RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.
THE MINISTER INTERVIEWED. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Feb. 21. The Minister.of Railways informed a reporter yesterday that the Government was building at the railway workshops six of the biggest engines ever built in New Zealand, two being already completed. They weigh (with tender loaded) ,90 tons and are the heaviest it is possible to run on our Harrow gauge lines. One is now on the road doing splendid work. "If the railways are to be run economically," said tho Minister, "it can on\y be by increasing the tractive power of tho engines so that one locomotive may be able to do the work which up to the present has needed two. "Six tank engines designed tor suburban or passen-
ger traffic other than express service are also in hand at Hillside, and ten engines are still to be delivered by Price Bros. The orders in hand will pretty well meet present requirements, but owing to the increasing traffic further provision must be made. There are 400 trucks under construction at the workshops in the centres. The Minister intends to specialise the building of different parts of locomotives in different workshops. He is making enquiries as to how few trains will suffice on non-paying lines. He has already stopped four superfluous trains, and is inquiring with reference to others.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13835, 22 February 1909, Page 6
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220RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13835, 22 February 1909, Page 6
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