Great New Zealand railway journeys / Graham Hutchins.

By:

Hutchins, Graham

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Exisle, 2008.Description: 176 p. : col. ill., maps ; 22 x 29 cmISBN:

9781877437281 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

919.304 22

LOC classification:

HE3550.5 .H88 2008

Partial contents:

A train runs through it: The art deco express.

Kingston Flyer -- Taieri Gorge Railway -- Seasider -- TranzAlpine -- TranzCoastal -- Weka Pass Railway -- Wairarapa train -- Wellington to Johnsonville -- Capital Connection -- Art Deco Express -- Overlander -- Train to Waitakere

Summary: The author takes twelve great railway journeys throughout New Zealand, describing the main features of the landscape while conversing with fellow-travellers he meets along the way. Well informed on New Zealand's past, he offers historical information on the areas he is passing through, mourns the lines that have been lost, and for dedicated rail buffs he also provides technical details about the trains themselves.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 176).

A train runs through it: The art deco express.

The author takes twelve great railway journeys throughout New Zealand, describing the main features of the landscape while conversing with fellow-travellers he meets along the way. Well informed on New Zealand's past, he offers historical information on the areas he is passing through, mourns the lines that have been lost, and for dedicated rail buffs he also provides technical details about the trains themselves.

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