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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 6 (October 1, 1932.)

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An economical and satisfactory method of providing the Dargaville section with an “F” class locomotive in good repair was evolved early this year.

For the benefit of those unfamiliar with the Kaihu line, it should be noted that this isolated section of railway, twenty-four miles in length, has its headquarters at Dargaville, on the Northern Wairoa River, and terminates at Donnelly's Crossing, away up in the heart of the Kauri forest, and only a few miles from the famous Waipoua Kauri forest and Trounson National Park. Dargaville is at present reached by leaving the main line at Waiotira Junction, 107 miles north of Auckland, and travelling along the branch line to Kirikopuni, fourteen miles from Waiotira. At Kirikopuni, the train comes under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department for seven miles, until the present railhead is reached at Tangowahine, also on the banks of the Northern Wairoa River, and approximately eight miles up stream from Dargaville.