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Tranzrail
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 4:39 AM
just to enligten some of you i thought i would post some pictures of the trains we have over here

this is from my deck

this is not from my deck (sorry there was a misunderstanding in another thread about this)
by the way does anyone know what sought of train that is cause i sure don't LOL
[:D][:)][:)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 5:16 AM
[:0] Wonderful photo, though one could feel that our rail system runs upon the
ground without rails...our locomotives have 4 legs rather than six axles and
finally, methane powered locomotives...!!!
(Well at least any further oil shocks should not effect this countries ability to
run its locomotives...)
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Posted by cacole on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 8:42 PM
From the looks of the fuel tank, it's a General Electric U-boat, but I don't know which one because I'm not that big a fan of diesel engines. As Cornelius Vanderbilt once said, "Give me a steamer and I can do something with it, but I won't have anything to do with your darned diesel" -- or something like that.
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Posted by philnrunt on Wednesday, July 7, 2004 3:43 AM
I would guess a plenty big one.
Keep the pix coming codyr,non-US rails are very neat.
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Posted by robengland on Wednesday, July 7, 2004 5:32 AM
it looks to be a "DX" class, which means it is a GE U26C. It is however 3'6" gauge, as are pretty much all New Zealand railways. Learn more about it here
http://www.tollnz.co.nz/enthusiasts/index.html_trainCategory=3457_trainDetail=4185

here's another one


They can be seen in some awesome settings


Actually I'm a steam man myself


BTW, NZ railways aren't called Tranzrail any more; they are owned by Toll Holdings now and called Toll NZ or somesuch
Rob Proud owner of the a website sharing my model railroading experiences, ideas and resources.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 7, 2004 6:16 PM
well they better fix that logo then
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Posted by robengland on Saturday, July 10, 2004 4:31 PM
They've started repainting. The new colours are green and gold. Couldn't find any pictures on the web, sorry. As those are the national colours of Australia (Toll's home country) they aren't winning any points for cultural sensitivity!!

More NZ rail pictures and links here http://groups.msn.com/kiwirail
Rob Proud owner of the a website sharing my model railroading experiences, ideas and resources.

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