NZR Stores Branch

Introduced: 1915

Number in Class: 1

Stores Register

Locomotive Specifications

Builder: J. Johnston & Son, Invercargill, New Zealand

Engine Weight:	Tender Weight:	Total Weight:	Adhesive Weight:
Length over Buffers:	Total Wheelbase:	Engine Wheelbase:	Coupled Wheelbase:
Tender Wheelbase:	Driver Wheel Dia.:    20"	Cylinders HP:     Two - 7.5" x 10"	Cylinders LP:
Grate Area:	Evaporative Area:	Superheated Area:	Working Pressure:     150 psig
Tractive Effort:	Coal Capacity:    Wood fuel	Oil Capacity:	Water Capacity:

Remarks:     The Mountain Rimu Timber Co. of Mamaku, near Rotorua, was aquired by the NZR Stores Branch in 1915 and took over operation of this Class D Johnston 16-wheeler. Similar to the Price 16-wheeler, it had a vertical two-cylinder engine in the cab driving through spur reduction gears to a line shaft, which in turn drove all eight axles via skew bevel gears. This loco was very rough riding, so the NZR converted it to an eight-wheeler, using two tender bogies from a scrapped NZR locomotive. This cured the problem without affecting the load hauling capacity. In use until 1953, it was derelict by 1956 and may have been scrapped soon after.