Henry SwanMar 144 minWONDERFUL WORLD OF ENGINEERINGTo celebrate the wonderful world of engineers, in this issue of the Squeaky Wheel we've chosen to highlight some of our favourite...
AdministratorMar 148 minGRAHAM VOITRE - THE MAN WHO PAINTED THE LAST TRAMSPOTLIGHT ON MOTAT’S ORAL HISTORIES Not generally well known is MOTAT’s considerable and growing oral history repository. Over the last...
AdministratorMar 144 minNOLA MORGAN - MOTAT, A FAMILY AFFAIRSPOTLIGHT ON MOTAT’S ORAL HISTORIES Not generally well known is MOTAT’s considerable and growing oral history repository. Over the last...
Alan CurtisDec 13, 20212 minRETROSPECTIVE OF AN EARLY AUCKLAND TRAMLINENot far from MOTAT, some things haven’t changed much in Kingsland over 100 years. Here we have a set of photographs of A.W. Page’s Store...
AdministratorDec 13, 20211 minVOLUNTEER AWARDS JUNE 2021The MOTAT Society offers a very belated congratulations to all the recipients of the MOTAT Volunteer Awards in June 2021. Ross...
Bill RaynerDec 13, 20212 minRNZAF RABAUL INCIDENTAn early MOTAT Society project was the joint venture with the NZ Fighter Pilots Assn to provide the memorial to eight RNZAF pilots lost...
Henry SwanDec 13, 20214 minSOCIETY TRIP TO HORTON MEDIALockdowns have put almost everything on the back burner, and three of our MOTAT Society excursions have had to be put on a backburner...
Henry SwanDec 13, 20212 minFAREWELL TO KEN NEWLAND & OTHERSI don't believe that any of us at the time had any realisation of the hugeness of the contribution that MOTAT and co-ordinator KEN...
Mike SmithDec 13, 20213 minTHE RESTORATION HISTORY OF SHORT SUNDERLAND RNZAF S/N NZ 4115A short history of Shorts Sunderland NZ 4115 1945 - Manufactured by Short Brothers in Northern Ireland for the RAF. Manufacturer’s...
Louis EatonDec 13, 20213 minWORK IN PROGRESS – THE PRINT SHOPAlthough being a difficult and stressful time for many, reaching level 3 of lockdown presented a special opportunity for some works to be...
Bruce WildDec 13, 20211 minJIM SAVAGE - RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER RETIRES FROM MOTAT RAIL WORKSHOPS With great respect for his mechanical expertise, experience and 40 plus years of service to MOTAT the Society wish to acknowledge the...
James DuncanJun 24, 202113 minMOTAT’s Queen of the RailsHow one of Auckland’s Last Trams contributed to the development of the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT). - By James Duncan Tram...
John TutchenJun 24, 20213 minMOTSOC VISITS THE BUSH TRAMWAY CLUB - PUKEMIRO JUNCTION Blessed, yet again, by the Weather Gods a full busload of Society Members departed MOTAT2 on Sunday 2nd of May in glorious sunshine....
Bruce WildJun 24, 20213 minMAUNGAUIKA/NORTH HEAD EXCURSION Ross “Goldie” Goldsworthy of Military Section suggested this trip to Maungauika/North Head and lead the tour since he knows the way...
Henry SwanJun 24, 20213 minTHE RADIAL ENGINEAll volunteers are asked questions by the visitors to MOTAT and frequently ADH volunteers are questioned as to how the radial engine...
Richard KearneyJun 24, 20212 minBOOKMARKS PRINTED ON ARAB TREADLE PRESSThe MOTAT print shop has a tradition of printing bookmarks. From the classic designs for visitors to collect from the take home shelf, to...
Henry SwanJun 24, 20214 minSOCIETY TRIP TO WHANGAREI MUSEUMSSome days don't start too well but end up just about perfect if you know what I mean. I'm sure that you must have experienced it,...
Richard CrokerJun 24, 20212 minDAVID MARTIN (1936-2021) HONORARY LIFE MEMBER MOTAT SOCIETYDavid Martin was born in the UK and moved to NZ in 1960. Dave joined MOTAT as a volunteer in the Rail Section in 1969 and became...
AdministratorJun 24, 20211 minRECOLLECTIONS: BRUCE JOHNSON REMEMBERS THE 1954 ROYAL TOUROur April issue of Squeaky Wheel contained a fantastic article by Rail's Rick Shreuder regarding the restoration of the A1819 Dining Car,...