New Railway Engines.
The new eri'gn^eV-for the Wellington Manawata Btailw^y, which have come to^hand by v theicAoi-augi^ are much more powerfSllthartfthe ordinary engines' on the' (jovernifienfc line, and run on lien wheelsjr'* three being coupled on each -side,' and the other lour consisting at t«ro pairs of bogy > w!ieels,'dno pairin fronir and; one trailing behin^l. ArpM»H»tity 'in' tlie diivingf jihfeeis is that thej^have no flanges^hich enabTes to take very sharp carves without loss of power. The engine also carries its < oven watei^ in tanks oil c^ch^ stde^^- It is^expected to be m woriringvprden m about a week. The company have now everything m; readinejss for advertising for tenders for ballasting" cho six 'miles of line from Wellington to John3ohville, and layiag the per* maneat
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 256, 25 September 1884, Page 2
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124New Railway Engines. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 256, 25 September 1884, Page 2
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