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View of "A" class steam locomotive No 409 "Simple"
- Date
- Between 1909 and 1915
- Reference
- APG-1166-1/2-F
- Description
View of "A" Class steam locomotive No 409 "simple", at Addington Railway Station. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber.
Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - 1936. Night Newspaper Run - Christchurch-Hokitika. Length 25 ft. Wheel base 14 ft 6 in, Weight empty 7.8 T, Horse power 48 R.A.C., Horse power 95 at 1850 revs p.m., M.P.G. 18, Max speed 50, Engine, Leyland Diesel 8.6 litre, Passengers 20. Dismantled 1940.
Blueprint plan for this locomotive is in Godber Album Vol 108, p 2 (PA1-q-101).
\"A\" 409 was built at New Zealand Railways workshops at Addington (maker's No 83/07), in 1907. Went into service in July 1907 and was written off in October 1959. Redesignated \"Ab\" class from 1915 to 1930, when reverted to \"A\" class. See \"Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863 to 1971\" by W G Lloyd (1974), and \"Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives\" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart (1965).
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Film negative 17.25 x 11.75 cm
- 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 17.25 x 11.75 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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