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NZR Ka 941 |
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NRGR 4-8-4 Class Ka 941 on Train J31 climbing the 1 in 40 grade out of Taumarunui, New Zealand on an unknown date (likely iT 1958), scanned from a 3.5 X 5.5 Agfa print by J. A. T. Terry, Chuck Zeiler collection. There is a nine page article by Roy Sinclair about this class of locomotive in the June 1986 issue nf Trains Magazine. Briefly, the 71 K class (K, Ka, Kb) 4-8-4's were built by the NZGR Hutt Workshops between 1932 and 1950, most were built between 1936 and 1939. They were designed to replace three 4-6-2 + 2-6-4 Beyer-Garratt's imported from England in 1928. The Garatt's had tested unsucessfully, exceeeding coupler strengths on the railroad. The Garratt's running gear was r`-used under six Pacific-type locomotives. The following is a paragraph from the Trains article: Following World War II, North Island coal was in short supply and, as an experiment, K 927 was cohverted into an oil-burner in October 1945. Results were so successful that all K and Ka locomotives were converted, much to the delight of the firemen. Ka's 958 and 959 were the onls 4-8-4's built as oil-burners. In the South Island quality West Coast coal was in good supply, and the six Kb's remained coal burners. In 1953 when the North Island coal was again plentiful and oil prices escalated, K's 901, 915, and 925 were converted back to coal burning, but the engine crews refused to work them. They were converted back to oil in 1954 when oil prices fell. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1958 Upload Date: 11/9/2011 9:33:17 AM |
| Location: |
Taumarunui, NZ |
| Author: |
J. A. T. Terry |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 941(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
NZR " K " Class 4-8-4 (NZ Built) |
| Description: |
This NZR K locomotives were Main Line locos. They were coal-fired till after World War II, Then were made into oil burners and and reclass, Ka 4-8-4 |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1943 Upload Date: 5/29/2006 11:03:36 PM |
| Location: |
North Island, NZ |
| Author: |
Russell Wakefield |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 942(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
NZGR Ka 942 |
| Description: |
NZGR Ka 942 at Huntly, New Zealand on December 13, 1962, scanned from a 3.5 X 5.5 Agfa print by J. A. T. Terrx, Chuck Zeiler collection. According to an article by Roy Sinclair in the June 1986 issue of Trains Magazine, the first Ka class 4-8-4 (Number 900) was designed and buil{ in New Zealand in 1932. It was originally designed as a 4-8-2, but the firebox grate area worked out to 47.7 square feet, requiring a four-wheel trailing truck. Opposition to the design came from the Locomotive Engine Drivers, Firemen and Cleaners Association (EFCA), which expressed concern that the idea of hand-firing that amount of fire_ox area up a 2% grade would exceed the capacity of the fireman. Some firemen even stepped down, leaving vacancies for untrained novices, who wondered why they had bothered to supply a seat for the fireman at all. The first Ka left Wellington on November 22, 1932 ahead of the regular locomotive on the Auckland Express. During the trials, iu was thought that the smoke and exhaust might not clear the cab while the locomotive was at speed, and a smoke-deflecting cowl was fitted to the stack. However it was remnved when it was found unnecessary. |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/1962 Upload Date: 11/9/2011 10:39:42 AM |
| Location: |
Auckland, NZ |
| Author: |
J. A. T. Terry |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 942(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
KA 942 |
| Description: |
Ka942 thunders through Waipara with an excursion train. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2006 Upload Date: 4/28/2007 5:17:16 PM |
| Location: |
Waipara, NZ |
| Author: |
Michael Tolich |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 942(4-8-4) |
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745 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NZR 4-8-4 Class Ka 943 |
| Description: |
NZR Kb 943 on Train No. 204 crossing Train No.201 at Ongarue on an unknown date with Jb class 1228 on No. 201, Agfa print by J. A. T. Terry, Chuck Zeiler collection. Tois is verbatim handwritten notations on the back of the print. In American English, crossing means meeting. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1958 Upload Date: 2/26/2012 2:33:26 PM |
| Location: |
Ongarue, NZ |
| Author: |
J. A. T. Terry |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 943(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
R Ka 943 |
| Description: |
NZR class Ka 943 (a 4-8-4) and class Da 1459 banking up the 1 in 40 graded Raurimu Spiral on an unknown date (best guess, sometime in 1963), Agfa print by J. A. T. Terry, Chuck Zeiler collectioj. The description is from hand written notations on the back of the print. The date is a guess, based on the built date of the diesel, an EMD G12, built in Canbda between August and September 1962, and allowing for transportation time from Canada to New Zealand. Scrapping of the 4-8-4's began in 1964. |
| Photo Date: |
2/26/2012 Upload Date: 2/26/2012 1:51:27 PM |
| Location: |
Raurimu, NZ |
| Author: |
J. A. T. Terry |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 943(4-8-4) NZR 1459(G12) |
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956 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NZR Ka 950 |
| Description: |
NZR class Ka 950 with three empties after being used as a banker engine on the Raurimu Spiral on an unknown date, Agfa print by J. A. T. Terry, Chuck Zeiler collection. The description is what is hand written on the back of the print. I believe that 'banker engine' translates to 'pusher engine'. A total of 71 class K, Ka, and Kb 4-8-4, three and a half foot gauge locomotives were built between 1932 and 1950, most by the Hutt Workshops on the North Island, but six were built at the Hillside Workshops in 1939 for use on the South Island. Retirements and scrapping began in 1964, as the GM G12 diesels began arriving. Five 4-8-4 locomotives were saved from scrapping; the original K number 900, Ka's 935, 942, 945, and Kb 968. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1958 Upload Date: 2/26/2012 3:22:47 PM |
| Location: |
Raurimu, NZ |
| Author: |
J. A. T. Terry |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 950(4-8-4) |
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1785 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NZR Ka 953 |
| Description: |
NZR Class Ka 953 on an unknown date at an unknown location in New Zealand, Agfa print by J. A. T. Terry, Chuck Zeiler collection. On the left in the background is a water tower and some freight cars, which might help pinpoint the location. Written on the back of the print: Ka Class No. 953 4-8-4 just out of the shops working her way back to Frankton on Freight No. J.31. |
| Photo Date: |
12/22/1958 Upload Date: 7/23/2012 1:12:58 PM |
| Location: |
Auckland, NZ |
| Author: |
J.A.T. Terry |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 953(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
NZR Ka 964 |
| Description: |
New Zealand Railway class Ka 964 and an unknown road number RM (Rail Motor) at an unknown location and date, Agfa print by J. A. T. Terry, Chuck Zeiler collection. On the back of the print is written: "Ka Class 964 4-8-4 crossing an 88 seater railcar taken at ?". In researching the 88 seater, Wikipedia states that 35 sets of two-car articulated railcars were built by the Drewry Car Company in the United Kingdom in the mid-1950's but were relatively unsuccessful due to the use of Fiat 210 horsepower diesel engines mounted under the carbody, mechanically driving the wheelsets through gearboxes. The primary failing was the cooling system. The engines had been designed for Italian naval boats and were unsuitable for rail service. Although modifications were made, reliability was still an issue and the 88 seaters were withdrawn from service in the late 1970's to early 1980's. None were saved for preservation intact, but parts of several units were located around the country and may be re-assembled into an intact example. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1958 Upload Date: 11/29/2013 10:59:52 AM |
| Location: |
Auckland, NZ |
| Author: |
J. A. T. Terry |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 964(4-8-4) NZR RM(UNKNOWN) |
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615 Comments: 0 |
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