G class steam locomotive, NZR 98, 4-6-2 + 2-6-4 type. Part of the locomotive, showing axle design.

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Title

G class steam locomotive, NZR 98, 4-6-2 + 2-6-4 type. Part of the locomotive, showing axle design.

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TAPUHI

Description

"G" 98, a G class steam locomotive built by Beyer Peacock (Manchester, England), type 4-6-2 + 2-6-4, which was in service from June 1929 to September 1937. This image is a close view showing the axle design. One of 6 of this type which were the first and only locomotives in New Zealand to have a mechanical stoker, and also the first to employ power reversing, exhaust-steam injection, and grease-lubricating driving axle-boxes. They were not successful in NZ as the Gresley conjugated valve g...

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Image

Date created

Between 1929 and 1936

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23040035

Related subjects

Locomotives / Steam-engines / Valve gears / Axles

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