SOCIETY TRIP TO HORTON MEDIA
Lockdowns have put almost everything on the back burner, and three of our MOTAT Society excursions have had to be put on a backburner...
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Henry Swan
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
FAREWELL TO KEN NEWLAND & OTHERS
I 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...
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Mike Smith
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
THE RESTORATION HISTORY OF SHORT SUNDERLAND RNZAF S/N NZ 4115
A short history of Shorts Sunderland NZ 4115 1945 - Manufactured by Short Brothers in Northern Ireland for the RAF. Manufacturer’s...
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Louis Eaton
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
WORK IN PROGRESS – THE PRINT SHOP
Although being a difficult and stressful time for many, reaching level 3 of lockdown presented a special opportunity for some works to be...
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Bruce Wild
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
JIM 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...
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James Duncan
- Jun 24, 2021
- 13 min
MOTAT’s Queen of the Rails
How one of Auckland’s Last Trams contributed to the development of the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT). - By James Duncan Tram...
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John Tutchen
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
MOTSOC 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....
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Bruce Wild
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
MAUNGAUIKA/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...
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Henry Swan
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
THE RADIAL ENGINE
All volunteers are asked questions by the visitors to MOTAT and frequently ADH volunteers are questioned as to how the radial engine...
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Richard Kearney
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
BOOKMARKS PRINTED ON ARAB TREADLE PRESS
The MOTAT print shop has a tradition of printing bookmarks. From the classic designs for visitors to collect from the take home shelf, to...
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Henry Swan
- Jun 24, 2021
- 4 min
SOCIETY TRIP TO WHANGAREI MUSEUMS
Some 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,...
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Richard Croker
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
DAVID MARTIN (1936-2021) HONORARY LIFE MEMBER MOTAT SOCIETY
David 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...
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Administrator
- Jun 24, 2021
- 1 min
RECOLLECTIONS: BRUCE JOHNSON REMEMBERS THE 1954 ROYAL TOUR
Our April issue of Squeaky Wheel contained a fantastic article by Rail's Rick Shreuder regarding the restoration of the A1819 Dining Car,...
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James Duncan
- Apr 23, 2021
- 7 min
GOING HAPPILY HOME TO CHOYSA
Auckland’s “Teetotal” Trolley bus No.115 Specially Brewed by James Duncan Originally published on 'Stories from MOTAT' During the 1960s...
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Henry Swan
- Apr 23, 2021
- 3 min
VACREATION - NZ INNOVATION IN 1923
Oh we are so spoiled in this twenty first century, and you know even in the twentieth it was heads up toward cruisy with a constant...
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Makyla Curtis
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
PRINT SHOP 1ST QUARTER MARCH 2021
The print shop holds a large amount of moveable metal type used for compositing and printing. All of this type has been accumulated...
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Kasserine Ross-Sheppard
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
MOTAT CONSERVATION TEAM UPDATE
ATB Sign (2014.297) Borer Treatment This month the whole team worked on treating the Auckland Transport Board sign for active borer....
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Makyla Curtis
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
GRAHAM O'KEEFFE: FAREWELL FROM THE PRINT SHOP
At the end of 2020 we celebrated Graham’s successes in the MOTAT team as he moved on to pastures anew. Graham O’Keeffe joined the MOTAT...
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Rick Schreuder
- Apr 23, 2021
- 3 min
"A1819" - THE ROYAL CONNECTION
Rail section is now two years into an extensive overhaul of A1819, a 1934 steel panelled carriage. This is the first major carriage...
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