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This page includes technical and other papers for the information of members and other interested parties. Links may be included to other sites of relevance.

Many of the documents include descriptions of standards and techniques which are no longer relevant or do not comply with modern standards. While all care has been taken in the preparation and conversion to electronic format of the documents, the Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand, Inc; Toll Rail Ltd and the authors are not responsible for any errors and omissions nor, in any event, shall they be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from use of the information provided. (Some papers include references to the National Federation of Rail Societies. This Society's name has been changed to the Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand. All copyright notices and disclaimers still apply.)

Subject	File/Link	Size	Date Posted	Last Updated
Testing of Locomotive Brakes	loco_brakes.pdf	265kB	9 May 2002
New Zealand Railways Practices and Specifications	NZR Practices			20 May 2002
New Zealand Railways Mechanical Codes	NZR Codes			1 May 2002
The Restoration Of Interior Woodwork (Presented at 1986 Conference)	woodwork.pdf	84kB	9 Nov 2001
Tips Of The Trade (Members experiences and advice)	Trade Tips		30 Sep 2001	9 Nov 2001
Notes on Vehicle Brake Testing With Single Car Brake Tester	braketest.pdf	139kB	4 Sep 2001
Locomotive Spark Arrestors In New Zealand (Presented at 2001 Conference)	arrestors.pdf	248kB	19 Jun 2001
Choices For Sleepers And Treatments (First published at 2000 Conference)	sleepers.pdf	203kB	29 Apr 2001
Calibration & Certification of Dataloggers (First published at 2000 Conference)	datalogger.pdf	105kB	29 Apr 2001
Use of Re-circulating Toilets on Rail Vehicles	toilets.pdf	112kB	9 Mar 2001
Carriages - Use of construction ply to replace T&G cladding	plywood.pdf	510kB	6 Nov 2000

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