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C30T on the Tumbarumba Branch

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January 20, 2023
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NSW
C30T on the Tumbarumba Branch.

One of the
disappointing aspects of trying to model the Tumbarumba branch around 1970, was
that very few locomotive classes were used.
After about 1961, virtually all the traffic was handled by 48 class…

British Ugandan Asians at 50 exhibition

Sophie Vohra
January 19, 2023
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Sophie Vohra provides an update on this project, which now includes an exhibition in Search Engine until 25 March 2023.

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Extra buses on Wellington streets

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January 19, 2023
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Metlink is taking measures to ease overcrowding on Wellington's buses, including bringing in charter buses to run extra services. Wellingtonians have been

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Debate over when Christchurch bus timetables will return to normal

Guest authors
January 18, 2023
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Major Christchurch bus operator Go Bus is confident it can overcome the city’s driver shortage and return to normal timetables from February, but the man in cha

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Case for banning some of New Zealand’s shortest flights

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January 13, 2023
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France’s government has banned short haul flights where green alternatives are available. Could New Zealand do the same? Short-hop plane trips produce more cli

Wagga Wagga station. I’ve done with the details

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January 4, 2023
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Wagga
Wagga Station Platform – finishing off.

Welcome to
2023. To celebrate the occasion, I am
calling the Wagga Wagga station model “finished”. Wagga Wagga station in 1994 – picture by John Morrison

As I hinted
on my earlier Blog post,…

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The inquiry into NZ’s regional passenger rail

Guest authors
January 4, 2023
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Opinion. Though opinions on how to achieve it differ, there is at least a general consensus that if New Zealand is serious about dropping its carbon emissions,

Model Railways

Pottington Quay – the new layout and a modelling new year!

admin
January 2, 2023
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I hope everybody has had a fantastic xmas and I wish you all well for the new year. Over the xmas period, alongside eating way […]

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Passenger train from Hamilton to Tauranga on the cards

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January 2, 2023
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A passenger train service connecting Hamilton and Tauranga is in the works after local community initiatives joined forces to come up with a concrete plan – whi

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2022 – A Quiet Year?

gobstopper
January 1, 2023
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Before writing this, I was thinking that 2022 had been a bit dull in OTCM terms, however trying to find a few photos to illustrate this made me think that maybe that was a bit unfair. The start of the year was actually mega productive, the C word meant thee was a lot of time …

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