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LOCOMOTIVES;
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the locos I have modeled have served in the South Island of New
Zealand and all but one have been cut up for scrap by NZR when they were not required. But they live on in active service on the Ashburton Forks Rly Co. At the moment the roster mainly consists of steam locomotives, but like all Railways I have a mainline diesel for a back up! All the locos are built from scratch on a ready to run chassis which have been heavily modified to suit the loco concerned. |
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| Ab730; this is the largest Loco on the railway, the proto-type (above left) 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, pictured at the Invercargill loco depot in 1961. 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 |
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F72; 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. She is pictured above at the Pareora Freezing Works in 1954. 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. |
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A62; 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. |
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Dg 2330; 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 diesel on the railway and entered service on the 20-2-03 |
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