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NFA class 2-6-0
Dubs and Co Glasgow (builders No.3385) 1896
CR purchased as ex contractor loco in 1915
Design similar to NZR J class
1 only NFA8 used NAR
Withdrawn 1925 scrapped c. 1960

New Zealand Railways locomotive J 2-6-0 class
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'Number 1' used by Smith and Timms on construction of the Yeelanna-Minnipa Hill and Cummins-Kimba railway lines on Eyre Peninsula between 1912 and 1915.
This was loco purchased by CR 1915 and is NFA8
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Rail motors using Associated Equipment Company (AEC) 506 bus & truck chassis
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RM 6 ' Captain Cook ' converted Napier road vehicle completed at Ipswich railway workshops in 1916. It was used on the Cooktown to Laura railway.

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