AN ADDINGTON TRIUMPH.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 8

AN ADDINGTON TRIUMPH.

' FAST EXPKESS ENGINES. : . § CHBISTCHUBCH, September 1, ■' 'The paragraph from Taihape which we jniblished dfj ; to'tho.trials (if a new and satisfactory type of engine which it is hoped will reduce the time of the Auckland-Wellington journey, refers to an engine'which, though new to Ihe Norjl| Island, is not new to the South, Seven of them have been built at Addington workshops. Six are giving satisfaction on South Island (lines.. The seventh was shipped some 1 weeks ago for trial on the Main Trunk line long-distance express. They) are fast ongines, capable of taking the expresses at 00 miles an hour, and so' much satisfaction have, they given that Addington has been induced to inako, twenty of them, inclusive of the seven delivered. They are a New Zealand creation, desigued by Mr H. 11. Jacksou, chief mechanical engineer, aurl officially known as the A.B. class—a simple super-heated engine with eyery modern appliance, and seem capable of "pulling anything," as one railwayman put it. The first was put in commission in November last, and now they arc runnig the express out of Dunedi'n and out of Cliristchurch. Th e most ..powerful engines in New Zealand' are the Class X,, 'on the northern Mail? Trunk line, also built at Addington,; but these are practically goods engines, running from 25 to 30 miles, and not' the fast express engine of the A.B; class,