New Zealand adventures by rail / Denis Dwyer.

Nā:

Dwyer, Denis, 1943- [author.]

Momo rauemi: Text

TextKaiwhakaputa: Auckland, New Zealand : New Holland Publishers, 2018Whakaahuatanga: 167 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, colour portraits ; 21 cmISBN:

9781869664916
1869664914

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Contents:

1. The Capital connection -- 2. Wellington suburban -- 3. The Wairarapa connection -- 4. The Northern Explorer -- 5. Auckland suburban -- 6. Glenbrook vintage railway -- 7. Driving Creek railway -- 8. The Stratford to Okahukura railway -- 9. The TranzCoastal (today The Coastal Pacific) -- 10. The TranzAlpine -- 11. The Seasider -- 12. Other rail gems.

Summary: "Denis Dwyer has loved rail travel since he travelled by steam train as a boy from Oamaru to Invercargill. Here he travels by rail through New Zealand, bringing the journeys alive with detail and humour. The journeys include the celebrated Northern Explorer, Coastal Pacific and TranzAlpine as well as the spectacular Oamaru Seasider and Taieri Gorge Railway. New Zealand Adventures by Rail pays homage to those who built the railways and trains and those who maintain and run them as well as offering insights into the history of the communities the trains pass through, painting a vivid portrait of the country and its people. Sit back and enjoy journeys through New Zealand, where many of the magnificent views and spectacular landscapes are accessible only by rail"--Back cover.

Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.

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Momo tuemi	Tauwāhi onāianei	Kohinga	Tau karanga	Tūnga	Rā oti	Waeherepae	Ngā puringa tuemi
Nonfiction	Stratford Nonfiction	Nonfiction	385 DWY (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below))	Wātea		A00824857

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Denis Dwyer has loved rail travel since he travelled by steam train as a boy from Oamaru to Invercargill. Here he travels by rail through New Zealand, bringing the journeys alive with detail and humour. The journeys include the celebrated Northern Explorer, Coastal Pacific and TranzAlpine as well as the spectacular Oamaru Seasider and Taieri Gorge Railway. New Zealand Adventures by Rail pays homage to those who built the railways and trains and those who maintain and run them as well as offering insights into the history of the communities the trains pass through, painting a vivid portrait of the country and its people. Sit back and enjoy journeys through New Zealand, where many of the magnificent views and spectacular landscapes are accessible only by rail"--Back cover.

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