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A & G Price Ltd., Thames


Built:
1939
Gauge:
3'-6"
Number:
146
Engine:
Wheel Arr.
0-4-0
Fuel:
Diesel
Wheel Diam:
Weight:
History:
1939-1943 Whakatane Board Mills, Matakana tramway
1943 - Whakatane Board Mills, Whakatane
Same design as NZR Tr 38 and Tr 39


Built:
1939
Gauge:
3'-6"
Number:
147
Engine:
127 hp Gardner
Wheel Arr.
Bo-Bo
Fuel:
Diesel
Wheel Diam:
Weight:
History:
1939-1956 Wanganui Sash & Door Co., Erua
c1956-1983 Caxton Paper Co., Kawerau


Built:
1965
Gauge:
3'-6"
Number:
Model 13
218
Engine:
344 hp
Wheel Arr.
0-6-0
Fuel:
Diesel
Wheel Diam:
Weight:
History:
New Zealand Forest Products Ltd., Kinlieth
Putaruru Timber Museum


Drewry Car Co. Birmingham, England

Diesel-mechanical    #2064    78 kW    Built 1936    0-4-0
1939-1944 NZR Maroa tramway
Pre-TMS number 14


Diesel-hydraulic     152 kW     # 2258     Built 1949     0-6-0
Whakatane Board Mills #103 Used on 11km line from Mill to Awakeri and on Matahina tramway
Gardner 8L3 5-speed epicyclic gearbox. Max speed 42 km/h
Same as NZR Ds
Now at Forest Loaders Ltd., Portland, Whangarei.


Built:
1952
Gauge:
3'-6"
Number:
2489
Engine:
152 kW
Wheel Arr.
0-6-0
Fuel:
Diesel
Wheel Diam:
Weight:
History:
Whakatane Board Mills #104 5-speed epicyclic gearbox. Max speed 42 km/h
Used on 11km line from Mill to Awakeri and on Matahina tramway.
Now at Forest Loaders Ltd., Portland, Whangarei.


Built:
1955
Gauge:
3'-6"
Number:
2584
Engine:
106 kW
Wheel Arr.
0-6-0
Fuel:
Diesel
Wheel Diam:
Weight:
History:
1956-1959 Stuart & Chapman Ltd., Ross
Used under-frame and wheels of 0-6-0 steam locomotive.


Johnston & Sons, Invercargill
Diesel-mechanical   0-6-0
1954-c1961 More & Sons, Pourakino
1907 Johnson 'A' model converted to diesel
Leyland engine and transmission




G. King, Northern Wairoa

1. Hauler/Locomotive 0-4-4-0
1909-1911 Northern Wairoa Timber Co., Tangowahine
1912-1915 (?) George King
1915-1917 R.S. Lamb
On top of wheeled boiler, a winch drove by chains forward bogie wheels.
Water tank under boiler. Two speeds. Carried logs on rear bogie.


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Motorised Lokeys


1. 1935-1936 Rowsell & Rowsell, Taraire
Chassis and motor from old 'United' truck.
Twin bogies plus another connected to the chassis by a long wooden pole.
Wheels steel-flanged railway type.
Power through two gearboxes, back-to-back, driving to a differential on which sprockets were fitted.
Chains drove to sprockets on the bogie axles. Rear gearbox used on the run out into the bush,
with the front gearbox using forward gear. On return journey, laden with logs, appropriate gears were used
in each gearbox to cope with the terrain and the load.



2. Rail Tractor.   0-6-0
Ex-NZR Wa Chassis
Petrol engine, steeple cab
Houston Timbers, Harihari



3. Converted Lorry 4-A-0
1934-1935 Cook & Sons, Kinloch


4. Rail Tractor, petrol chain drive White motor
1935-1938 Kauri Timber Co., Mata


Built:
Gauge:
Number:
Engine:
International
Wheel Arr.
4-Co
Fuel:
Petrol
Wheel Diam:
Weight:
History:
Rail Tractor, International truck
6-wheel drive by side chains, 4-wheel bogie up front
c1920 - Mangawhero Sawmilling Co., Fields Track, Karioi


F.C Hibberd & Co. Ltd, Britannia Ironworks, Bedford, England.
(Planet)


Built:

Gauge:
3'-6"
Number:
Engine:
Wheel Arr.
0-4-0
Fuel:
Diesel
Wheel Diam:
Weight:
History:
Diesel-mechanical
New Forest Sawmilling Co., Ngahere


2. Diesel-mechanical
New Forest Sawmilling Co., Ngahere


Built:
Gauge:
3'-6"
Number:
Engine:
Wheel Arr.
0-4-0
Fuel:
Diesel
Wheel Diam:
Weight:
History:
Diesel-mechanical
Butler Bros., Ruatapu c1980
Rodger Redmond, Prebbleton c1986
Scrapped

Photo: P. Dunford


Robert Holt & Sons Ltd., Napier


Built:
c1959
Gauge:
3'-6"
Number:
Engine:
51.8 bhp @ 1600 rpm
Wheel Arr.
0-4-0
Fuel:
Diesel
Wheel Diam:
Weight:
10 tons
History:
Diesel-mechanical Rail Tractor
Mounted on bogie from Napier electric tram, 3'-6" gauge
1959 Tawa Timber Co. (later Robert Holt & Sons Ltd.) Tawa Siding, Napier.
?-1965 Robert Holt & Sons, Napier. Used to shunt wagons of logs under a gantry.
1981 Body on display at Arthur Miller School, Napier. (bogie may have gone to MOTAT.)


Unknown Builders


Logging Tractor 0-4-4-0
Chain drive ex truck chassis and trucks Smith type
Stored at Shantytown


Built 1904
1904-1908 B.L. Knight, Utiku



Weir & Kenny, Mangatepopo

1. Geared Steam
?-1934 Weir & Kenny
"Galloping Gertie" Written off after 2nd runaway.
Could this be Price Cb # 118 ??




2. Motorised Lokey ?
Built 1933
1933-c1941 Weir & Kenny, Mangatepopo


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