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single-lavatory 29 seat equivalent, along with four 16-berth sleeping carriages. In their refurbished form, the day carriages seated 30 in the same type of "bucket" seat and the day cars with staff compartments seated 25. The sleeping carriages still each accommodated 16 (2 berths in 8 cabins). In
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a new light blue 350 mm (13.78 in) stripe bearing the Tranz Scenic logo appeared on the carriages until the stripe and the retained dark blue livery was replaced by an overall light blue paint scheme in 1999. The Tranz Scenic logo remained.
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turned postal vans, five more turned parcels vans and four more steel box wagons turned parcel vans completed the consist. The eight parcel vehicles were replaced by 15 box wagons of a more modern design turned parcels vans in the 1980s.
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manufactured bogies, classed X27250 by NZR, out from under the three 60 ft (18 m) postal vans, these bogies being of a more modern design than those undercarriages at the time and suited for heavier stock.
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stock, InterCity having learned from the benefits a carriage train provided over the three 96-seat railcarriages. To facilitate this, a third modular van fitted with 11 kW generator for power-luggage use and a
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also bore the new InterCity dark blue livery with horizontal full-length 220 mm (8.66 in) white stripe and 100 mm (3.94 in) red band inside, with the name
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television at one edge of the carriage showing movies with the sound piped throughout the carriage. The 15 parcels wagons remained dedicated to the service until 1991, when
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carriage and two refitted
Auckland excursion fleet cars at different times, as, progressively, the Northerner stock were rebuilt or withdrawn. In 1999, the former
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servery/observation/rearview carriage and its two "new" running mates, refitted 1995, were added when the Napier return service was cancelled in
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rearview carriage were extensively rebuilt to form three three-carriage air-conditioned panorama train sets similar to the successful "big window"
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412:South Island Main Trunk
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772:Hutt Railway Workshops
156:Observation facilities
922:Pierre, Bill (1981).
404:NZR 56-foot carriages
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1112:New Plymouth Express
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1019:Wairarapa Connection
826:"The inaugural trip"
692:Wairarapa Connection
634:Wairarapa Connection
263:Minister of Railways
133:Average journey time
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990:Operational
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776:TranzAlpine
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696:TranzAlpine
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663:Expresses.
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624:Silver Fern
618:replacement
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567:Silver Fern
469:underframes
465:Silver Star
305:Hunterville
281:Paraparaumu
277:Paekakariki
252:Joseph Ward
229:Silver Star
224:New Zealand
1242:Categories
1223:Southerner
1137:Overlander
1127:Northerner
812:References
792:Northerner
784:Overlander
758:Southerner
754:Southerner
750:Northerner
738:Northerner
718:Northerner
714:Overlander
688:Southerner
668:Southerner
660:Overlander
628:Northerner
614:Permanent
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594:Northerner
590:Northerner
586:Northerner
565:Temporary
558:Tranz Rail
549:Northerner
543:New livery
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522:Southerner
515:Northerner
498:Northerner
490:Mitsubishi
481:Southerner
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382:branding,
380:Northerner
341:Te Awamutu
337:Otorohanga
325:Taumarunui
240:Northerner
216:Wellington
207:Northerner
105:Wellington
89:Tranz Rail
1092:Endeavour
879:"Gazette"
865:0028-8624
604:Blue Fern
599:Endeavour
553:InterCity
539:service.
329:Mangapehi
176:Technical
147:Class(es)
1063:Historic
1045:Seasider
798:See also
582:railcars
574:RM class
547:The new
517:livery.
503:GoldStar
392:DC class
388:DF class
357:Papakura
353:Pukekohe
345:Hamilton
333:Te Kuiti
297:Feilding
220:Auckland
214:between
196:EF class
191:DC Class
136:12 hours
109:Auckland
27:Overview
1014:Te Huia
902:4 March
644:Express
384:D class
373:D class
361:ÅtÄhuhu
317:Ohakune
313:Waiouru
309:Taihape
273:Porirua
246:History
101:Termini
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461:Timken
349:Huntly
301:Marton
50:Locale
42:Status
882:(PDF)
836:1 May
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289:Levin
285:Åtaki
115:Stops
96:Route
928:ISBN
904:2019
861:ISSN
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