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    The NZR RM class Silver Fern was a class of rail motor in New Zealand. The three air-conditioned and sound-proofed 723-kW 96-seater diesel-electric twin-set...
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  • Silver fern is a species of tree fern. Silver fern may also refer to: NZR RM class (Silver Fern), a class of New Zealand railcars Silver fern flag, an...
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    The RM class was the classification used by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) and its successors gave to most railcars and railbuses that have...
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    The NZR RM class 88-Seaters were a class of railcar used in New Zealand. New Zealand Government Railways (NZR) classified them as RM (Rail Motor), the...
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  • light blue paint scheme in 1999. The Tranz Scenic logo remained. RM class Silver Fern railcars were employed to operate the daytime equivalent of the Northerner...
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  • Thumbnail for ADL/ADC class diesel multiple unit
    The ADL class is a class of diesel multiple units that were last operated by Auckland One Rail on the suburban rail network in Auckland, New Zealand. Originally...
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    The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways) and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged...
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  • Thumbnail for New Zealand DQ and QR class locomotives
    The DQ and QR class were a class of diesel locomotives in New Zealand and Tasmania, Australia. Originally built by Clyde Engineering in the 1960s as Queensland...
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  • premature as the service was beginning to grow in popularity. A refurbished NZR RM class (88 seater) nicknamed the Blue Streak was used for a trial Hamilton–Auckland...
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    Parsons, David. New Zealand Railway Motive Power 2002. Media related to NZR ADK class at Wikimedia Commons Portals: Trains New Zealand Western Australia...
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  • yellow stripe. The Silver Fern railcars appeared in stainless steel. All railcars, unless otherwise stated, are designated RM class. Here, they are classified...
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    be restored from a river bed and the oldest ex-NZR tender locomotive in New Zealand; Vulcan Railcar RM 50 which holds the official New Zealand Railways...
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    Stock Register". www.nzrsr.co.nz. Retrieved 18 October 2020. "RMSilver Fern of 1972". NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 31 October 2020. 2008 photo of...
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    maintenance and repair facility operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR), in the south Auckland suburb of Ōtāhuhu in New Zealand's North Island....
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    Explorer. The Overlander replaced a previous service operated by RM class Silver Fern railcars on Monday 2 December 1991. Following the withdrawal of the...
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    self-propelled passenger railcar classes in New Zealand are generically classed 'RM'. In 1971, NZR introduced the Silver Star, a luxury sleeper train. The...
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    natlib.govt.nz. 9 January 1945. Retrieved 27 September 2020. "RM - Silver Fern of 1972". NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 27 September 2020. "Manawatu-Wanganui...
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  • January. The Scenic Daylight typically consisted of DA class diesel-electric locomotives and NZR 56-foot carriages that had been built around World War...
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  • off.: 92–94  21 November 1975, Silver Fern derailed in a level-crossing accident. at Feilding.: 88–89  24 August 1975 – RM 132 caught fire near Eketāhuna...
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  • Picton and then to Christchurch on the 24. Also during that day Silver Fern railcar RM 24 arrived in Christchurch from Dunedin. The next day DG 772 from...
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    on New Zealand's railway network. The carriages generally replaced older NZR 56-foot carriages, some of which had been in use for almost 70 years. The...
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  • 88-seater railcars, displaced from the NIMT by the introduction of the Silver Fern railcars. The Blue Streaks were introduced to the Wellington to New Plymouth...
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    the sole remaining examples of the RM class 88 seater and Wairarapa railcars. Having restored Standard class railcar Rm 31 to mainline standard for use on...
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