The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 7 (December 15, 1926)

Contents

• • [cover]
  • [title page]
• • [section]
    • [subsection]
    • Hon Rolleston Wellington
  • Editorial — Christmas
  • Index
  • The Board's Message — Half-Yearly Review
    • [subsection]
    • The Safety Of The London Underground
  • The Old and the New — by Bobby Stout
  • Labour-Saving in Hutt Valley Workshops Area — Preparations Well in Hand
  • The Personal Touch — by H. Chapman
  • “Safety” Prize Essay Competition — First Prize Essay
    • First Prize Essay — by P. J. Raleigh
    • Second Prize Essay — by J. C. Batt
    • Third Prize Essay — by Albert Percy Godber
  • District Advisory Boards — New Plan to Make Co-operation between Public and Railways Effective
  • Early Sleeper-Getting — by Idris
  • Production Engineering — Part VII.: Operation of a Centralised Car and Wagon Shop, Otahuhu — by E. T. Spidy
    • [subsection]
    • Passenger Car Repairs
    • Wagon Repairs
  • Variety of Suggestions for N.Z.R. — Inventions Committee Has Something to Think About
    • [subsection]
    • Adult Classes for Railwaymen
    • N.Z. Society of Accountants — Railways and Shipping
  • The Royal Show at Auckland
  • A Dickens Christmas — Purple Patches from the “Carol”
    • The Day
    • The Dance
    • The Presents
    • The Shops
    • The Pudding
    • A New Game
    • The Conversion
    • Wellington Memorial To Fallen Soldiers
    • Friendship
    • Sincerity
  • The Call of the Wild — Record Excursion to Otira
    • [subsection]
    • Up, Always Up
  • Progress on the Pennsylvania Railroad — Modern Signalling Developments
  • “Service” — by Percy Roy Angus
  • By Those Who Lkeus
  • Modern Shunting Methods — Part VI.: Dimensions and General Arrangement of Marshalling Yards (Contd.) — by S. E. Fay
    • [subsection]
    • Subsidiary Requirements
    • Main Line Alteration — Smart Work at Frankton Junction
  • Successful Apprenticeship — by A. Thomson
    • [subsection]
    • Traffic on British Railways
  • Old Bill and Young Jock — by G. H. England
    • [subsection]
    • Courtesy
  • Gross Ton Miles Per Train Hour — A Measure of Performance
  • Morale — by E. J. Barrett
  • “The Plunket Shield“ — New Zealand Wins World Contest in Child Life Saving
  • Palmerston North Show — 2nd to 4th November — Railway Enterprise and Publicity
    • [subsection]
    • Railway and Publicity Departments' Display
    • The Railway Advertising Branch
  • The Working of the Locomotive — by Driver J. E. Hardaker
    • [subsection]
    • Preparing the Engine
  • Current Comments
    • Business Methods Applied To State Railways
    • Connecting Northern Italy With Central Europe
    • The Toll Of The Motor
    • Honours For Railway Presidents
  • A Busy Day at a New Zealand Railway Centre — by W. J. Fergie
    • [subsection]
    • Railway Training School — Visited by Acting Minister of Railways
      • [subsubsection]
      • A Wonderful Record
  • Business Getting for the N.Z. Railways — by G. T. Wilson
  • Impressions of a Trip from Rotorua to the Wairakei Valley — by W. H. H. Grapes
  • How We Kept Mother's Birthday — As Related by a Member of the Family — by Stephen Leacock
    • [subsection]
    • Amplifying the Plan
    • Heightening Mother's Enjoyment
    • Father's Generous Offer
    • Sheltering Mother from the Racket
    • Lovely Day and Lovely Dinner
    • Giving Mother Her Way
    • A Dog Story
  • The Westinghouse Air Brake
  • Automatic Signalling — Keep the Trains Moving — by W. H. H. Grapes
  • Sixty-four Miles an Hour — An Experimental Trip
  • Interested in Their Jobs — Systematic Methods Appeal to Shops Foremen and Leading Hands
  • What's In A Name? — Some Thoughts on Optical Impressions
    • [subsection]
    • British Railway's Effort To Regain Traffic
    • Kindness
  • Suggestions and Inventions — Monetary Awards and Commendations (October)
    • Awards:
    • Commendations:
    • Remember
  • Promotions Recorded During October
    • Traffic and Stores Branches
    • Locomotive Branch
    • Maintenance Branch
    • From The Bowels Of The Earth
    • A Toast To Laughter
  • Christchurch Railwaymen's Economic Class — by Percy Roy Angus
    • [subsection]
    • Divisional Control
    • Engine Mileage
    • Engine Power and Rolling Stock in South Africa
    • Shopping Engines
    • Rostering Gangs
    • Payment by Results
    • Premium Bonus and Piece Work
    • Safety Devices
    • Selling Transport
  • Wit And Humour
    • Unsocialised Weather
      • [subsubsection]
      • Sociability Vain
    • The Greatest Curse
    • Blood Thicker Than Water
    • Looking for a Reward
  • Three Wee Maidens
    • [subsection]
    • At Addington Workshops
    • A Blacksmith's Economy — by One of Them
    • When Metals Melt
    • Masterton's Response
    • Things Thoughtful
  • Otago Letter — Our Dunedin Representative Opens the Ball
  • Otago Notes
    • [subsection]
    • Train Running Problems
  • Canterbury Notes
    • Sunday Excursion—Otira
    • A Pleasant Gathering
    • Loco Notes
    • Mr. W. J. Elliott Retires
    • Some Opinions On The “N.Z.R. Magazine.”
  • A Flood Reminiscence — by W. J. Elliott
  • Wellington District Notes
    • [subsection]
    • Wellington:
    • Palmerston North:
    • General:
    • The Level Crossing Problem in Canada
    • Testing the Westinghouse — Extract from an old Report
    • Our Winning Way — From the “Auckland Star” of 4th Sept., 1926
  • Mackechnie's Telegram — by Fishplate
    • [subsection]
    • A Lesson From Boyhood Joys
  • Variations In Traffic And Revenue — as compared with last year—1st April to 16th October, 1926
    • [subsection]
    • Revenue

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Title: The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 7 (December 15, 1926)

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