Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company steam locomotive, No 12 (2-8-0 type (later NZR 'Ob' class 456)).

Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company steam locomotive, No 12 (2-8-0 type (later NZR 'Ob' class 456)).
Date
Between 1888 and 1908
Reference
APG-1132-1/2-F
Description

Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co. no 12, 2-8-0 type, coming around a bend towards the camera. Steep hills are on the right of the track, with a grassy slope on the left. Photograph taken by A P Godber

Ob class locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (maker's no 9021/88), as WMR no 12. At the end of 1908 the company was purchased by the Government, and it was renumbered NZR 'Ob' 456. Written off in September 1929. See 'Register of New Zealand 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: Film negative

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, Film negative, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company steam locomotive, No 12 (2-8-0 type (later NZR 'Ob' class 456)).. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1132-1/2-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22407039

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