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NZR Locomotives
Ab730
Ab730;
(above) this is one of the largest Locos on the railway, the
proto-type was built by North British Works in Scotland and
entered service in 1922. She was written off in 1969
and spent her last days in Southland, The model entered
service in 2000 and around 7 months (on & off) to build,
it is powered by a Barry's Big Trains chassis which gives it
perfect running ability.
F72
F72;
(above) was the first loco to enter service for 2002, in
February. The proto-type entered service in 1875 and lasted
til the late 1960's. This saddle tank loco was built by
Yorkshire loco works in England. The model runs on a
Bachmann 2-4-2 Spectrum chassis heavily modified to an 0-6-0
arrangement which gives an ok
running ability. In May of 2010 the Bachmann chassis finally
gave up so it is now running on a AFR Workshops chassis,
this loco now takes the honor of being the 1st to be
entirely built from scratch!! Details of this can be found
here From
the Workshop
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A62
A62;
(above) she was built in 1873 by Dubs & Co of Glasgow
and is the only model I have made that the
proto-type still surrives today in a private museum in
Auckland.This loco entered service October 2002.
It's a 0-4-0 tank running on a Bachmann Spectrum porter
chassis which has been modified to hide the
motor in the tool box just in front of the cab. The
"old" A class was NZR's smallest locomotive to be
given a classification.
Dg2330
Dg
2330; (above) was re-cabed & re-entered service in Nov
1980, it worked its remaining life on the South
Island Main trunk between Dunedin & Christchurch. It was
written off 24-2-84, a Dunedin scrap dealer
bought it for $3000. After being stripped of usable parts it
was scraped. The model is built on a LGB
White Pass chassis with only the motor mountings & basic
bogie frames being used. If you want to see
growen men cry tell them you have cut up LGB, That'll do
it!!!!!!! She is the only NZR diesel on the railway
and entered service on the 20-2-03.
Q17
Q17;
(above) was one of 2 Rogers 2-4-4 built for the Rakaia &
Ashburton Forks Rly in 1878, as this was a private Rly they
were given names Q2 "Stanley"& her sister Q1
"Livingstone". Around 1885 the NGZR purchased the
line & company & renumbered the locos, Livingstone
became Q51 & Stanley became Q17. They served there last
days down in Southland & were written off, Q51 1879
& Q17 1901 so didn't get much of a working life. The
model is built on the Aristo-Craft Rogers motor block with a
spacer to make correct wheel base the only other thing not
scratch built is the front pony truck which has been
modified, all the rest has been built from scratch. The
model is painted in the black livery of the early 1900's
although she may have not lasted
long enough to wear this livery they would have looked very
striking! The model entered service on the AFR
mid May 2004.
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