POWERFUL LOCOMOTIVES MADE IN NEW ZEALAND. —Above is the diagrammatio representation of the new “K” type locomotives, which are now being built at the Hutt Railway Workshops for heavy duty on the Dominion linos. The “K " locomotive, which will be by far the most powerful so far used in New Zealand, is almost wholly a New Zealand-made locomotive, for as far as has been possible no manufactured parts have been imported. The engine and tender weigh 139 tons In working order and will be capable of exerting a pull 85 per cent, greater than that 'Of the present standard heavy-duty locomotive.
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18723, 25 August 1932, Page 3
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101POWERFUL LOCOMOTIVES MADE IN NEW ZEALAND.—Above is the diagrammatio representation of the new “K” type locomotives, which are now being built at the Hutt Railway Workshops for heavy duty on the Dominion linos. The “K " locomotive, which will be by far the most powerful so far used in New Zealand, is almost wholly a New Zealand-made locomotive, for as far as has been possible no manufactured parts have been imported. The engine and tender weigh 139 tons In working order and will be capable of exerting a pull 85 per cent, greater than that 'Of the present standard heavy-duty locomotive. Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18723, 25 August 1932, Page 3
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