IMAGE
N Class steam locomotive NZR 453, 2-6-2 type.
- Date
- Between 1909 and 1926
- Reference
- APG-0258-1/2-G
- Description
N Class steam locomotive NZR 453, 2-6-2 type. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber.
N class locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (maker's no 12104/91), as WMR no 9. At the end of 1908 the company was purchased by the Government, and it was renumbered NZR 'N453'. Written off in November 1926. 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.
An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 108, p 33 (PA1-q-101), and there is a film negative of the page in this album at APG-1162-1/2-F.
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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