Railways speedster arrives
PA Auckland The Railways Corporation’s new speedster, a 108-tonne electric locomotive that has the power to clip three hours off the Auckland-Wellington trip, was unloaded at Fergusson Wharf, Auckland, yesterday. The Minister of Railways, Mr Prebble, said the English-made locomotive could keep up with the fastest truck.
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Press, 22 July 1986, Page 8
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