IMAGE
"W" class steam locomotive no. 192 (2-6-2T type).
- Date
- Circa 1909
- Reference
- APG-1135-1/2-G
- Description
"W" 192, steam locomotive (2-6-2T type) as altered at Petone Workshops for service on the Rimutaka Incline. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber.
This image is reproduced in "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart. 1965. (p 58), with the caption "'W' 192 as altered at Petone Workshops for service on the Rimutaka Incline".
"W" 192 steam locomotive was built by New Zealand Railways at Addington (maker's no. 1/89), went into service in February 1889 and was written off in July 1959. Fitted with centre-rail brakes for use on the Rimutaka Incline in 1909 or 1910. Retained by NZR for display at the Addington Workshops. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd, and "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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"W" class steam locomotive no. 192 (2-6-2T type).. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1135-1/2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22337218More information can be found in our terms of use.