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Move this article to Taupo Totara Timber Company Railway.

The existing title fails to comply Wikipedia's article naming policies.

Recognizability & Naturalness: Throughout the lifetime of the Taupo Totara Timber Company (TTT) the overwhelming majority of published sources used Taupo Totara Timber (or synonyms) when talking about the TTT railway. In a text analysis of newspapers and parliamentary papers on Papers Past (June 2024), I found a total of 1277 search results for relevant stories. Taupo Totara Timber (and synonyms) accounted 91% of these search results: Search phrases containing "mokai" found only 115 (9%) results.

TTT railway locomotives and freight cars were signwritten, "T. T. T. Co".

Newspapers reflect the language of South Waikato residents, and the wider New Zealand public. Web users looking for information on the TTT railway are far more likely to recognise Taupo Totara Timber Company Railway, and they will naturally search for Taupo Totara Timber (and synonyms)

The word "Tramway" equally obscure.

Precision: Taupo Totara Timber is unique. This phrase does not appear in any unrelated context. Mokai is ambiguous: There are several localities called "Mokai", and it is also used as a brand name. The abbreviation "TTT" is also ambiguous.

Consistency: Like Wellington_and_Manawatu_Railway_Company, the proposed title reflects the name used by the general public during the period in which the railway operated. Like the WMR, the TTT Railway has been replaced by a government railway. LIke the WMR, the government line between Putaruru and Kinleith has its own article.