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Zealand and
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602:Plan of an A class locomotive by Derek Brown
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227:170 psi (1.17 MPa) (as coumpound)
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1590:Railway locomotives introduced in 1915
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684:DF (General Motors) inc. DFT, DFB, DFM
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568:Cavalcade of New Zealand Locomotives
235:1,465 sq ft (136.1 m)
1492:Railway preservation in New Zealand
996:Leyland experimental petrol railcar
155:34 ft 9 in (10.59 m)
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917:"Ganz Mavag" EM (inc. ET trailers)
885:ADL/ADC class diesel multiple unit
880:ADK/ADB class diesel multiple unit
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1057:A 88 Buckhurst petrol carriage
1011:Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar
278:21,580 lbf (96.0 kN)
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543:Stewart, W. W. (1974).
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362:Introduction and design
216: • Grate area
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679:DF (English Electric)
520:Millar, Sean (2011).
501:Lloyd, W. G. (1974).
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36:between 1915 and 1920
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803:E (later EO of 1968)
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572:A H. & A W. Reed
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1016:Silver Fern railcar
545:When Steam was King
268:Performance figures
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1564:Categories
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903:Wellington
741:DH of 1978
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451:References
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69:Build date
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314:Withdrawn
309:648 - 657
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955:Railcars
933:Auckland
657:Mainline
419:See also
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327:scrapped
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