IMAGE
"Q" class steam locomotive no. 17 (2-4-4T type).
- Date
- 1890s
- Reference
- APG-1489-1/4-G
- Description
"Q" 17, steam locomotive (2-4-4T type). There is a railway employee with a child standing at the front of the engine, with two other railwaymen by the cab. The maker's name, visible on the engine, is Rogers. This glass negative taken by Albert Percy Godber from an image by an unidentified photographer.
Inscriptions: Album page - left of image - "Q" old.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - 1878. Scrapped 1894.; Album page - centre right - W Smart.
\"Q\" class no. 17 steam locomotive was built by Rogers (maker's no. 2512/78), went into service in August 1879, and was written off in 1898. Information from \"Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971\" by W G Lloyd. Information in Godber Album Vol 108, p 41 (PA1-q-101) differs, saying it was scrapped in 1894.
An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 108, p 41 (PA1-q-101); includes blueprint specifications.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 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 4.25 x 3.25 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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"Q" class steam locomotive no. 17 (2-4-4T type).. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1489-1/4-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23188656More information can be found in our terms of use.