RAIL TRANSPORT

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 35, 10 February 1926, Page 10

RAIL TRANSPORT

FORD RAIL-CAR LEAVES FOR

GREYTOWN.

The first of the Ford type of railcar constructed at the Petone Workshop's 'for use on small branch lines, a picture of which appears on page 7 of.-this - issue of "The Post," left early this morning for Greytown, where it is to commence service in a few days. The new vehicle is capable of negotiating all but the steepest grades on the New Zealand railway lines, but wa3 unable to travel up to Grey town by ,tlie more direct line over the Rimutakas, being run up to Palmerston North and through to Greytown, via the Manawatu Gorge. One of the great, advantages of the rail-car is that it is worked by one man, who may actually control tho vehicle and collect fares as well, as is the case with the drivers of motor-buses in the city. A second rail conveyance of the same type ..is being constructed at Petone, but it has riot yet been decided on what line it is to run. The car is essentially a branchline vehicle for use on those lines on which ordinary trains are not paying by reason of the disproportion.between revenue and winning costs. ' The Clayton steam wagon, the selfcontained single coach conveyance, which has also been constructed at the Petono Workshops, is still undergoing tests.