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G class steam locomotive, NZR 98, Garratt type
- Date
- 1929
- Reference
- APG-0247-1/2-G
- Description
No 98, a G class steam locomotive originally built by Beyer Peacock (Manchester, England), type 4-6-2 + 2-6-4, which was in service from June 1929 to September 1937. One of 3 imported, this type of locomotive was the first and only one in New Zealand to have a mechanical stoker, and also the first to employ power reversing, exhaust-steam injection, and grease-lubricating driving axle-boxes. The locomotives were not successful in NZ as the Gresley conjugated valve gear gave trouble, and the mechanical stoker couldn't handle the irregular sizes of unscreened local coals, and so they had little service. In 1937 they were cut up to provide component parts for 6 "G" class "Pacifics" constructed at Hillside Railway Workshops. Because of further difficulties with these modifications they were confined to freight service on the Midland and South Lines (South Island). Withdrawn 1956. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, probably ca 1928, after arrival from England and during assembly. See "When steam was king" by W W Stewart and "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd.
Library Client provided information relating to the date of this photograph September 2010.
According to `The NZR Garratt Story,' E J McLave, New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, 1978, "G 98 arrived at Wellington on 22 January 1929 on board SS `Northumberland' (page 25). "The first trial run of a Garratt locomotive in New Zealand was made with G 98 on Sunday 17 February 1929" (page 35). This image is published on page 32 of `The NZR Garratt Story' where it is dated February 1929.
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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