HEAVY GOODS TRAFFIC
NORTHERN RAILWAY LINE [from our own correspondent] WELLSFORD, Thursday Tho goods traffic on the North Auckland railway line -has been very heavy since the beginning of the year and in addition to the regular goods and mixed trains a number of specials have had to run to handle the traffic. Stock of all descriptions are the biggest item, large numbers of lambs, sheep and pigs going to the Auckland or Moerewa freezing works. The Railway Department has had to uso open waggons in place of the regular two-decker sheep trucks iii many cases, while thdire has been a shortage of cattle trucks-on a few occasions. In order to improve the facilities at the Wellsford railway yards a large gang of men is*engaged in making extensive alterations and additions to tho existing sidings.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22954, 4 February 1938, Page 13
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