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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Alan Curtis
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
MOTSOC VISIT TO FORT STONY BATTER
The MOTAT Society trip to Fort Stony Batter on Waiheke Island took place on 27th February - a beautiful sunny Saturday. Although we were...
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Graham O'Keeffe
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
GRAHAM O’KEEFFE: REFLECTIONS OF A RETIRED MOTAT PRINT SHOP MANAGER
Retirement is . . . . . . Something to do. It was 2006 and I was considering setting up a print shop in the garage at home when Graham...
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Henry Swan
- Dec 25, 2020
- 1 min
“TOP GUN”
Corny title I know but that is what they are, the newly installed (dummy, but very realistic) guns in the rebuilt front turret of our...
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Alex Smith and Martyn Radford
- Dec 25, 2020
- 6 min
MOTAT VOLUNTEERS’ AUSSIE ADVENTURE - Part Three
The third and final installment of the Aussie Adventure made in October 2019 by five of our active Rail/Steam Volunteers with financial...
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Leyton Chan
- Dec 25, 2020
- 1 min
LUSH AWARD WINNER: JOSEPH DICKSON
When Joseph joined the tramway section - actually we enticed him over from the steam/pumphouse during the Peter Fisk era - being a...
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John Tutchen
- Dec 25, 2020
- 2 min
Seasons Greetings from The MOTAT Society.
As everyone is tired of hearing from all quarters, it’s been a difficult year for obvious Covid-related reasons. Despite that, we in the...
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John Tutchen
- Dec 25, 2020
- 2 min
MOTSoc Meets M3!
Our tour-party in the Conservation Lab. Hi-Viz ensured members not mistaken for artefacts & subsequently subjected to premature preservation
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Alex Smith and Martyn Radford
- Aug 1, 2020
- 6 min
MOTAT Volunteers Aussie Adventure - Part Two
In October 2019, with financial assistance from the MOTAT Society and MOTAT, five active Rail/Steam Volunteers headed to Melbourne,...
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John Tutchen
- Aug 1, 2020
- 1 min
WALSH MEMORIAL LIBRARY NEWS : "Best Reached By Rail"
The new exhibition within the MOTAT library This colourful event is a rolling twelve month display of iconic posters relating to NZ...
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John Tutchen
- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
OUR LATEST MOTAT SOCIETY EXCURSION : CRUISING THE KAIPARA HARBOUR
On Saturday, 21 March 2020, The MOTAT Society held another of our successful Society Excursions. This time we took to the water... Since...
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