Monday, September 4, 2023

an NZR Ed with livestock wagons from Johnsonville enters Wellington yard, 1940s

There used to be stockyards just south of Raroa on this branch line. With their long rigid wheelbase (1-Do-2 type) the Ed class were hard on the track of this curvy branch and when the tri-bo Ew became available in the early 1950s they were used instead.  For lots more see the book Railway Electification in Australia and New Zealand. (Bill Stewart pic)

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