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Articles by Paul Napier

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A NZ lowbed begging to be re-gauged

The lowbed wagon was built by the Auckland Regional Council in 1992 to carry a Gunite machine which is used to spray gunite (concrete) to line the tunnels carrying the water pipelines in the Waitakere Ranges, west of Auckland, New Zealand.
Plan provided by Paul Napier
It has since been use to carry a small […]

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DCR “Elephant”

As with “Possum”, the Driving Creek Railroad’s utility loco may seem a little on the large side for most Gn15 layouts, but if you’ve got the space and are thinking big …

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DCR “Possum”

The Driving Creek Railroad’s railcar may seem a little on the large side for most Gn15 layouts, but if you”ve got the space and are thinking big …

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DCR Bogie Well Deck wagon

Paul Napier has provided more plans from New Zealand’s Driving Creek Railroad. This plan is for their bogie well deck wagon.

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DCR Bridge No.1

Not content with giving us plans for the DCR’s rolling stock, Paul Napier has also sent us plans of one of the bridges on the line.

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DCR Bridge No.7 - drawings by builder Barry Brickel

This structure is the largest and most complex on the railway. Spanning a deep gulch is the main span, length 13.87m, a box-section lattice truss carrying the main line rail track in both the upper and lower levels. A spiral on the north side on the gulch enables trains to cross over the lower level […]

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DCR Convertible wagon

Paul Napier has provided more plans from New Zealand’s Driving Creek Railroad.

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DCR Diesel “Mouse”

More plans from the Driving Creek Railroad - this time featuring their relatively small diesel.

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DCR Wooden Deck Flat wagon

Paul Napier has provided more plans from New Zealand’s Driving Creek Railroad.

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The Driving Creek Railway

Seemingly built to a different scale to the Perrygrove is this New Zealand line. Construction was started in 1975, by potter Barry Brickell shortly after he established a pottery workshop on a block of land he had recently purchased.

About Paul Napier

Paul was the first antipodean member of the Gnatterbox and is a mine of information on the DCR - as you'll see from all the plans on this website!