D140 on the wharf at Bluff
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Identifier: D08750001
D140 on the wharf at Bluff
Dates
- 19 March 1909
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Biographical / Historical
NZR D class locomotives were first operated in 1874 until 1927.
Locomotive D140 was built by Scott Brothers in Christchurch in 1887. It bore their works number 36 and was one of ten D engines built between 1884 and 1887 by this early engineering company.
The D Class locomotives were built to supplement twenty-two similar engines imported from Scotland. They are a small general purpose tank locomotive with a small leading wheel set and four coupled driving wheels, each thirty-six inches in diameter. The D Class weighs seventeen tons, is twenty-two feet in length and is characterised by its distinctive and somewhat unusual inclined cylinders and running plates.
Locomotive D140 has a long association and played a part in the development of Canterbury, serving as part of the early New Zealand Railways locomotive fleet[in Southland] until it was taken out of service and sold in 1920.
From www.trainweb.org
Locomotive D140 was built by Scott Brothers in Christchurch in 1887. It bore their works number 36 and was one of ten D engines built between 1884 and 1887 by this early engineering company.
The D Class locomotives were built to supplement twenty-two similar engines imported from Scotland. They are a small general purpose tank locomotive with a small leading wheel set and four coupled driving wheels, each thirty-six inches in diameter. The D Class weighs seventeen tons, is twenty-two feet in length and is characterised by its distinctive and somewhat unusual inclined cylinders and running plates.
Locomotive D140 has a long association and played a part in the development of Canterbury, serving as part of the early New Zealand Railways locomotive fleet[in Southland] until it was taken out of service and sold in 1920.
From www.trainweb.org
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Physical Description
Black and white photographic print [copy].
Content Note
Written on reverse: D140 on the wharf at Bluff. 19 March 1909.
Repository Details
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