Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Moonlight Express: Night trains and The Northerner
2. Heading for the far east: The Gisborne Railcar
3. Sea lions on the line: The Picton-Christchurch Railcar
4. Seeking Mecca and finding the Rewanui Incline: Greymouth to Rewanui and back
5. Change here for heaven: Christchurch to the West Coast on the Midland Line
6. The world's southernmost rail journey: The Southerner between Christchurch and Invercargill
7. The railcar that could: From Alexandra to Dunedin on the Central Otago Line
8. Train to Morpheus: From Auckland to Wellington on the Silver Star
9. The Dreamlander: The Silver Fern Railcar on the Main Trunk Line
10. Deja Vu Express: The Endeavour, from Wellington to Napier
11. Trundling on the 542: By mixed train on the Stratford to Okahukura Line
12. In the wake of the Taneatua Express: Hamilton to Mount Maunganui by exclusion train
13. Twenty-first Century Limited: The Northern Explorer

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About the Author

Graham Hutchins is a prolific and popular author on a range of subjects, including railways, rugby, cricket and popular music. His books for Exisle include 'Last Train to Paradise', 'Great New Zealand Railway Journeys', 'Once Upon a Cowpat', 'It’s Just a Game' and 'Eight Days a Week'. Based in the Waikato and King Country all his life, he has travelled extensively on trains throughout the world. Married with two daughters, he is now retired and has time to enjoy his two young grandsons.