Recently I viewed at the Toll Mt Maunganui depot some 30 brand new flat deck railway wagons, complete. Maybe made from substandard Chinese steel? On the other hand, at Morrinsville (and no doubt dumped at other rail locations nationwide) some 30 old/unused (six months at least) ZF

Wagons are in the sidings. One would obviously question why it is not more cost-effective to refurbish these wagons, even if the tender means sending them overseas rather than buy new. Also, with the passenger rail wagons frequently seen in the Mt yards, why doesn't Tauranga's ‘finest' leaders trial a service am and pm rush hour Mt to Omokoroa to reduce the traffic snarls?

A Baker, Morrinsville.