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Owner: New Zealand Railways
Model:UNKNOWN 4-8-4Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
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Notes:Class Ka built around 1939
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NZR " K " Class 4-8-4 (NZ Built)
Title:  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)
Views:  671   Comments: 0
NZGR Ka 942
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. Terry, 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 built 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 firebox 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, it 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 removed 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)
Views:  742   Comments: 0
KA 942
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)
Views:  687   Comments: 0


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