Wairarapa-class railcar in Upper Hutt station yard, c.1946.

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Wairarapa-class railcar in Upper Hutt station yard, c.1946.

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Upper Hutt City Library

Collection

Upper Hutt City Library Heritage Collections

Description

Six of the Wairarapa-class railcars, popularly known as 'Tin Hares' and numbered Rm 4 - Rm 9, were built at New Zealand Government Railways' Hutt workshops and entered service in 1936/1937. Rm 5 is owned by Silver Stream Railway Inc. and is currently (2014) being restored by the Pahiatua Railcar Society. The railcars seated 49 and their rear wheels were unusually large to ensure that the engine, mounted beneath the floor, had clearance from the centre rail of the Rimutaka Incline. In March 19...

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Date created

c.1946

URL

http://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/21998

Locations

Upper Hutt station yard

Related subjects

Railways / Brian Pearce

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