(5) A busy scene on the waterfront at Auckland, where shipping from the seven seas is to be found all the year round. The facilities for the handling of the largest at Auckland are among the best in New Zealand. (6) The portal of the Otira-Arthur's Pass tunnel, showing a portion of the electrical wiring and equipment. The tunnel is five miles long, and is the longest railway tunnel in the British Empire. Only electric locomotives are used for the Otira tunnel traffic. (7) The Dominion Monarch, largest and most modern unit in the extensive fleets of overseas liners trading between Great Britain and New Zealand. Of 27,155 tons, she was built last year to the order of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company.
(2) A modern streamlined locomotive of a type flow being introduced into the New Zealand railway system. It was made at the Railway Workshops at Hillside. (3) A contrast in lines and power. The Pilgrim, the tiny train which made the first journey from Dunedin to Christchurch. (4) A new unit in railway transport, the railcar Aotea, designed and built by New Zealand ngineers.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24022, 22 January 1940, Page 13 (Supplement)
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188(5) A busy scene on the waterfront at Auckland, where shipping from the seven seas is to be found all the year round. The facilities for the handling of the largest at Auckland are among the best in New Zealand. (6) The portal of the Otira-Arthur's Pass tunnel, showing a portion of the electrical wiring and equipment. The tunnel is five miles long, and is the longest railway tunnel in the British Empire. Only electric locomotives are used for the Otira tunnel traffic. (7) The Dominion Monarch, largest and most modern unit in the extensive fleets of overseas liners trading between Great Britain and New Zealand. Of 27,155 tons, she was built last year to the order of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company. (2) A modern streamlined locomotive of a type flow being introduced into the New Zealand railway system. It was made at the Railway Workshops at Hillside. (3) A contrast in lines and power. The Pilgrim, the tiny train which made the first journey from Dunedin to Christchurch. (4) A new unit in railway transport, the railcar Aotea, designed and built by New Zealand ngineers. Otago Daily Times, Issue 24022, 22 January 1940, Page 13 (Supplement)
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