D140 Steam Locomotive, Bernard Spragg Photo
D140 Steam Locomotive..Steam locomotive D140 was built in 1887, according to the Register of New Zealand Steam Locomotives. The makers number is 36/87. It came into service on 27 January 1888 and was retired in July 1920
Kitson steam tram ., Bernard Spragg Photo
Kitson Steam Tram number 7 is probably the most iconic vehicle in the Society's collection - and is depicted on the Society's logo. (This vehicle is generally referred to as "Kitty" by Society members.) It is b... More
DG 772, Bernard Spragg Photo. Bernard Spragg photography
Dg 772 (TMS number 2255, formerly Dh 772) is the Diesel Traction Group's flagship locomotive. It is one of a class of forty-two locomotives that were built by the English Electric Company of the United Kingdom,... More
Leyland Lynx, Bernard Spragg Photo
Leyland Motors Limited was a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses. It gave its name to the British Leyland Motor Corporation formed when it merged with British Motor Holdings, later t... More
Dg 772 Locomotive, Bernard Spragg Photo
Dg 772 (TMS number 2255, formerly Dh 772) is the Diesel Traction Group's flagship locomotive. It is one of a class of forty-two locomotives that were built by the English Electric Company of the United Kingdom,... More
Icon Kitson steam tram No 7, public domain photograph
Kitson Steam Tram number 7 is probably the most iconic vehicle in the Society's collection - and is depicted on the Society's logo. (This vehicle is generally referred to as "Kitty" by Society members.) It is b... More
Kitson steam tram, Bernard Spragg Photo
The Steam Tram is one of eight imported by the Canterbury Tramway Company in 1880/1 for use on that company's lines in Christchurch. It was built by Kitson & Company, Airdale Foundry, Leeds England, in 1881.
Vulcan Railcar Rm 57. Bernard Spragg photography
The NZR RM class Vulcan railcars were operated by the New Zealand Government Railways (NZR) in the South Island of New Zealand. All New Zealand railcars were classified as RM (Rail Motor), and this class derive... More
Kitson Steam Tram, Bernard Spragg Photo
The Steam Tram is one of eight imported by the Canterbury Tramway Company in 1880/1 for use on that company's lines in Christchurch. Numbered 7 by the company, it was maker's number 28 and was built by Kitson &... More
Cb Class At Ferrymead. - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Built by A & G Price at their Thames Works in 1924, it is an example of a geared locomotive used on bush logging tramways. It is powered by a two cylinder marine steam engine situated in the cab beside the driv... More
De 551 English Electric - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
The class were powered by the English Electric 6SRKT Mk 1 diesel engine, a 6 cylinder inline engine with bore 10" and stroke 12", producing 660 hp at 750 rpm. They had a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement with four tracti... More
Dreadnought tram 236 (1). Bernard Spragg photography
This is Brisbane's two-bogie drop-centre tram, although it has much in common with Sydney's toastrack L/P trams. The first to be introduced was No. 231 ...At first, despite their weight, the trams were equipped... More
Dreadnought tram 236 (2). Bernard Spragg photography
This is Brisbane's two-bogie drop-centre tram, although it has much in common with Sydney's toastrack L/P trams. The first to be introduced was No. 231 ...At first, despite their weight, the trams were equipped... More
Dreadnought tram 236 Ex Brisbane Aust.
This is Brisbane's two-bogie drop-centre tram, although it has much in common with Sydney's toastrack L/P trams. The first to be introduced was No. 231 ...At first, despite their weight, the trams were equipped... More
Kitson steam tram (7) - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Kitson Steam Tram number 7 is probably the most iconic vehicle in the Society's collection - and is depicted on the Society's logo. (This vehicle is generally referred to as "Kitty" by Society members.) It is b... More
Kitson steam tram (16) - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Kitson Steam Tram number 7 is probably the most iconic vehicle in the Society's collection - and is depicted on the Society's logo. (This vehicle is generally referred to as "Kitty" by Society members.) It is b... More
Kitson steam tram (17) - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Kitson Steam Tram number 7 is probably the most iconic vehicle in the Society's collection - and is depicted on the Society's logo. (This vehicle is generally referred to as "Kitty" by Society members.) It is b... More
Kitson steam tram, Bernard Spragg Photo
The Steam Tram is one of eight imported by the Canterbury Tramway Company in 1880/1 for use on that company's lines in Christchurch. Numbered 7 by the company, it was makers number 28 and was built by Kitson & ... More
NZR DE class locomotives - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
The New Zealand DE class locomotive is a New Zealand class of shunting diesel-electric locomotives. The New Zealand Railways intended to replace steam locomotives for shunting duties with this class. They are p... More
Steam locomotive W192 (1) - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Wd357 is the sole operational survivor of 111 Baldwin Locomotive Works locomotives that were used in New Zealand. In fact for a number of years Wd357 was the sole surviving Baldwin railway locomotive of any cl... More
Steam locomotive W192 (12) - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Wd357 is the sole operational survivor of 111 Baldwin Locomotive Works locomotives that were used in New Zealand. In fact for a number of years Wd357 was the sole surviving Baldwin railway locomotive of any cl... More
Steam locomotive W192 ., Bernard Spragg Photo
Wd357 is the sole operational survivor of 111 Baldwin Locomotive Works locomotives that were used in New Zealand. In fact for a number of years Wd357 was the sole surviving Baldwin railway locomotive of any cl... More
Steam locomotive W192 (53) - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
192 NZR Addington February 1889 July 1959 Rail Heritage Trust. Mainline certified. In service Ferrymead Railway. First locomotive built by NZR.
Steam locomotive W192, Bernard Spragg Photo
Ferrymead Heritage Park's steam locomotive W192 was built in 1889 by the New Zealand Government Railways (NZR) in their Addington Workshops, here in Christchurch. It was the first locomotive to be built in the ... More
Opening of the First Railway in New Zealand, at Christchurch, Canterbu...
Opening of the First Railway in New Zealand, at Christchurch, Canterbury Province in 1863. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 5 March 1864. page 237. Shows an event that occurred on 1 December 1863, ... More