The Plains Gazette
- Souvenir Edition
1975 -76
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p1 - articles
"Original"
Flyer may steam once again - Old Press
may turn out another "rag" - Tinwald Domain
offers plenty for all
photos
- The original flyer recoverd from the Oreiti River where
it had been for 47 years -
2 locomotives "A-64 and
JA1260 at The Plains Railway.
p2 - Enthusiasm, dedication ensure past is more than just a
memory -
photos
- a senior member of the society inspects "workings" of an old
chaffcutter
the old Chertsey
railway station donated to The Plains railway
p3 - photos - Mr T. McGuigan, Minister of
Railways, speaks to a capacity crowd before officially declaring
The Plains Railway open 25 November 1973
a 100 year old "Marshall"
portable steam engine is put through its paces by 2 "Plainsmen"
p4 - Rural History section "Clonks" into gear
photo - Electric
tractors in their heyday -
the remains of Mr Tarbotton's electric
tractor which the Society now has in its possession.
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
24 January 2011
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