New Diesel-Electric Locomotives
(New Zealand Press Association* AUCKLAND, April 26.
The first of 10 Australian-built diesel-electric locomotives for the Main Trunk line will be handed over to the Minister of Railways (Mr J. K. McAlpine) by the Senior Australian Trade Commissioner (Mr W. R. Hudspeth), at the Auckland railway station next Tuesday. The locomotive is one of two that arrived in New Zealand a fortnight ago from the Clyde Engineering Company, Sydney. The locomotives cost about £70,000 each.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28262, 27 April 1957, Page 13
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78New Diesel-Electric Locomotives Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28262, 27 April 1957, Page 13
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