Please remember also that my interest is cranes and not railways in general - hence the most common comment "No crane content" for what in many cases are quite interesting websites. (Note: 'not relevant to research' indicates the site is not NZR related).
A Tranzrail photographic Journey
http://www.trainweb.org/tranzrail/
No Crane Content
A Website about Nelson Railway Society Inc By Nick Stoneman
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/6677/
No crane content
A Website About New Zealand Railways by Nick Stoneman
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/3316/
No Crane Content
Back on the Tracks
http://www.canterburypages.co.nz/rail/
No crane content
Bay of Islands Vintage Railway
http://www.nzinfo.com/vintagerailway.htm
No Crane Content
Brian Wheatley's Publication Index <
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~abwells/railchat.html#Permanent
Downloadable index database in two formats - very handy
No Crane content
Brian's Planes Trains and Automobiles.
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/briangr/
Train page
at http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/dilly/b/trains.htm
Coaling crane with Kingston Flyer at
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/dilly/b/9801-01l.jpg
Bryan McNally's railway photographs.
http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~bryanm/trains.htm
No crane content
Bush Rail Tours http://www.ironhorse.inet.net.nz/bushrail1.htm
No Crane content
Canterbury Railway Society (Ferrymead)
http://www.trainweb.org/canterbury/
Hand cranes 277 and 291 and associated details on pages :
Canterbury Steam Preservation Society
http://steamscene.orcon.net.nz/
No crane content
Christchurch Tramway.
http://www.tram.co.nz/
No crane content
Diesel Traction Group
http://www.trainweb.org/dieseltraction/
Unidentified crane jib in picture on page :
Driving Creek Railways & Pottery
http://www.drivingcreekrailway.co.nz/
Not relevant to research
Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand
http://www.railfed.org.nz/
FRONZ home - important source info. Useful links to preservation
societies
Feilding and District Steam Rail Society
http://www.steamrail.org.nz/
No crane content
Ferrymead Railway Christchurch, New Zealand (David Maciulaitis)
http://www.geocities.com/maciulaitis/ferrymead.html
No Crane Content
Friends of Opapa Railway Station Inc.
http://www.geocities.com/opaparail/
No Crane Content
Glenbrook Vintage Railway
http://www.railfan.org.nz/_content/GVR_home_fr.htm
Home of operational steam ten tonner '224' and stored hand 5 tonner.
Details of cranes and support wagons at :
Greg Procter's Home Page.
http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~procter/GLPHOMEP.HTM
Unidentified crane jib (Weka pass)
http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~procter/W192BALD.HTM
Historic Rail Vehicle Trust
http://www.trainweb.org/historicrailvehicle/
No crane content
Hutt Valley Signals
http://www.trainweb.org/valleysignals/
No Crane Content
John Griffiths New Zealand Pages
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/paraguay/301/
links
No crane content
John Raby's Steam Engines, Railways, Birding, Videos and
Adventures
http://www2.gol.com/users/jraby/index.html
Enthusiast - possible contact?
K900 Club
http://www.K900Club.com/
Interesting loco restoration material
No Crane content
Kiwi Rails
http://www.trainweb.org/galaxie61/
No Crane Content
Mainline Steam
http://mesopotamia.netfirms.com/Mainline/mainline.htm
No Crane Content
Mainline Steam Excursions
http://www.websnz.com/mse/ Mainline Steam Excursions
No crane content
Mainline Steam trust
http://www.trainweb.com/ttt/mse.htm
Error 404
Mainline Steam Trust Ab 663 (David Maciulaitis)
http://www.geocities.com/nzsteam/mainline.html
No Crane Content
Memory line Steam Railway videos
http://www.memoryline.co.nz/
No crane content
Mikes Train Trax
http://www.geocities.com/mikey_rage/
No Crane Content
New Zealand Geared Locomotives (John Garner)
http://www.trainweb.org/nzgearedlocomotives/index.html
No Crane Content
New Zealand Logging Locomotives (John Garner)
http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/index.html
http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/index.html
Useful summary of loco building firms, including references to crane
construction. Text on http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/builders_1.html
includes references to crane building by
Avonside Engine Works, Bristol, England,
Hunslet Engine Co. Leeds, England,
Peckett & Sons Ltd., Atlas Works, Bristol, England, and
Alexander Shanks & Sons Ltd., Arbroath, Scotland
New Zealand Model Railway Guild http://www.railmodel.org.nz/
Plan sets list Craven 40 tonner at http://www.railmodel.org.nz/planset.htm
New Zealand Railways (John Griffiths)
http://www.geocities.com/nzrailway/
Some pages in common with Westport Railway preservation Society
New Zealand Steam Locomotives (John Garner)
http://www.trainweb.org/nzsteam/
Useful maps
No Crane content
New Zealand's Branch Railways (Ghost railways)
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~wilsong/rail/
Several broken page links
No Crane content
New Zealand's Railways (Peter Wilson)
http://www.trainweb.org/nzbranches/index.html
Problems with frameset
No Crane Content
nztrains.com
http://www.nztrains.com/index.asp
No Crane Content
Oamaru Steam & Rail Restoration Society
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~gsimpson/OSR.html
500Kb video clip autoloads on front page.
No Crane Content
Ocean Beach Railway (Dunedin)
http://www.obr.org.nz/
Home of recently restored crane 297 since 1969 - history and pictures at :
On the Rails (New Zealand)
http://nzrail.tripod.com/
No crane content
Ormondville Rail Preservation Group Inc. <
http://www.geocities.com/ormondvillerail/
(alternative
http://www.ormondvillerail.org)
No crane content
Good link list at
Otago Central Rail trail
http://www.otagocentralrailtrail.co.nz/
Not relevant to research
Paekakariki Rail & Heritage Museum
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/knwr/index.htm
No Crane Content
Paihiatua RailCar Society Inc
http://railcar.netfirms.com/
No crane content
Links at :
Paihiatua RailCar Society Inc
http://www.geocities.com/pahiatuarailcar/
No crane content
Peter McGavin's Train Stuff
http://trains.wellington.net.nz/index.html
(also homepage at http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~tmcgavin/peter/)
No crane content - but interesting images, timetables, various railway
related things, and huge list of links.
Pleasant Point Railway and Museum
http://www.timaru.com/railway/
No crane
content
Preserved Rolling Stock (David Maciulaitis )
http://www.geocities.com/nzrolling/
Useful listing of locos and wagons - cranes and support vehicles listed at:
Railway enthusiasts Society
http://www.railfan.org.nz/
No crane content
Useful contact information - note research library.
Railway Postcards of New Zealand (David Maciulaitis)
http://www.geocities.com/nzsteam/
No Crane Content
Railway Preservation News
http://www.geocities.com/railwaypreservationnews/
No Crane Content
Railways of Ferrymead
http://www.trainweb.org/ferrymead/
Portal to several Ferrymead sites
No Crane Content
Railways of New Zealand
http://www.trainweb.org/enzedrail/
Wide ranging site with lots of material. Specific references on:
http://www.trainweb.org/enzedrail/images/lines/prebbleton/
mention of disposal of unidentified steam crane,
http://www.trainweb.org/enzedrail/images/lines/waiaubranch/ re
ference to cranes formerly located at Hawarden, Culverden and Waiau,
http://www.trainweb.org/enzedrail/images/lines/waiaubranch/culverden/
reference to a 4 ton crane,
http://www.trainweb.org/enzedrail/images/lines/waiaubranch/waiau/<
/A>
reference to a 4 ton crane,
http://www.trainweb.org/enzedrail/images/lines/waiaubranch/medbury
/
reference to a crane, and
http://www.trainweb.org/enzedrail/images/lines/waiaubranch/hawarde
n/haw_yard3.html
reference to a crane in front of the goods shed.
Railway Technical Web Pages
http://www.trainweb.org/railwaytechnical/index.html
useful glossaries
No crane content
Ray's Railcar Page
http://www.geocities.com/nzrailcar/
No Crane Content
RM133 Retrieved from Oblivion
http://www.geocities.com/rm133nz/
No Crane Content
ShantyTown Railway (David Maciulaitis)
http://www.geocities.com/shantyrail/
Rolling stock including 3 cranes listed at
http://www.geocities.com/shantyrail/wagon.html .
Shantytown (West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society)
http://www.shantytown.co.nz/
No crane
content
Silverstream Railway
http://www.silverstreamrailway.org.nz/
cgi news page reference to yard crane
http://www.silverstreamrailway.org.nz/news/news.cgi?id=5
curious combination of digger and flatbed wagon at http://www.silverstreamrailway.org.nz/pictures/signal/pages/signal1.htm
Site still under construction. No mention of 15 tonner as yet.
Slow Train to Anywhere.
http://kiwibonds.tripod.com/trains.html
Nice photos - no crane content
Steam in Australasia (Rob Dickinson)
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/steam/anz.htm
English enthusiast site - lots of links : leads to:
An
Introduction to New Zealand Mainline Steam
and a variety of pages on preserved steam and operations including
Steam
Holiday on North Island, New Zealand 2002 incl picture of Pukeoware
compressed air coaling crane, and a BTC pic showing the tip of 225's
jib.
Steam Incorporated, Paekakariki
http://www.steaminc.org.nz/
Passing mentions of
crane:
SteamRail Wanganui Inc.
http://www.steamrailwanganui.co.nz/
The former East Town workshops are the home of 1904 steam crane '120'.
Details and picture at:
Steel Ribbons (A.J.Hamblyn)
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/5972/
Modern 60 tonner at Te Rapa and Palmerston North at
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/5972/track1.html
Taieri Gorge Railway
http://www.taieri.co.nz/
No crane content
Terry's Train Trax
http://www.trainweb.org/ttt/
No crane content
Links at:
The Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia, USA (David
Maciulaitis)
http://www.geocities.com/baldwinlist/
No Crane Content
The Barclay Boys Web Site
http://www.geocities.com/barclayboys/index.html
No Crane Content
The Bush Tramway Club Inc.
http://btc.powerlink.co.nz/
Home of '225' and '256' - no crane details on site (Old site, now now
replaced (17 Feb 2003) by site below)
The Bush Tramway Club Inc.
http://www.bushtramwayclub.com/
Home of '225' and 256 - material includes some of my photos!
225 details at http://www.bushtramwayclub.com/crane_225/index.html
256 details at http://www.bushtramwayclub.com/crane_256/index.html
5-ton hand crane details at http://www.bushtramwayclub.com/crane_293/index.html
The Kingston Flyer
http://www.kingstonflyer.co.nz/
No Crane Content
The Plains Vintage Railway and Historical Museum
http://www.ashburton.co.nz/plainsrailway/
Unidentified crane in train in picture on splash page
http://www.ashburton.co.nz/plainsrailway/images/cfm2.jpg
The Railway and Locomotive Society
http://www.railsoc.org.nz/
Requires IE
Summary of Society, publications and archive - huge resource
reference to capsize of crane 200 at Mahuta on Jan 8, 1980 while unloading
components for bridge No.7 on http://www.railsoc.org.nz/arc/archives.htm
The Railways of New Zealand (David Maciulaitis)
http://www.geocities.com/maciulaitis/
No Crane Content
Tokomaru Steam Museum
http://www.tokomarusteam.com/html/tokomaru_steam_museum_new_zeal.html
No Crane Content
The Waitakere Tramline Society
http://www.waitakeretramline.org.nz/
Not relevant to research
TranzMetro
http://www.tranzmetro.co.nz/
No Crane Content
Tranzrail
http://www.tranzrail.co.nz/home.aspx
home page for NZR's successor.
enthusiast material (current equipment) at http://www.tranzrail.co.nz/Enthusiasts/
No Crane content
Waitara Railway Preservation Society
http://members.tripod.com/waitararailwaypres/
No crane content
Weka Pass Railway
http://www.wekapassrailway.co.nz/
Pictures of
unidentified crane track laying:
Weka Pass Railway Waipara, New Zealand (David Maciulaitis)
http://www.geocities.com/maciulaitis/weka.html
No Crane Content
Wellington Tramway Museum
http://www.wellingtontramwaymuseum.fr.fm/
Not relevant to research
Westport Railway Preservation Society
http://geocities.com/westportrail/
No crane content
Whangaparoa Narrow Gauge railway http://www.rail.co.nz/
Not relevant to research