NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS
CONSTRUCTION OF ROLLING STOCK. BIG PROGRAMME IN HAND. j(By Telegraph. l —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. At the preseint time the Railway Department has ; in hand a programme iWiiidb involves the building ifi New Zealand of 40 locomotives, 35 cars, 12 brake vanSj and 592 wagons’. Of tbe locomotives, 20 are being built ulader contract by A. and G. Price, and the balance will be’turned out of the Department’s own Workshops, likewise cairs, vans, and ■wagons to further provide fbr requirements aiad to meet the shortage of rolling stock resulting from the war conditions. Tanders are being invited in England lor the manufacture of 25 large locomotives and 2500 wagons. It is intended to supplement these by inviting- tenders in Now Zealand for the building of 1000 wagons.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5882, 9 April 1920, Page 3
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