File:Shantytown train. New Zealand. (10113101854).jpg

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KAITANGATA - Sharp Stewart & Co. Glasgow, Scotland. Makers # 4270 built 1896. 22 ton, 10.5 x 18 cylinders, 160lb BP, 36 inch wheels TE 7000lb. The main stay of the railway at Shantytown since its opening in 1972 has been the 'Improved F-Class Kaitangata'. This engine is based on the N.Z.R. (New Zealand Railways) 'F' class, and was built for the Kaitangata Coal & Railway Co. to work the 8 kilometre line from the coal mine at Kaitangata to the N.Z.R. exchange sidings at Stirling.

The coal company and railway were taken over by the State Mines Department in the 1950's with the locomotive continuing to operate the railway until the mine closed in 1969. In February 1971 the locomotive was donated to Shantytown.
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Source Shantytown train. New Zealand.
Author Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand
Camera location42° 32′ 08.77″ S, 171° 10′ 55.13″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Bernard Spragg at https://flickr.com/photos/88123769@N02/10113101854. It was reviewed on 21 May 2017 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.

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42°32'8.768"S, 171°10'55.128"E

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