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D-class locomotive

Much of the locomotive power on New Zealand's Vogel-era railways was provided by small British-built tank engines like the 2-4-0T D and 0-6-0T F class. D 170, built in Glasgow in 1880, is currently on static display at Helensville.

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Credit

Neill Atkinson, 2006.

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