The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 7 (December 15, 1926)
Contents
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- Editorial — Christmas p. 2
- Index p. 3
- The Board's Message — Half-Yearly Review p. 4
- The Old and the New — by The Right Honourable Sir Robert Stout p. 6
- Labour-Saving in Hutt Valley Workshops Area — Preparations Well in Hand p. 8
- The Personal Touch — by H. Chapman p. 10
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“Safety” Prize Essay Competition — First Prize Essay p. 12
- First Prize Essay — by P. J. Raleigh p. 12
- Second Prize Essay — by J. C. Batt p. 13
- Third Prize Essay — by A. P. Godber p. 14
- District Advisory Boards — New Plan to Make Co-operation between Public and Railways Effective p. 18
- Early Sleeper-Getting — by Idris p. 20
- Production Engineering — Part VII.: Operation of a Centralised Car and Wagon Shop, Otahuhu — by E. T. Spidy p. 22
- Variety of Suggestions for N.Z.R. — Inventions Committee Has Something to Think About p. 24
- The Royal Show at Auckland p. 28
- A Dickens Christmas — Purple Patches from the “Carol” p. 30
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The Call of the Wild — Record Excursion to Otira p. 34
- [section] p. 34
- Up, Always Up
- Progress on the Pennsylvania Railroad — Modern Signalling Developments p. 38
- “Service” — by P. R. Angus p. 40
- By Those Who Lkeus p. 41
- Modern Shunting Methods — Part VI.: Dimensions and General Arrangement of Marshalling Yards (Contd.) — by S. E. Fay p. 42
- Successful Apprenticeship — by A. Thomson p. 45
- Old Bill and Young Jock — by G. H. England p. 46
- Gross Ton Miles Per Train Hour — A Measure of Performance p. 49
- Morale — by E. J. Barrett p. 50
- “The Plunket Shield“ — New Zealand Wins World Contest in Child Life Saving p. 51
- Palmerston North Show — 2nd to 4th November — Railway Enterprise and Publicity p. 52
- The Working of the Locomotive — by Driver J. E. Hardaker p. 54
- Current Comments p. 57
- A Busy Day at a New Zealand Railway Centre — by W. J. Fergie p. 58
- Business Getting for the N.Z. Railways — by G. T. Wilson p. 60
- Impressions of a Trip from Rotorua to the Wairakei Valley — by W. H. H. Grapes p. 64
- How We Kept Mother's Birthday — As Related by a Member of the Family — by Stephen Leacock p. 68
- The Westinghouse Air Brake p. 70
- Automatic Signalling — Keep the Trains Moving — by W. H. H. Grapes p. 72
- Sixty-four Miles an Hour — An Experimental Trip p. 75
- Interested in Their Jobs — Systematic Methods Appeal to Shops Foremen and Leading Hands p. 76
- What's In A Name? — Some Thoughts on Optical Impressions p. 78
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Suggestions and Inventions — Monetary Awards and Commendations (October) p. 79
- Awards: p. 79
- Commendations:
- Remember
- Promotions Recorded During October p. 80
- Christchurch Railwaymen's Economic Class — by P. R. Angus p. 82
- Wit And Humour p. 84
- Three Wee Maidens p. 85
- Otago Letter — Our Dunedin Representative Opens the Ball p. 87
- Otago Notes p. 88
- Canterbury Notes p. 90
- A Flood Reminiscence — by W. J. Elliott p. 91
- Wellington District Notes p. 92
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Mackechnie's Telegram — by Fishplate p. 94
- [section] p. 94
- A Lesson From Boyhood Joys p. 95
- Variations In Traffic And Revenue — as compared with last year—1st April to 16th October, 1926 p. 96