North Island Main Trunk : an illustrated history
Maker and role
Bill Pierre, Author
Production date
1981
Object detail
Accession number
PUB-2017-47.17
Maker
Description
Part 1: the genesis
1. north island at the dawn of its railway age
Part 2: the pathfinders
2. surveys and surveyors
3. rochfort's survey of the central route
4. the te awamutu - Hawke's bay reconnaissance
5. a line to taranaki: surveys of ross, holmes, carkeek
6. hazards of the surveyor's location
Part 3: building the line
7. a twenty-three year stint, 1885-1908
8. the poro-o-tarao and other jobs
10. questions of route and locatoin
11. the co-operative contract era
12. classical resolution of a dilemma
13. Raurimu spiral
14. advance by stealth
15. the two great viaducts: makohine and mangaweka
16. resolved - no deviation from the line surveyed
17. rise in tempo
18. the final assault
19. the great makatote
20. closing the rail-gap, 3 august 1908
21. work and play on construction works
Part 4: the early overlanders
22. overland before the through-trains
23. getting the first train through
24. acquisition of the wellington and manawatu company's railway
Part 5: a new era in north island railway travel
25. inauguration of main trunk express trains
26. new cars for main trunk expresses
27. steam locomotive engineering comes of age
Part 6: the chequered course of betterment
28. review and projection 1913
29. energy crisis in world war 1
30. gordon coates' programme 1923-1925
31. the fay-raven commission
32. sequel to the fay-raven visit
33. the railway's image according to coates
34. depression, recovery and wartime again
35. betterment by deviation
36. the permanent way
37. tangiwai 1906 and sequel
Part 7: running the trains
38. tablets, woods looks, train control and all that
Part 8. which source of energy-coal, electricity, oil?
39. peace-time preoccupation with coal economy, 1925-39
40. fuel economy in world war 2
41. bequest of wartime, problems of the peace 1946
42. the light that failed: the aickin electrificatoin proposals of 1950
43. aickin's report substantiated: the report of thelander and edenius
44. electrification: non-event
Part 9: revolution of the sixties
45. consumer goods vs consumers
46. development of daylight travel
47. intensification of goods traffic
Part 10: conclusion
48. special function of railway emerges
49. people moved from island to island
50. rape of the forest
51. envoi
1. north island at the dawn of its railway age
Part 2: the pathfinders
2. surveys and surveyors
3. rochfort's survey of the central route
4. the te awamutu - Hawke's bay reconnaissance
5. a line to taranaki: surveys of ross, holmes, carkeek
6. hazards of the surveyor's location
Part 3: building the line
7. a twenty-three year stint, 1885-1908
8. the poro-o-tarao and other jobs
10. questions of route and locatoin
11. the co-operative contract era
12. classical resolution of a dilemma
13. Raurimu spiral
14. advance by stealth
15. the two great viaducts: makohine and mangaweka
16. resolved - no deviation from the line surveyed
17. rise in tempo
18. the final assault
19. the great makatote
20. closing the rail-gap, 3 august 1908
21. work and play on construction works
Part 4: the early overlanders
22. overland before the through-trains
23. getting the first train through
24. acquisition of the wellington and manawatu company's railway
Part 5: a new era in north island railway travel
25. inauguration of main trunk express trains
26. new cars for main trunk expresses
27. steam locomotive engineering comes of age
Part 6: the chequered course of betterment
28. review and projection 1913
29. energy crisis in world war 1
30. gordon coates' programme 1923-1925
31. the fay-raven commission
32. sequel to the fay-raven visit
33. the railway's image according to coates
34. depression, recovery and wartime again
35. betterment by deviation
36. the permanent way
37. tangiwai 1906 and sequel
Part 7: running the trains
38. tablets, woods looks, train control and all that
Part 8. which source of energy-coal, electricity, oil?
39. peace-time preoccupation with coal economy, 1925-39
40. fuel economy in world war 2
41. bequest of wartime, problems of the peace 1946
42. the light that failed: the aickin electrificatoin proposals of 1950
43. aickin's report substantiated: the report of thelander and edenius
44. electrification: non-event
Part 9: revolution of the sixties
45. consumer goods vs consumers
46. development of daylight travel
47. intensification of goods traffic
Part 10: conclusion
48. special function of railway emerges
49. people moved from island to island
50. rape of the forest
51. envoi
Media/Materials
Physical description
xvii, 300 p. : illustrations , maps, plans, portraits ; 25 cm.
ISBN/ISSN
0589013165
Collection
Credit line
Bill Pierre. 1981. North Island Main Trunk : an illustrated history, PUB-2017-47.17. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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