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STATEMENT No. 25. ALL SECTIONS. Locomotive Running Costs, Year ended 31st March, 1937.

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Locomotive-mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Number Details. Running. Repairs, > Running. Suction. Locomo- i Shunting I M uJaM S per 1 Wages, TotaL Section. tives. | Traln ! Light, To ta L | Locomotive. -Coal. j Oil. md ! Stores. Fuel. Wages. I Miscellaneous. | j Overhead. , | I Cwt. Quarts. £ £ £ £ £ N.l.M.L. and branches . 316 7,363,786 2,217,590 9,581,376 30,321 5.740,060 367,252 282,508 16,716 393,614 318,900 1,011,738 N.l.M.L. and branches. S.I.M.L. and branches 221 4,124,720 1,538,265 5,662,985 25,624 2,801,501 226,508 169,837 9,573 155,284 192,925 527,619 S.I.M.L. and branches. Kaihu 2 13,392 2,703 16,095 8,048 6,455 437 507 20 494 779 1,800 Kaihu. Gisborne 7 38,149 8,333 46,482 6,640 21,481 2,159 894 75 2,769 1,693 5,431 Gisborne. Westport . .. 9 65,990 47,071 113,061 12,562 52,292 4,675 3,867 260 2,759 4,892 11,778 Westport. Nelson 6 39,612 10,166 49,778 8,296 21,045 1,777 577 64 1,942 1.608 4,191 Nelson. Picton .. .. .. 6 44,412 24,626 69,038 11,506 22,375 2,464 3,620 90 2,596 2,707 9,013 Picton. Total steam .. 567 11,690,061 3,848,754 15,538,815 27,405 8,665,209 605,272 461,810 26,798 559,458 523,504 1,571,570 Units. Electric locos, E. 2-6 . 5 45,465 58,684 104,149 20,830 1,872,200 2,728 7,563 133 15,586 2,012 25,294 E 2-6. Electric locos., E 7-12 .. 6 114.266 23,435 137,701 22,950 2,239,960 2,105 6,785 123 4,674 2,620 14,202 E 7-12. Gals. Petrol rail-cars .. .. 7 116,250 5,574 121,824 17,403 23,291 1,628 2,533 181 1,888 1,801 6,403 Petrol rail-cars. Diesel rail-cars .. .. 3 79,350 1,207 80,557 26,852 4,582 1,121 1,381 103 130 814 2,428 Diesel rail-cars. Cwt. Steam rail-car .. .. 1 1,516 220 1,736 1,736 119 79 151 5 15 46 217 Steam rail-car. Grand total .. 589 12,046,908 3,937,874 15,984,782 27,405 612,933 480,223 27,343 581,751 530,797 1,620,114

Cost per Locomotive-mile. j3 Cost per Locomotive-mile. 8 ° p, - g j ~z | Repairs. Running. is . a . §, a \ g • & . S g« „ .. .2 fe ««a fa .2 J c g Total ft ."5 Days m »cc> Section Seotlon - Ī § IS §3 | 3 fe go J cost. |S Steam. SeCtl0D ' Mater- ! Total. | * .2~ ° 1 ! P » S -£ M and Stores - Fuel ' Wa « es - fi | | | II 1 H MS St 3 = S 8 j g - ± ! ! • ''' '• i | I : d. d. d. d. d. £ £ £ ! £ d. i d. d. d. £ I d. N.J.M.L. and branches .. .. 7-08 0-42 9-86 7-98 25-34 71,418 14,934 |28 880 ;113,643 1-79 ! 0-37 0-72 2-85 [1,240,613 j 31-07 76,822 243 N.I.M.L. and branches. S.I.M.L. and branches .. .. 7-20 0-41 6-58 8-17 22-36 41,765 6,356 12,076 69,936 1-77 0-27 0-51 2-96 657,752; 27-87 49,329 223 S.I.M.L. and branches. Kaihu .. .. .. .. 7-56 0-30 7-37 11-61 26-84 34 14 I .. i 133 0-51 0-21 .. 1-98 I 1,981 29-54 297 149 Kaihu. Gisborne . .. .. 4-62 0-39 14-29 8-74 28-04 288 55 I .. 445 1-49 0-28 .. 2-30 : 6,219 32-11 457 65 Gisborne. Westport .. .. .. 8-21 0-55 5-86 10-38 25-00 531 111 ! .. 1,427 1-13 ! 0-24 .. 3-02 : 13,847 29-39 1,719 191 Westport. Kelson .. .. .. .. 2-78 0-31 9-37 7-75 20-21 366 51 i .. 263 1-76 I 0-25 .. 1-27 j 4,871 23-49 516 86 Nelson. Picton .. .. .. 12-58 0-31 ; 9-02 9-42 31-33 538 69; .. 707 1-87 0-24 .. 2-46 | 10,327 35-90 824 137 Picton. Total steam .. .. 7-13 0-41 8-64 8-09 24-27 114,940 | 21,590 140,956 j 186, 554 1-78 [0-33 0-63 2-89 jl,935, 610 29-90 129,964 229 Electric locos., E 2-6 .. .. 17-43 0-31 135-90 4-64 58-28 2,288! .. ! .. 772 5-28 j .. .. 1-78 I 28,354 65-34 1,339 268 E 2-6. Electric locos., E 7-12 .. .. 11-82 0-21 j 8-15 4-57 24-75 1,845; .. .. 264 3-22 ' .. .. 0-46 j 16,311 28-43 1,107 184 E 7-12. Petrol rail-cars .. .. .. 4-98 0-36 ! 3-72 3-55 12-61 1,500 | .. I .. .. 2-96 | j 7,903 15-57 810 116 Petrol rail-cars. Diesel rail-cars .. .. .. 4-10 ! 0-31 I 0-39 2-43 7-23 383' .. .. .. 1-14 .. 2,811 8-37 231 77 Diesel rail-cars. Steam rail-car .. .. .. 20-88 ! 0-69 2-07 6-36 30-00 455 . _ 62-90 . . 672 92-90 24 24 Steam rail-car, ;