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training camp at Featherston. The cowcatchers were altered to clear the high Fell centre rail, and it had an acetylene headlamp arranged to follow the alignment of the track on curves. Written off in June 1969, and preserved at
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was a development of the preceding W class of all purpose tank locomotive. Later in their careers most (14) were rebuilt as
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to assist the "Fell" locomotives cope with the military traffic to and from the
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The locomotives were used on suburban trains in Wellington and Auckland.
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14 in × 22 in (356 mm × 559 mm)
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Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971
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(1965). 562: 515: 433: 1459: 1421:ETM class rail maintenance equipment 495:Cavalcade of New Zealand Locomotives 1444:Railway preservation in New Zealand 948:Leyland experimental petrol railcar 317: 13: 869:"Ganz Mavag" EM (inc. ET trailers) 837:ADL/ADC class diesel multiple unit 832:ADK/ADB class diesel multiple unit 194:16.9 sq ft (1.57 m) 14: 1548: 210:738 sq ft (68.6 m) 1537:New Zealand rail transport stubs 1522:Steam locomotives of New Zealand 1463: 591: 350:New Zealand Expeditionary Forces 202:200 lbf/in (1,379 kPa) 26: 1380:ex-British Rail Mark 2 carriage 933:Edison battery-electric railcar 874:"Matangi" FP (inc. FT trailers) 485: 253:15,330 lbf (68.19 kN) 1411:ETM class track evaluation car 1009:A 88 Buckhurst petrol carriage 963:Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar 456: 360: 32:W No. 492, Godber Collection, 1: 1439:Rail transport in New Zealand 589:Rail vehicles of New Zealand 420: 309: 1475:. 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(1974). 331: 1527:Scrapped locomotives 1416:EL class rail cranes 1094:E of 1872 & 1875 993:Westinghouse railcar 958:Model T Ford railcar 755:E (later EO of 1968) 741:Electric locomotives 641:DG (inc. DH of 1956) 499:A H. & A W. Reed 1390:FM class guards van 968:Silver Fern railcar 537:When Steam was King 243:Performance figures 1034:A of 1906 (inc. A) 938:Red Terror railcar 616:DA (inc. 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Index


Alexander Turnbull Library
NZGR
Whyte
4-6-4T
Gauge
3 ft 6 in
Driver
Adhesive weight
Coal
Cylinders
Cylinder size
Tractive effort
NZR
W
A. L. Beattie
Rimutaka Incline

Alexander Turnbull Library
Hillside
Rimutaka Incline
New Zealand Expeditionary Forces
Glenbrook
NZR W class
NZR W class
NZR W class
NZR W class
NZR W class
NZR W class
NZR W class

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