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The eighth locomotive built, A 409, was built in 1908 as a two-cylinder simple-expansion locomotive for comparative purposes against the four-cylinder compounds. Fitted with an ALCO superheater as a trial when built, it was marginally more powerful than the other A class locomotives as a result
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Waikato Branch. Between 21 and 22 April 2008, it was moved to the
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25 long tons 10 cwt (57,100 lb or 25.9 t)
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past an A class engine outside its shed, circa late 1920s.
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arrestors, although not always the arrestors themselves.
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A new engine at the Addington Workshops, 1906 (photo)
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NZR A class 428 at Glenmark Station in Waipara, 2016.
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237:225 psi (1,551 kPa) (as coumpound)
1158:88 seater (also known as Fiats or twinsets)
527:New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Societys
513:were used on a steam delivery trip between
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306:17,000 lbf (76 kN) (as compound)
1639:Track evaluation, cranes, and maintenance
1354:G Garratt of 1928 (inc. Pacific rebuild)
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505:Two class members have been preserved:
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871:DF (General Motors) inc. DFT, DFB, DFM
743:Palmer, A. N.; Stewart, W. W. (1965).
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1656:ETM class rail maintenance equipment
745:Cavalcade of New Zealand Locomotives
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247:1,724 sq ft (160.2 m)
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1072:ADL/ADC class diesel multiple unit
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1701:Steam locomotives of New Zealand
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678:Heath, Eric; Stott, Bob (1993).
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1615:ex-British Rail Mark 2 carriage
1168:Edison battery-electric railcar
1109:"Matangi" FP (inc. FT trailers)
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394:South Island Main Trunk Railway
382:New Zealand Railways Department
229:30 sq ft (2.8 m)
1646:ETM class track evaluation car
1244:A 88 Buckhurst petrol carriage
1198:Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar
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907:DX (inc. DXB, DXC, DXR)
720:Stewart, W. W. (1974).
398:North Island Main Trunk
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697:Millar, Sean (2011).
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749:A H. & A W. Reed
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722:When Steam was King
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