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508 - Avonside Engine Company, Bristol, England. Makers # 1206/77 built 1877, 20 ton, 10.5 x 18 inch cylinders, 160lb BP, 36 inch wheels TE 7000 lb. This L class is one of 10 built by for the New Zealand Railways . Subsequently sold to the Public Works Department in 1901 and renumbered 508, the locomotive worked on various construction projects in the North Island between 1903 and 1931. In 1946 the 508 was sold to the Portland Cement Co. in Whangarei and kept in service until 1964.

In 1974 it was purchased by the Tauranga Historic Village where it worked for a further 14 years until the demise of the museum. It was then purchased by Shantytown with the assistance of a ‘Lottery – Environment & Heritage’ grant, and after an extensive overhaul returned to work in 2002.
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Author Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand
Camera location42° 31′ 59.38″ S, 171° 10′ 52.77″ 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@N02/16283782720. 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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