K801 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 In true Blue Peter fashion here is one that was pulled from the Oreti River in Southland and restored earlier !!!!!!!!!!!!! Rogers K 88 "Washington' Several steam locomotives have been recovered from the Oreti River including K88 & K 94https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/travel/resurrecting-railway-magic-mandeville The recovery and restoration is usually carried out by local vintage groups and individuals including farmers and business people than conventional railway enthusiast groups. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 How long till its pulling its first railtour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 That engine is an absolute beauty - as are the carriages.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Thanks for posting John, I rather like early American locos. And a brilliant restoration of the whole train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 It's interesting the dalliance with US practice early on in NZ instead of the expected colonial British offerrings as in Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, minister_for_hardship said: It's interesting the dalliance with US practice early on in NZ instead of the expected colonial British offerrings as in Australia. NZ turned towards towards US practice mainly because locos were more suited to local conditions and the US builders delivered their locos on time an to spec. The tipping point towards US practice arose when Baldwin quickly supplied an order of standard DRG 60 Class 2-8-0s to ease a locomotive crisis, which arose as a result of the late delivery of an order of similar 2-8-0s from Nasmyth Wilson. The British locos were substantially heavier than specified, the builders attempts to reduce the weight contributed to the delay in delivery and problems in service. The American locos were more suited to NZ "frontier conditions" with cheaply built lines to open up country to settlement and very basic workshop facilities. Edited April 25, 2020 by Mayner 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Exactly the same issues or related ones in South America. Some of their lines had mostly British locos, some all-American, and some manufacturers from mainland Europe (Germany in particular) had a presence there too. I saw some British and American beauties last year in Brazil.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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