THE MAIN TRUNK LINE.
ROLLING STOCK IN MANUFAC TURE.
PROVISION FOR SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION.
Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 30. Tho rolling stock for the through trains on tho Alain Trunk line is being made both at Wellington anil Auckland, and before leaving Auckland Sir Joseph Ward told a “Herald” reporter that ample sleeping accommodation would bo provided for all who were likely to want berths. There were, lie said, now under construction for the through trains, four dining-cars, forty-four 50ft carriages, and eight bogie brake vans, while for tho Auckland section the rolling stock under construction included ten locomotives, 20 bogie waggons, and 346 four-wlieeler waggons. On the Auckland section at present there were 5J locomotives, 153 carriages, 55 brake vans, 2066 waggons, seating accommodation in cars for 6780 passengers, and a carrying capacity by waggons of 17,518 toils.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2153, 31 March 1908, Page 2
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138THE MAIN TRUNK LINE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2153, 31 March 1908, Page 2
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