BIG PROGRAMME OF BUILDING

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23002, 23 April 1940, Page 15

BIG PROGRAMME OF BUILDING

Railway Workshops Busy * increasing efficiency OP SERVICE extensive constructional pro- - g 3 ®® 6 has been undertaken by the w) . ys at the Addington ' 311(1 in last year 28 i Cars snd 773 new fourbeen buil V ac the Ran * n Cl S lster for Railways. SSi^Si G i Sl, V ivan - ■ The MinisWas ar«wfi Sterday tbat tbe department pursmng its rolli ng-stock *th^ g i? 1 ? J:ne ’ 311(1 tbe achievejected fLi?- last Fear and those protection vn 15 year > should give satis<»pu all users of the railways. 12 Addington during the of 2ft mf to arcb 31 included a total . cars a nd the ■waftann^c ll 3 new four-wheeled 1 0 & s uad the Minister. “The foiincluded in these totals:— 21 1353 56 * feet coupe cars and latest juam line cars of the ■waffPfitt 6 ’ . double-bogie horse-box ins aXVol qmpped with steam-heat-ftmSKSS? l ac r-Uer-bearings; 71 class' sh , e !P waggons; 650 “La” M^ Wb ? eled high-side waggons; j ‘wagHon^ I PfvS )ur o^ beele(l frozen meat / 2“ “Xa” class four**Phf 3 Zf?? alaled waggons. have^wo^t^ llß^ 11 o Workshops also orden^t^iv 1 11 011 tbe following the eonSP? 111 * 8 ‘2? cars and vans, and •waggtSP Val3llt °f 418 four-wheeled 18 se&m^T 1116 w - ay to completion:— VaM^f l^ 5 " aam 11116 cars, 4 brake(3o feet). i 0 “Z” class bogie covhoKßihS? g ® ons ’ three four-wheeled 1 sheen waggons, 295 four-wheeled foS-ww^S 118 * aild I® B “Xa” class "'nj?„Pf d ventilated waggons. rolling-stock recently comconsidPTaKi m - hand at Addington will uiorease the department’s S P aS%^ > t baildle au Classes 0f traffic to Bivo i2 utb and is Expected ehL te.i^ crease 4? satisfaction to farmdmart"~fs and travellers using the - s services, and particularly T tne ,war efforts of the Do- [' ttcon n tiP ff ea '-' r demands are made [ d6 Srtmlit b:anSPOrt resources of the i 1 on't^vvoricstiops also completed work lo r J? 3 ?? electric locomotives tion. Otira-Arthur’s Pass secvice tSf, and placed in serto^sfannt^ 55 ! R/ hupurted rail-trac-settihh^? 1 locomotives, besides ask ‘J’ Placing in service the 10 6outh^ia^? otlves hnported for the 'SfiMs-. -V; ■■ '