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Two years and four davs after it last rumbled round its tracks at the Centennial Exhibition in Wellington, the Kiwi Train was sold by auction recently, it had been in store ever since the exhibition closed. Only a few buyers attended. The blue and silver locomotive and tender were knocked down for £60, the principal value being in the eight-cylinder motor car engine that was the source of the locomotive's power. The five carriages were bought for £16 10/ each by a Wellington coachbuilder. Other equipment was also sold, but the rails had been disposed of previously.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 20 May 1942, Page 8
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100RELIC UNDER HAMMER Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 20 May 1942, Page 8
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