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Rail Heritage in the South Pacific by Rob Merrifield

Rail Heritage in the South Pacific by Rob Merrifield

Rail Heritage in the South Pacific by Rob Merrifield

Bob Merrifield has submitted his second article. This time Bob is providing a look at the early development of New Zealand's railways...

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Public Service Electric Co Hopper Car Fleet in the early 1920s - Fred Heilich III

Public Service Electric Co Hopper Car Fleet in the early 1920s - Fred Heilich III

Public Service Electric Co Hopper Car Fleet in the early 1920s - Fred Heilich III

Back in 1982, several of us wanted to produce an HO scale model of the 2 versions of the Public Service Electric Company hoppers. We got...

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Railroad Passenger Car Restoration in the South Pacific: One Project by Rob Merrifield

Railroad Passenger Car Restoration in the South Pacific: One Project by Rob Merrifield

Railroad Passenger Car Restoration in the South Pacific: One Project by Rob Merrifield

"In early April 2025, I noticed a posting on the Facebook site Pre1895 Railroads and Steam Engines by Madison Kirkman on a New Zealand...

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Dunellen Fire Dept Old #1 1934 Ward LaFrance - Fred 'Dutch' Heilich III

Dunellen Fire Dept Old #1 1934 Ward LaFrance - Fred 'Dutch' Heilich III

Dunellen Fire Dept Old #1 1934 Ward LaFrance - Fred 'Dutch' Heilich III

This blog is not only a tribute to DFD #1, 1934 Ward La France firetruck, but to my father and his contemporaries of the Dunellen Fire...

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