Fairlie locomotives

Date: [Between 1870s and 1890s]

By: Erskine & Whitmore (Firm); Coxhead & Le Sueur (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: PA1-o-151

Description: Views of New Zealand collected by Invercargill firm Erskine & Whitmore. Scenes taken by various photographers including Hart, Campbell & Co., and Coxhead & Le Sueur. Several views show Queenstown under floods in 1878; others of the Queenstown-Lakes Region, Waitati, Gore and Dunedin in the South Island. In the North Island, one shows a large picnic party travelling in three horse-drawn coaches, stopped at Ngauranga; many show a range of steam locomotives including J Class, K Class, F43, E22, H Class and A Class, in the Upper Hutt area, the Wairarapa, and on the Rimutaka line. Several at the end of the album show the effects of a major slip which blocked the mouth of the Summit Tunnel at the top of the Rimutaka Incline. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Erkine & Whitmore Inscriptions: Album page - `A choice collection of New Zealand views carefully selected from the best artists'. Erskine & Whitmore, Invercargill Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue buckram cover, 24.5 x 35.0 cm Provenance: Part of Alexander H Turnbull's collection

Date: ca 1880s

Reference: PAColl-7477

Description: Photographs of the following locomotives: D Class, E Class (including double Fairlie engines at Wanganui and Wellington), J Class, K Class, L Class, S Class, S & D Class, V Class, W Class, mostly with staff at railway stations, including Christchurch, Wanganui and the engine sheds at Pipitea. The two which are not at stations are of sheep being transported on the Ladle Bend on the Wairarapa line and another on the curve near the summit of the Rimutaka Incline. Also included is a train with passengers and timber at the Rimutaka summit with the railway houses behind it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004656 to 004673 Quantity: 18 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives Processing information: The file prints describe the images as copy negatives from album prints with numbers in the range 3321 to 3349. These numbers may refer to original numbering in an album held by the Library.

Date: Between 1880 and 1922

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-038973-G

Description: "R" 153; an R class steam locomotive (0-6-4T type). This image is a glass negative taken from a print by Albert Percy Godber. "R" 153 was built by Avonside, England (Maker's No 1225/78). Written off in March 1922. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd (1974) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: Before 1890

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-038971-G

Description: "R" 53; an R class steam locomotive (0-6-4T type). Taken by an unidentified photographer, before 1890. This image is a glass copy negative taken from a print by Albert Percy Godber. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top right - R "R" 53 was built by Avonside, England (Maker's No 1222/78), went into service as "R" 3, in 1882 renumbered "R" 53, and in 1890 renumbered "R" 273. The "R" 53 number was part of the Railways Department first scheme of numbers, this one being used on the Auckland section. Written off in February 1927. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd (1974, p 36 and p 56) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: Between 1870s and 1890s

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-038957-G

Description: E class steam locomotive, type 0-4-4-0T, built by the Vulcan Foundry in England. On the locomotive are the signs "Fairlie's Patent", and "E 22" on the cab. Four railway employees are standing beside the engine, with two men in the cab. This image is a glass copy negative taken from a print by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [ca late 1870s-1880s]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-45

Description: View a Fairlie E class locomotive. Shows the engine driver in the cab and another railway man stands beside the locomotive. Photograph taken by Hebert Deveril sometime after 1875. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Built by the Avonside Engine Company, Bristol, 1875. Several of these `E' class engines were used in both islands (typed caption) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 24 x 34.5 cm

Date: [circa 1910s-1930s]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/2-187844-F

Description: Photograph taken by Edgar Richard Williams. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic film negative

Date: [ca late 1870s-1880s]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-26

Description: View of `Snake', a Fairlie B class locomotive. Shows the engine driver standing at the entrance to the engine room and a man in a top hat posing beside the locomotive on the railway tracks. Photograph taken by Hebert Deveril sometime after 1874. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 23 x 32 cm

Date: 26 March 1907

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1426-a-1/4-G

Description: View of Fairlie locomotive no 28, R class, half over the wharf at Lyttelton after being dropped from a crane while being loaded or unloaded. It shows damage to the wharf and to the engine. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber on 26th March 1907. Other - Another copy of this image is at 1/4-016568 Source of descriptive information - date corrected by library client. Formerly described as 23 March 1907 Inscriptions: Album page - Lyttelton 23.3.07 An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 100, p 82 (PA1-o-194) A film copy negative taken from the image in Godber Album Vol 100, p 82 (PA1-0-194) is at APG-1426-b-1/2-F Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 26 March 1907

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1853-1/2-G

Description: View of Fairlie locomotive no 28, R class, half over the wharf at Lyttelton after being dropped from a crane while being loaded or unloaded. It shows damage to the wharf and to the engine. This image is a copy of Godber's own negative at APG-1426-1/4. Originally photographed by Albert Percy Godber on 26th March 1907. Source of descriptive information - date corrected by library client. Inscriptions: Album page - Lyttelton 23.3.07 An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 100, p 82 (PA1-o-194) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches Processing information: Previously described as 23 March 1907

Date: ca 1905

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: 1/2-081606-F

Description: Scene at Mangaweka Railway Station, circa 1905, photographed by Hubert Earle Girdlestone. Shows a double Fairlie locomotive working for the Public Works Department. Houses are alongside. Note on back of file print reads: "Mangaweka section completed 1902." Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1870s?]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0239-1/2-G

Description: 'Snake', a Fairlie's Patent, B class steam locomotive, B 238, and two unidentified men alongside. Photograph taken between 1874 and 1892 (by Albert Percy Godber?) probably in the Auckland Region. A print from this negative is at PA1-q-101 (Godber Album vol 108, page 6.) 'Snake' was built at Avonside Engine Co., Bristol, went into service in September 1874, and was written off in 1890 (according to "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G lloyd), written off in 1892 according to the caption in the Godber album vol 108, p 6. This image is reproduced in "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971 (and beyond)" by W G Lloyd (2002 edition, p 120) A film copy negative is also available at APG-1133-1/2-F A film copy negative taken from the page in Godber's album is at APG-1401-1/2-F, showing the flowery border around the photo. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0774-1/2-G

Description: Closeup view of an "R" class Fairlie steam locomotive rigged with air compressors. Photographed at the Petone Railway Workshops by A P Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: ca 1880s

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-3039-1-033

Description: Train on Ladle Bend, Rimutaka Incline, circa 1880s. Shows an S class Fairlie steam locomotive, wagons, and carriages, crossing a viaduct. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of file print reads: "Bridges on Kaitoke side of Rimutaka Range. Wgton-Woodville Rly" Inscriptions: Verso - [Written in A P Godber's handwriting] Ladle Bend 2 "C" cars and 4 wheelvan; Verso - Stamped in ink - A P Godber Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.8.x 14 cm Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at 385. Railways. Lines. Wairarapa