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NZR " K " Class 4-8-4 (NZ Built) |
| Description: |
This NZR K locomotives were Main Line locos. They were coal-fired till after World War II, Then were made into oil burners and and reclass, Ka 4-8-4 |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1943 Upload Date: 5/29/2006 11:03:36 PM |
| Location: |
North Island, NZ |
| Author: |
Russell Wakefield |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 942(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
NZGR Ka 942 |
| Description: |
NZGR Ka 942 at Huntly, New Zealand on December 13, 1962, scanned from a 3.5 X 5.5 Agfa print by J. A. T. Terrx, Chuck Zeiler collection. According to an article by Roy Sinclair in the June 1986 issue of Trains Magazine, the first Ka class 4-8-4 (Number 900) was designed and buil{ in New Zealand in 1932. It was originally designed as a 4-8-2, but the firebox grate area worked out to 47.7 square feet, requiring a four-wheel trailing truck. Opposition to the design came from the Locomotive Engine Drivers, Firemen and Cleaners Association (EFCA), which expressed concern that the idea of hand-firing that amount of fire_ox area up a 2% grade would exceed the capacity of the fireman. Some firemen even stepped down, leaving vacancies for untrained novices, who wondered why they had bothered to supply a seat for the fireman at all. The first Ka left Wellington on November 22, 1932 ahead of the regular locomotive on the Auckland Express. During the trials, iu was thought that the smoke and exhaust might not clear the cab while the locomotive was at speed, and a smoke-deflecting cowl was fitted to the stack. However it was remnved when it was found unnecessary. |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/1962 Upload Date: 11/9/2011 10:39:42 AM |
| Location: |
Auckland, NZ |
| Author: |
J. A. T. Terry |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 942(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
KA 942 |
| Description: |
Ka942 thunders through Waipara with an excursion train. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2006 Upload Date: 4/28/2007 5:17:16 PM |
| Location: |
Waipara, NZ |
| Author: |
Michael Tolich |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NZR 942(4-8-4) |
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