ENGINES FOR AUCKLAND.
CONSTRUCTION IN DUNEDIN. ASSEMBLY AT NEWMARKET. [BY TELEGRAPH.OWN" CORRESPONDENT j DUNEDIN. Monday. A new locomotive, of the W.A.B. type, the sixth of ail Order for few to be built at the Hillside workshops, has been completed. The numerous sections were loaded on to trucks at the last week-end and aro now on the Birch Street Wharf awaiting shipment to Auckland. These locomotives, which are of the combination tank type, are for use on the Auckland section of the railways. Two are already in use on the Main Trunk line, while one was shipped to Auckland about two months ago. The body of the engine about to be shipped occupies almost the whole of the space of one truck. The tank is on anotiier waggon) and the various other sections are distributed over two more trucks. The total weight of the engine when assembled is 71 tons. It will beshipped to Auckland by the Wingatui this week, and will be assembled at the Newmarket workshops.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18567, 27 November 1923, Page 6
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167ENGINES FOR AUCKLAND. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18567, 27 November 1923, Page 6
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