Re: 80th anniversary of suburban 1500 V dc electrification

[David McLoughlin <davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz>]

David Langley wrote:
> 
> David McLoughlin wrote:
> 
> > Electrification in New Zealand finished last year? What were those
> > trains running under wires I saw last week around Wellington, and the
> > ones running under wires between Hamilton and Palmerston North?
> 
> I'm sure, as you will agree, that he means Authur's Pass to Otira only. Sometimes
> when we are replying to postings in the dead of night, we let our grammar slip a
> little. Historical facts should always be accurate though.

You can't be sure with Patrick Dunford. He lives in Christchurch, a
parochial South Island town and AFAIK he has never been out of it, so he
possibly doesn't know about the North Island electrified systems. A week
ago in a New Zealand newsgroup, he said that the Big Red Bus Company was
the main bus company in Wellington. In fact Stagecoach bought Wellington
City Transport (which ran the big reds) in 1992.

David McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand