RAILWAY WORKSHOPS.
,'V. . . ft.. ■ ■■■; A BUSY TIME. ■ lax TELfcCRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ; , i AUcklartd, May IS. ■ The railway workshops throughout the D - , Million are at present having an extremely busjf tirrle in' the cbnstfuetioii of rolling stbek. The/ appfoachiflg completion of tho Main Trunk litie at an early date lias, of course, been responsible for an extra but' the expansion of trade oil a wholesale scale throughout tho North Island is .also calling foy largo additions to the available stodk.. Thb Newmarket shops are working at full pressure. When tho'Stock nq\v ill hand is completed there will 'be 3000 Waggons available fot service oil tlld Auckland see T tidii. of. tho railways, these, waggons having a cafiaelty Of from eight to twenty-live toils; The "cbnstrlictloli of , darfiageS: is also proceeding rapidly. Already built and building At Auckland and Wellington ..there are: fbur dining ears for. the Main Think lino, 44 50ft.' carriages, and .8 bogio brako vans. Messrs: Price Bros., of Thames, have under construction ten locomotives for work on the Auckland and Main Trunk Railways.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 7
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174RAILWAY WORKSHOPS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 7
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