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STATEMENT No. 23 Statement of Carriage, Rail Car, Multiple Unit, Brake Van and Wagon Stock, and Tarpaulins, for the Year ended 31st March, 1946

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North Island South Island Description. Class. Main Line Main Line Nelson. Total. and Branches. and Branches. 1 Carriages . First-class 97 61 158 Second-class 679 522 3 1,204 Composite 78 20 7 105 Sleeping 13 2 15 Combination day-sleeping 2 1 3 Ambulance 9 3 12 Totals 878 609 10 1,497 Rail Cars 13 9 22 Multiple Units— Power units 6 6 Trailers 6 6 Totals 12 12 Vans— Postal-vans 4 4 8 Brake-vans 286 210 3 499 Totals 290 214 3 507 Wagons — Special-purpose wagons E 938 470 1 1,409 Horse-boxes G 63 77 1 141 Cattle H 613 218 3 834 Cattle He 1 50 51 Sheep J 1,743 1,446 "ll 3,200 Sheep Jc 80 40 120 Covered goods K 249 156 " 6 411 High sides L 3,067 3,629 88 6,784 High sides La 5,312 4,155 9,467 High sides Lb 6 392 13 411 Low sides M 447 891 14 1,352 Low sides (steel) Ma 122 122 Low sides Mb 4 13 17 Low sides Mc 110 60 170 Timber N 88 144 " 8 240 Platform, coal P 204 204 Petrol inspection Pw 1 1 2 Movable hopper Q 1,162 1,162 Frozen meat W 297 77 374 Frozen meat Wa 231 29 *18 278 Covered goods X 110 16 126 Cool, ventilated Xa 489 566 1,055 Cool, ventilated Xb 1 29 30 Cool, ventilated Xc 1 63 64 Work train Y 57 24 81 Work train Yb 308 187 495 Special-purpose wagons, bogie .. E 101 ' 75 176 High-sides, bogie R 157 75 232 High sides, bogie Ra 38 38 High sides, bogie Rb 69 24 93 Sheep, bogie .. S 25 36 61 Cattle, bogie T 36 14 50 Platform, bogie U 238 117 4 359 Gas storeholder, bogie Ua 10 4 14