Trains / Trams / Rail

Undated. New Zealand railway history.

1987. New Zealand railway history.

1970s. A pictorial history of the steam locomotives of the Glenbrook Vintage Railway.

1967. 1st edition. The stories and experiences of a railway enthusiast who spent hundreds of hours riding the rails throughout New Zealand during their glory days of steam and diesel.

1973. 1st edition. Experiences during a decade on the footplate during the depression years, living in the Railway Company huts in the North Island high country.

1971. 1st edition. An interesting, and now scarce, chapter in New Zealand's rail history.

1965. A review of nearly 120 different types of locomotive that have seen use on the New Zealand Government Railways.

1985. 1st edition. SIGNED. From the author of The End of the Penny Section comes an illustrated history of the birth and evolution of the tramcar in New Zealand.

1996. This is a unique photographic portfolio of Auckland as it was in the 1950s, the trams, the people, the suburbs, the streets, the shops and the advertising of the period.

1981. 1st edition. A fine record of a unique engineering achievement that played such an important part in the development of the country.

1923. A scenic guide book "Through the Heart of the Sierra" on the Line of the Southern Pacific-American Canyon route via Oregon.

1982. 1st edition. New Zealand rail history.

1968. Rare Christchurch tram ephemera.

1974. 1st edition. A selection of articles collected from the New Zealand Railway Observer magazine mostly concerning steam locomotives including the K classes.

Undated. A guide to the management of engines, boilers and pumps, and to examinations for certificates for Stationary engine drivers.

1890. The author has had an experience of over thirty years with all classes of steam-engines and boilers.

1943. Rule book for all employees of the New Zealand Railways Department who are connected with the running of trains.

1937. Vintage handbook issued by New Zealand Railways.

Undated. A selection of 80 photographs of derailments, mishaps and accidents over the past 25 years of New Zealand rail history.

1963. Fascinating survey of 100 years of New Zealand Railway locomotives and rolling stock assembled for the railway's Centennial celebration in 1963.

A small booklet on the Wellington-Manawatu Railway company.

2009. 1st edition. A splendid photographic collection of the history of trams, from Auckland, New Zealand to Perth, Australia and many places in between.

1990. A detailed historical study of New Zealand railways and the regional networks.

1975. New Zealand rail history.

1978. A photographic history of trams in Wellington.

Undated. Regional rail history in New Zealand.

1985. 1st edition. When one conjures up an image in one's mind of the North Island Main Trunk Railway, there is perhaps one locomotive type that instinctively becomes part of that image.

1984. 1st edition. This book is directed at those who intend to rediscover the old line for themselves, for the route from Cross Creek to Kaitoke is now part of a walking track which each year attract

1983. 1st edition. These pages record in both word and picture not only those early days of the North Island Main Trunk line, but the progress and development that has followed.

1989. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history, published by the Tramway Historical Society and the Wellington Tramway Museum Inc.

2013. This is the story of how Mainline Steam Trust has become one of New Zealand's most active rail preservation groups.

1975. A short narrative of the early days of the Wairarapa, the coming of the Fell engines and the impact of the tunnel on the district.

1989. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history, published by the Tramway Historical Society and the Wellington Tramway Museum Inc.

1961. Year book of the Railway Enthusiasts' Society.

1960. Year book of the Railway Enthusiasts' Society.

1992. A directory and handbook of the locomotives in use in New Zealand.

1976. A review of New Zealand Rail for the year ended 31st March.

1974. 1st edition. In 1974, Melbourne was the only city in the English-speaking world with an extensive and still-thriving tramway system.

1976. Fascinating history of the construction and operation of the Cairns Railway, both main and branch lines.

undated. New Zealand rail history devoted to preserving the last years of steam trains in New Zealand for present and future generations.

2015. 1st edition. A book commemorating the Wellington Tramway Museum from 1965-2015.

1946. Former railwayman Thomas Haughey describes various anecdotes from decades of experience with New Zealand Rail, combined with some solid history of English rail as well.

1989. New Zealand rail history.

1997. Fascinating pictorial essay of the cable cars and electric tramways that crisscrossed Dunedin, New Zealand during the 1950s.

c 1980s. This collection of writings from an author who has contributed to many magazines and newspapers centres on Blackball, on the West Coast, where her father was stationed as a guard.

1975. A booklet using some of the many photographs that appeared in the pages of 'The Express', the monthly news magazine that appeared over a period of seven years, 1963 - 1970.

1993. An interesting selection of black and white and colour photographs depicting diesel-hauled trains at work in the South Island landscape during the 1970s and and 1980s.

1995. 1st edition. A collection of funny and fascinating stories about the folklore of our railways. Many will make you laugh, others are remarkable and heroic.

1995. 1st edition. A pictorial documentary of the years 1955-1995 on New Zealand railways

1980. An album of tramcars, those marvellous 'electric land-galleons' that travelled out streets providing a public transport service that became an essential part of our everyday life.

1978. 1st edition. A fascinating history of the construction of New Zealand's Kaimai Tunnel on the East Coast Main Trunk Railway.

1990. 1st edition. A collection of funny and fascinating stories about the folklore of our railways.

1980. Guidebook to the National Railways Museum of Zimbabwe.

1997. History of steam trains in New Zealand, covering branch lines and technical information. Includes a compilation of over 190 of the best colour photos taken of New Zealand steam locomotives.

1999. A pictorial smorgasbord of 176 photographs of Wellington streets as they grew and developed through the 20th century.

1998. Wonderful collection of many of W. W. "Bill" Stewart's oil paintings of New Zealand locomotives made over the course of many decades.

1985. Fantastic item of New Zealand Rail history.

1998. 1st edition. The author's experience on travelling. A good story, especially as some trains have stopped operating.

1981. Publication issued by the West Auckland Historical Society to commemorate a century of trains in Henderson, Auckland.

1973. Independent monthly magazine for rail enthusiasts.

2014. A rich, loving and lavish record of how New Zealanders have interacted with trains and railways since first European settlement to more recent times.

2012, 1st edition. British rail history.

2000. A pictorial history of the railways around Stafford.

1984. New Zealand rail locomotive history concerning two salvaged locomotives from the West Coast of New Zealand.

1970. 1st edition. New Zealand Steam Railway history. SIGNED.

1975. New Zealand rail history.

1983. 1st edition. British rail history illustrated with monochrome images.

1968. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1967. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1968. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1968. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1966. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1967. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1966. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1968. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1967. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1967. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1968. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1966. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1967. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1966. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1966. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1967. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1964. Octopus edition of Snell's 1964 account of railway history up to WW1.

1949. Vintage technical and reference on rail history.

1969. 1st edition. Describes the fascinating transition from early inventor's development models and instrument maker's patent and exhibition models to the modern commercially produced ones.

2011. Describes the halcyon days of New Zealand rail.

1966. Vintage booklet on New Zealand trams and rail history.

1980. An album of old and familiar faces, of the unsung workhorses of New Zealand's railways.

1994. Beautiful, full color photos of New Zealand steam locomotives from 1955-1971.

1996. 1st edition. A history of the Dun Mountain Railway, which gave access to several of the copper and chromite mines east of Nelson city.

1975. 1st edition. A fascinating and unsentimental look at the development of British steam locomotives.

2009. 1st edition. Describes the manufacturing processes and tools used in railroad construction.

2011. The first of three special titles being published by Silver Link to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Talyllyn Railway in 2011.

2016. 1st edition. New Zealand Railways (NZR) was one the most valuable assets available to the government during WW1.

1910. Originally published by Industrial Publications in 1910, part of the Machinery's Reference Series.

1971. 1st edition. Part of the How to Run series - vintage book on railway construction and operations.

1980. A Lodestar Press farewell to steam trains.

1987. A presents candid accounts of the author's 40 years as an engine driver based in Palmerston North between 1943 and 1983.

1994. 1st edition. SIGNED. Detailed history of the buildings and yards of the Hawkes Bay line in New Zealand.

1990. 1st edition. History of the Otago Central Railway.

1972. Railway history.

2009. First published in 1958, the story of the only family saga which is based around a Welsh narrow gauge railway.

2009. 1st edition. The first book to document Addington's leading role in the manufacture and repair of rolling stock for New Zealand Railways.

1956. A review of nearly 120 different types of locomotive that have seen use on the New Zealand Government Railways.

1962. The pageant of 50 years development - from steam and semaphore signals to colour lights, diesels, and 25kV electrics.

1997. 1st edition.

1996. 1st edition. From the author of The End of the Penny Section comes the in-depth story of the New Zealand tram as a public transport vehicle.

1973. Fully revised and enlarged 1993.

1999. Although published in 1999 when the WHR ran only from Caernarfon to Dinas, John Stretton covers the whole route through to Porthmadog.

2011. 1st edition. Railway history, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Talyllyn Railway in 2011.

2012. Railway history.

2020. British railway history

1974. 1st edition. History of the Hawke's Bay Railway.

2006.

1995. Traces the history of trains including all important developments in the history of the train.

2000. 1st edition. Airplanes, trains, bicycles, rickshaws, sailboats, ocean liners, automobiles, even the Zeppelin - a book of memorable images of these ingenious inventions.

1975. 1st edition. A commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway- the first public railway in the world.