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词条 Whangarei Steam and Model Railway Club
释义

  1. Locomotives and Rolling Stock

     Locomotives 

  2. Trams

  3. References

  4. External links

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The Whangarei Steam and Model Railway Club Inc. was formed in 1978 for the purpose of acquiring, preserving, and operating vintage steam and diesel trains for the education and enjoyment of club members and the general public, the railway operates on Museum Live Days and special occasions over its own 0.8 kilometer main track.[1] The club has in its care two Peckett steam locomotives (one from 1924 and one from 1955), a Union Foundry, one Bagnall diesel loco, a Drewry and a Price diesel shunters.[2][3][4]

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

Locomotives

Key:In serviceIn service, Mainline CertifiedUnder overhaul/restorationStoredStatic displayScrapped
Number Builder Builder's number Year built Arrived in Whangarei Notes
Bagnall 3132 W. G. Bagnall 3132 1958 2005 Built for Portland Cement and classified as PC 10. Withdrawn in 1990 and sold to Kamo Engineering for storage. It was then purchased by the club in 2005 and is currently under restoration.[2]
Drewry 2722 Drewry 2722 1960 2008 Built for Portland Cement and classified as PC 12. Withdrawn in 1990 and purchased by the club. It has been named "Johnny" in preservation.[5][2]
Peckett 1664 Peckett & Sons 1664 1924 1970 Built for Wilsons's Portland Cement and classified as WPC 5. Purchased by the club in 1970. Placed on display until 1987 until being placed into storage and is currently awaiting restoration.[6][9]
Peckett 2157 Peckett & Sons 2157 1955 1978 Built for Wilsons's Portland Cement and classified as WPC 4. Purchased by the club in 1977. Used at Whangarei until being taken out of service for a complete restoration. This was completed in 2006 with a new boiler. It is notable for being the last imported steam locomotive into New Zealand. It has been named "Seymour" in preservation. The locomotive's boiler ticket will expire in 2016.[7][8]
Price 200 A & G Price 200 1961 2005 Built for Pacific Steel, Otahuhu in 1961. In 1962 it was sold to NZ Farmers Fertiliser, Whangarei. Used until 2003 when it was placed in storage. In 2005 was purchased by the club and currently awaits restoration.[9]
Union 44 Union Foundry 44 1970 n/a Built for Northland Farmers Fertiliser. It was then purchased by the club and is currently the clubs maintenance workhorse and usually hauls flat wagon.[10][2]

Trams

Whangarei Steam and Model Railway Club has two 900mm/ 2'11" gauge former Lisbon trams 520 and 526 acquired by Dave Harre for Heritage Trams for Henderson, Auckland project he was promoting, having previously stored in Aspen, Colorado for another promoted Tramway. One of the Lisbon tram bodies was restored by Mr Harre's group prior to the Henderson project (2003-2013) being abandoned and the trams being acquired by the Whangarei Steam Group, which are converting the two trams to 3'6" gauge and building an operating tramway attraction.

[11][12]
  • No.520 Carris, Lisbon (1926) Body restored by Heritage Trams for Henderson.
  • No.526 Carris, Lisbon (1926)

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.steamnorth.org.nz/ |title=Whangarei Steam And Model Railway Club Inc |publisher=Steamnorth.org.nz |date= |accessdate=2014-08-14}}
2. ^http://www.nzrsr.co.nz/view_page.php?page=10&search=false&sort=none&order=none
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://thegrid.co.nz/list-of-new-zealand-railway-museums-and-heritage-lines/ |title=list-of-new-zealand-railway-museums-and-heritage-lines |publisher=thegrid.co.nz |date= |accessdate=2017-01-23}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.fronz.org.nz/magazines/FRONZ%20Journal%20132%20May%202014.pdf |title=FRONZ The Journal 20MAY 2014 |publisher=www.fronz.org.nz |date= |accessdate=2017-01-23}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.steamnorth.org.nz/Drewry2722.html |title=Whangarei Steam And Model Railway Club Inc |publisher=Steamnorth.org.nz |date= |accessdate=2014-08-14}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.steamnorth.org.nz/Peckett1664.html |title=Whangarei Steam And Model Railway Club Inc |publisher=Steamnorth.org.nz |date= |accessdate=2014-08-14}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.steamnorth.org.nz/Peckett2157.html |title=Whangarei Steam And Model Railway Club Inc |publisher=Steamnorth.org.nz |date=1977-12-16 |accessdate=2014-08-14}}
8. ^http://www.nzrsr.co.nz/view_page.php?page=9&search=false&sort=none&order=none
9. ^http://www.nzrsr.co.nz/view_page.php?page=10&search=false&sort=none&order=none
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.steamnorth.org.nz/Union44.html |title=Whangarei Steam And Model Railway Club Inc |publisher=Steamnorth.org.nz |date= |accessdate=2014-08-14}}
11. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11089329 |title=Electric trams find new home at city's Heritage Park |publisher=www.nzherald.co.nz |date= |accessdate=2017-01-17}}
12. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11856390 |title=Vintage electric tram to run again |publisher=www.nzherald.co.nz |date= |accessdate=2017-05-23}}

External links

  • WSR's official website
{{NZR Heritage}}{{coord missing|New Zealand}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Whangarei Steam and Model Railway Club}}

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