Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1918 — NOVEL TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE [ARTICLE]

NOVEL TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE

Engine Introduced in New Zealand' Can Travel Farther Than Compound Without Taking Water. A new type- of locomotive has been , employed on the Woodville-Talhape section of the Main Trunk railway of New Zealand during the last three months, according to a recent Issue of the British (government) Board of Trade Journal. The first of the class was constructed at the government workshops In Dunedin for service on the Canterbury Plains some two years ago. After severe grade tests, which proved successful, four of the new engines were sent to North Island some months ago and have been used on the Welllngton-Taihape section with good results. It appears that this engine can travel farther than the compound engine without taking in water, and that it has a greater hauling capacity.