archives section of the Museum building in stage two of the museum development. This will hopefully be on site in the not too distant future.

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THE BIG MODEL TRAIN SHOW 2013 AND RAIL 150
Over the coming weekend of Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th of October, the NRMNZ shop will again be attending the annual Big Model Train Show at Pioneer Stadium, Lyttelton Street, Spreydon. With the Rail 150 celebrations being held at Ferrymead the following Labour weekend (Saturday 26th to Monday 28th), we will be showcasing this year a range of clothing and souvenirs branded with this anniversary as well as new NRMNZ branded items. We hope to have a range of Christmas Cards on display with different locomotives from the CRS collection.

The completed turntable outer block wall on the 21st of September. Photo Gordon Bartram
The NRMNZ has been offered by a private individual a former Southerner buffet car. The carriage is currently lacking wheels and windows and some committee members are to travel to inspect the vehicle before any decision is made. Transportation to Christchurch would be a relatively costly exercise but at the same time it would be a valuable addition to our collection of historic carriages from the 1870s to the 1970s It may be recalled that in the April newsletter I noted the generous donation of a Victorian Cowans Sheldon built goods shed crane from Steam Incorporated at Paekakariki. This has now also arrived on site at Ferrymead and again we should acknowledge Colin Barry and Clive Davis for arranging transport for this historic item which will be one of the oldest artifacts in the museum collection dating from 1874. On the more administrative side of the project our chairman John Peterson has compiled four different funding applications to various trusts and he has spent a significant amount of time on the Museums Standard Materials . This is needed to conform to the Te Papa Framework for Successful Museums.

We will also have the full range of 2014 calendars and the latest issues of the rail magazines available for purchase. We look forward to seeing you at one of these two events .

NEW ROLLING STOCK ARRIVALS

Since the last newsletter in April the NRMNZ has been donated two further items of historic rolling stock for future display in the Museum. Both of these are 1500V DC overhead electric powered units adding to the existing impressive collection of electric power already onsite with the Canterbury Railway Society Collection. This includes examples of every single 1500v DC electric locomotive class purchased and operated by New Zealand Railways and their successors since 1923.

John has also met on several occasions with KiwiRail representatives in preparation for the Rail 150 celebrations in October. Peter Soundy our treasurer has also been working on the Museums OSH certification and contractors insurance.

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The two new items are the English Electric Unit DM 16 and D 162 (TMS No. DM216 and D2687 respectively) known as Phoenix dating from 1949, and the Toshiba Heavy Industries Eo (originally Ea) class BoBo electric No.45 (originally Ea 2) of 1968, for the Arthurs Pass to Otira section. The Dm and D car multiple unit Phoenix was one of the forty motor cars and 71 trailers ordered in 1946 and delivered in 1949, for the Paekakariki Line services. These followed earlier English Electric DMU orders in 1938 and 1942 for the retrofitted to most of the class later on in their service. The unit was withdrawn from service in 2001 and after storage at Hutt workshops, it was overhauled and reinstated by the Greater Wellington Regional Council and Tranz Metro in 2008, due to a shortage of rolling stock. Finally withdrawn again in December 2011, Phoenix has been donated to the National Railway Museum by the Greater Wellington Regional Council who wished to see several of the surviving English Electric units be preserved in recognition of their decades of insurance cover and storage off site until space becomes available at Ferrymead in due course. A container of spare parts for the unit has been also been donated by the GWRC. The Toshiba Heavy Industries Bo-Bo Eo 45, was one of five locos imported in 1968 to replace the original English Electric Eo class locomotives of 1928, which after 45 years of hard service on the 1 in 33 grade between Otira and Arthurs Pass were worn out. (Eo 3 is preserved at Ferrymead in the CRS collection). At 55 tonnes and 1290hp (960kw) output they were roughly twice as powerful as the original Eo class. The locos were originally classified as the Ea class until the 1980s when they were reclassified Eo. The class operated on the Otira to Arthurs Pass section from 1968 until November 1997 when the increasing export coal tonnages and the worn out state of the Otira overhead electrification and powerhouse led to the decommissioning of the electric overhead and the installation of doors and extractor fans on the Otira tunnel to enable modified Dx diesel electric locos in multiple to power trains though the tunnel.

Phoenix' photographed at Redwood on the 28th December 2008 working a special service for a post Christmas event at QE2 Park. This was obviously prior to the requirement for full yellow ends! Photo David Parsons
Hutt and Johnsonville lines. While the CRS collection already holds a Wellington unit, (DM 27 of 1951 and DM 163 of 1953), Phoenix has a number of variations including electrical circuits, seat squabs and the later twin unit headlights service to Wellington commuters. After storage in Wellington the unit was shipped over Cook Straight on the 7th of August and railed to Christchurch from Picton on train 729 on the 8th of August. Committee member Peter Soundy has arranged

While at Otira Eo 45 along with two sisters no. 51 and 74 was involved in the Goat Creek derailment of 21st of May 1980 where the 3 locomotives ran into a washout due to flooding of the Otira River. Locomotive Engineer Owen Fitzgerald sadly lost his life in this accident. Following withdrawal from the Otira section the five locos were stored

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variously at Linwood depot, Ferrymead Historic Park and Picton locomotive depot. In 2007 the 3 locos stored at Picton, (Eos 45, 51 and 74) were moved to Hutt workshops, where they were refurbished by Tranz Metro for use on metlink suburban trains using refurbished ex British Rail SE class carriages. This was a stopgap messure to increase capacity on the network until the introduction of the Matangi EMUs in 2010. The remaining two locos stored at Ferrymead (Eo 39 and 68) were also moved north to Hutt workshops but were not refurbished and were used as donors for spare parts. Rarely used after September 2011, increasing unreliability of the Eos and the progressive arrival of the Matangi EMUs saw their withdrawal from service in November and the 3 locos were hauled out to Hutt shops to join no. 39 and 68. Scrapping of four of the remaining locomotives started in May 2013 with the unrefurbished pair of EO 39 and 68 the first to be scrapped on 1 May. EO 51 and EO 74 were scrapped on 15 May and 7 May respectively. The decision was made by Kiwirail that one locomotive was to be preserved and Eo 45 was selected to be donated to the NRMNZ and is now stored on site at Ferrymead until the NRM roundhouse is built. Once on display it will be an interesting contrast to the English Electric Eo 3 of 1923 and it will be a memorial to the final class of 1500v DC electric locomotives built for this country. Thanks to Peter Soundy, Dave Hansen, David Parsons and Wikipedia! for the info on these units.

Heisler 1450 shunts at the New Forest Sawmilling's Ngahere Mill in July 1967, its last year in service. Photo D.L.A Turner

HEISLER LOCOMOTIVE WORKS NO.1450 OF 1922

The National Railway Museum of New Zealand will naturally have a strong focus on the history of New Zealand Government Railways and its successors. However we also aim to tell the story of the numerous industrial railways of New Zealand including collieries, the meat industry and of course the numerous Bush Tramways that once dotted the country. The Canterbury Railway Societys collection that will provide the bulk of the display for the NRMNZ holds a number of these former industrial locomotives in long term storage. From the meat industry came Manning Wardle 0-4-0T no.1841 and from the Christchurch Gasworks Bagnall 0-4-0T no.1857. (I discussed plans for the future display of this loco in a previous newsletter). The

timber industry has provided three former bush tramway survivors. From the Lake Brunner Sawmilling Co at Ruru came the remains of 0-42T Barclay No.1894 of 1926 and the final two came from the New Forest Sawmilling Co tramway at Ngahere between Stillwater and Reefton. These were A & G Price built CB No.113 of 1924 and the subject of this article Heisler Locomotive works No. 1450 of 1922. (It should be noted in passing that several other locos in the CRS collection came from industrial service after being sold ex New Zealand Railways, including Wd 357, F12 and D 140). Heisler 0-4+4-0 No.1450 stored at the back of the Ferrymead Railway locomotive shed for the last 30 odd years, is one of only three survivors from seven examples of this famous geared loco design imported to New

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Zealand from the Heisler Locomotive Works, Erie, Pennsylvania between 1903 and 1924. It is also notable as being the very last geared steam lokey to be used in the timber industry, finally retiring in March 1968. The Heisler was one of the three main types of geared logging locomotives designed and manufactured in the United States, and the last of the three to be developed. The other two being the Climax Manufacturing Co, of Corry, Pennsylvania and the Shay Locomotives manufactured by the Lima locomotive works of Lima, Ohio. Charles L Heisler received a patent for the design in 1892 following the construction of a prototype in 1891. The design was quite similar to a Climax locomotive, but the Heisler did however have several design advantages over the Climax. The transmission was a much simpler concept. The crankshaft was incorporated directly into the lineshaft, eliminating a set of gears and much vibration. Further, the lineshaft was connected to just one axle on each bogie, replacing two further set of gears with simple pairs of side rods and avoiding the complicated skew bevel gears. This gave the Heisler the best riding qualities and the highest top speed of the US logging lokeys. Moreover the gears were totally enclosed in a housing which provided constant lubrication and excluded water and grit. On the downside the Heisler truck was poorly sprung relative to the Climax reducing its flexibility on uneven track.

Heisler 1450 at Ngahere in August 1966. Photo R.P.Barker (NZRLS Collection)

The first Heislers were built from 1891 by the Dunkirk Engineering Company of Dunkirk, New York, at the time producer of their own design of geared locomotive (called naturally enough the Dunkirk), of which the Heisler could be considered an improvement. They did not adopt the Heisler design, but in 1894 the Stearns Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania started to produce Heislers, and built them until 1904. Reorganised as the Heisler Locomotive works in 1907, it produced locomotives of the Heisler design until 1941 when development of internal combustion designs caused the company to cease producing locomotives. The very last locomotive for their Gladstone tramway, but as Heisler had gone out of business two years previously they placed an order instead with A & G Price of Thames. The resulting locomotive, maker's NO 148 of 1944, was the last Heislerdesign steam locomotive to be built anywhere. It followed Heisler practice closely but with the addition of a Belpaire firebox and frontmounted water tanks that with a unique curved leading edge. This historic locomotive survives at the Canterbury Steam Preservation Society at Mcleans Island behind Christchurch Airport, and has recently received a thorough overhaul to full working order. The subject of this article, Heisler no. 1450, was ordered in 1921 by the Bartholomew Land and Timber Company for their Te Whetu timber tramway between Tokoroa and Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty. This company had commenced operations at Te Whetu in 1910 and was one of

Heisler geared lokey was manufactured in 1939; works number 1627, for logging in the Phillipines.
In 1943 Ogilvie and Co Sawmillers of Hokitika wished to order a Heisler

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This burnt down prior to 1929 and was rebuilt near Nelson Creek. In 1937 the Nelson Creek mill burnt down and a new mill was built at Ngahere by New Forest Sawmilling Co. Obviously mill fires were not uncommon in the timber industry! A second similar mill unit was added shortly after the main mill was built and this operated periodically until about 1950. The main mill eventually closed in 1974 when the company took up shares in Hokitika Bandmills and transferred their timber cut to them. New forest Sawmilling had used an eclectic band of locomotives on their tramway including a Johnston 16 wheeler, Heisler 1494 (now statically preserved on display at Shantytown) ex NZ Midland Railway (and NZR) La 314 and Dubs C 802 a former Westport section C class 0-42. They also operated several internal combustion locos including a Dispatch log hauler , two planet locomotives and three petrol powered railcars. In 1965 the boiler of New Forests Heisler 1494 was finally condemned (after operating at 110 1b since 1962). The company still required a shunter to transfer wagons from the mill to the NZR Ngahere yard about half a mile away. They came to an arrangement to purchase Heisler 1450 from Ogilvie s for this purpose. After it was trucked from Gladstone to Ngahere, it shunted the mill there from mid 1965 until the 29th of March 1968 when it was finally retired. It thus became the final geared steam lokey to work in the New Zealand timber industry and is therefore historically important.

Another view of Heisler 1450 shunting the New Forest Sawmill at Ngahere in July 67. Photo D.L.A Turner
the largest native timber producers in the North Island. The loco operated here between 1923 and 1950. After a couple of years out of use it was purchased by Ogilvie and Co Sawmillers of Hokitika and shipped to the West Coast in 1953. Here it operated on this companys extensive tramway operating from their mill at Gladstone between Greymouth and Kumara Junction until the late 1950s. The main part of the Ogilvies Tram closed in 1959 but the extensive yard around the mill and some smaller spurs survived into the mid sixties. No 1450 was used to lift parts of the top end of their tram during the early 60s and was then laid up at Gladstone with two of their other locomotives. The Heisler at least still had a boiler certificate. Another West Coast Sawmilling operation The New Forest Sawmilling Co had used a number of locomotives to shunt their mill at Ngahere between Stillwater and Reefton after their own tramway to Nelson Creek and beyond had closed about 1955-56 The history of this company is quite complicated. It started with the

Forest Sawmilling Co that was formed in 1913 by J Nyberg and others to run Nybergs mill at Nelson Creek. Reese Brothers from Christchurch in 1916 purchased a major interest in the company and in 1918 the mill name was changed from Nybergs to Forest Sawmilling Co. The mill closed in 1922 and the company went into liquidation in 1929.
The New Forest Sawmilling Co built a mill at Bell Hill in 1922 using equipment from the Forest Sawmilling Co Nelson Creek mill.

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On arrival at Ferrymead the loco still held a boiler certificate, and was steamed on two or three occasions before this expired in January 1969. (See the Wilson Lythgoe photo with this article). Following the expiry of the boiler certificate the late Garth Beardsley and some other members stripped off the boiler backhead fittings and the boiler cladding. However this was as far as work went and the loco sat in open air storage until the new locomotive shed was built in the 1980s. Since then it has sat forlornly at the back of the shed keeping company with other out of service or unrestored engines including C 864 and Wf 893. One or two items from the Heisler including the steam brake, appear to have disappeared over the

In mid 1965 the Heisler is transported through Greymouth on its way from Gladstone to New Forest's mill at Ngahere. 'Inksters Photo' , NZRLS collection
In the late 1960s the Canterbury Branch of the NZ Railway and Locomotive Society (Now the Canterbury Railway Society) were actively seeking locomotives and rolling stock for their proposed Ferrymead Railway. While the focus was predominantly on redundant NZR equipment the Society approached Reese Brothers the owners of New Forest Sawmilling, who generously donated for preservation Heisler 1450 and A & G Price built Cb 113 of 1924, that had been derelict in the gorse and blackberries at Nelson Creek since the mid 1950s. The Cb was transported to Ferrymead in February 1968 and the Heisler followed over Lewis Pass on the 6th October 1968, again transported by the late Tom Gilroys heavy transporter. Tom performed many valuable movements for the early Canterbury Branch NZRLS.

Three years later on the 6th October 1968 the loco is on its way from Ngahere to Ferrymead after being donated to the Canterbury Branch of the NZRLS. Photo Ken Philpott

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New Zealand Railscene 2014 Colour Calendar and DVD Blackfish Publishing and Majik Video Systems

On the date of perhaps its last ever steaming, the 25 January 1969, the Heisler shunts now unique horsebox Ug 137 at a very undeveloped Ferrymead site. Photo Wilson Lythgoe.
intervening years but given amount of stuff in storage Ferrymead it is not out of question that these may turn eventually. the at the up available the Heisler may be statically restored for display in the new museum. Id like to thank a number of people for their help in providing information for the preparation of this brief article and also for the use of their valuable photographs including; Colin Barry, Ian Tibbles, Alan Burney, Murray Blair, Keith Brown, Ken Philpott, Bill Prebble, D.L.A Turner and Jim Staton.

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It is fair to say that the Heisler is not high on the list of priority restorations for the Cantebury Railway Society, as they already have the restored Cb as an example of Bush Tramway technology and the generally worn out condition of the lokey would make a return to steam expensive and time consuming. Like the Cb loco it would also be too slow for normal passenger services. For the same reasons, it will probably not initially at least be an exhibit in the National Railway Museum when it opens, but given its inherent historical importance as the last operating geared bush lokey and as one of only 3 surviving Heislers in New Zealand, one hopes that eventually when funds become

This calendar features the photos of Janet Weir with text by Lindsay Benbrook. The extremely clear and well reproduced images cover a range of both contemporary KiwiRail Scenes and images taken on a number of our heritage railways. It covers everything from Standard Railcar Rm 30 at the Silverstream Railway to a shot of a pair of KiwiRails new Chinese built DL class heading a train on the North Island Main Trunk for driver training. The accompanying DVD by Lindsays Majik Video Systems covers a range of mainline steam trips over the previous year including (amongst others) the Waikato Explorer, the first run for Ja 1240 since restoration and a special run by Wab on a private charter to Hamilton for the Lodge Tawhiri Centennial celebrations. Other items include a Kiwirail segment , the GVR railfans day and a feature on the Forgotten World Adventures operating converted golf carts on the former Stratford to Okahukura line west of Taumaranui. For those familiar with Lindsays Railscene DVDs, this is a very similar format produced to a high

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standard featuring a range of contemporary rail happenings with the addition of the calendar for the coming year. Available now at the Museum shop. THE NEW ZEALAND RAILWAY OBSERVER August/September 2013 NZRLS 79 pages A4 Smaller features are some marvellous historical photos from the G.E.Arundel collection in the NZRLS archives compiled by Bill Prebble; some notes on the arrangements made in March 1878 to transport the Cooper and Baileys Circus from Bushey to Oamaru by Bill Cowan, Riding the Forgotten World Railway (the closed Stratford to Okahukura line) on golf carts by Bruce Hermann; an article on three former Auckland region turntables (including the NRMNZs) by Graeme McClare. The magazines regular features including the Down at the Station and On the Heritage Lines news snippets as well as letters to the Editor are also present as usual. Graeme Carter and Lindsay Stockbridge continue to produce an interesting and well presented magazine with a range of articles for the discerning railfan in both New Zealand and those with an interest overseas in the NZ scene. The latest quarterly New Zealand Railway Observer magazine from the NZ Railway and Locomotive Society has arrived at the museum shop. Like the NZ Railfan magazine, the contents provide a variety of both historical and contemporary NZ Rail content. Feature articles in this issue cover; The Port of Tauranga and the history of their Sulphur Point container terminal by Rochelle Lockley; a further memoir of his NZR career by Ray Thompson covering working in the Wellington car yard shunt and a fascinating history of Blackball and the Roa incline (part 1 of 2) by Colin Barry. PASSING TRAINS 2014 COLOUR CALENDAR TRIPLE M PUBLICATIONS It always astonishes me the continuing range of high quality historic images sourced from a range of different photographers for this calendar. This years issue features images ranging in time from a 1955 Keith Cullen shot of a Baldwin Ub departing Greymouth for Hokitika to a 1979 Kevin Ward shot of a Popsicle liveried Dx loco on a northbound freight at Mercer. Geographically it ranges from Parawa in Southland to the main street of Kawakawa in Northland. This latter shot by Wilson Lythgoe taken from a Da hauled mixed train also features a Bedford bus of the somewhat neglected Railways Road Services, for so long such an important nationwide transport network. The colour printing by Southern Colour Print of Dunedin is to its usual high standard and the calendar retains its thirteen month format with a January 2015 page and photo. Because of its varied historic images, personally this remains my favourite of the New Zealand Rail themed calendars.

APPEAL FOR HELP

The museum shop is struggling to get enough staff to cover the three days of Labour Weekend the 26th to 28th of October, during the Rail 150 celebrations. If you are perhaps able to help, please contact Brian Wheatley 021 148 2868. You would be rostered with another person. We have just received the 2014 issue of this long running calendar produced by Triple M Publications and NZ Railfan Magazine.

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SUBMIT AN ARTICLE Got something to say? Write a letter to the editor. Want to write an article to be published in this newsletter, contact us about it. Tell us about your restoration project, explorations or research. It is important. Have a photo of railways importance, submit it along with your write-up and we may feature it. All photos should be of print quality, full credit will be given for any item or picture used. We look forward to hearing from you. WE WANT YOUR STUFF We want your old stuff!! If you are having a clean out or have any unwanted railways related items, before you throw them out, please contact us. Once an offer has been accepted we may even be able to offer assistance with the cost to get your items to us Almost any railway-related items can potentially be of interest. Photographs, historical material and artefacts may be potentially valuable museum exhibits. Old magazines, books and DVD's are always in demand in our shop. No matter how big, small or insignificant an item may seem to you, please let us be the judge. Please let either Colin Dash collections@nzrailmuseum.com ph 03 358-8215 or Gordon Bartram newsletter@nzrailmuseum.com ph 03 339-2622 know. A great source of direct contact is always at the shop in Moorhouse Station open on any Ferrymead Railway running day, someone is always there that you can speak to. MONETARY DONATIONS Monetary donations are always acceptable for Museum purposes, and as the Museum has a Charitable status, your donations are tax deductable. Bequests to the museum may be registered with your solicitors, please ask us for the form for that purpose.

CONTACT DETAILS Postal: National Railway Museum of New Zealand P.O. Box 19027 Woolston Christchurch 8241 New Zealand Email: Chairman: John Peterson. chairman@nzrailmuseum.com Collections: Colin Dash. collections@nzrailmuseum.com Publications & Sales: sales@nzrailmuseum.com Newsletter Editor Gordon Bartram newsletter@nzrailmuseum.com Website: www.nzrailmuseum.com

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