| Year | 1977 |
| Date | 07-Oct |
| Volume | 143 |
| Issue | 3,570 |
| Page | 1,088 |
| Category | Competition |
| Part | |
| Title | New Zealand Locomotive Efficiency Trials |
| Author | Charles G.Cormack |
| Notes | Trials winner Jim Shipman with Van Cormack and Bob Bell, Section one - efficiency test, section two - 3 minute slow run, section three - concours d'elegance, runs 1 to 18, Bill Downing and son Colin with "Uranus", Bill and John McGhee inspect D.Renshaw's "Grange", Bill McGhee's G&SWR tank, Jim Shipman's "Simplex", Gerry Marshall's 4-6-4 NZR WW, Monty Wells studies Gerry Marshall's NZR WW |