The Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company was a private railway company that operated the railway between Thorndon in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, and Longburn, near Palmerston North in t
W&MR No.9 locomotive (later reclassified as an N class) in service at Paekākāriki c. 1900.
Thorndon Railway Station c.1900 opened 1886, closed 18 June 1937
W&MR locomotive no 7 arriving with the mail train from Wellington at Longburn, c. 1888. The train to Foxton waits on the other platform.
Shannon Railway Station
NZR BC class
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The NZR BC class comprised a single steam locomotive that operated on New Zealand's national rail network. Built for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway and classified as No. 17, it passed into the ow
Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company
…class (compound) No. 16 1896 2-8-0 Baldwin Locomotive Works, United States OC class (compound) No. 17 1901 2-8-2 Baldwin Locomotive Works, United States BC class (compound) No. 18 1904 2-6-2 Baldwin Locomotive Works, United States NC class (compound) Nos. 19, 20 1904 4-6-0 Baldwin Locomotive Works, United States…
A diagram comparing the Baldwin-built WMR 2-8-2 No. 17 with the first Mikado class built for the Nippon Railway in 1897.
Colourised Builder's photo of WMR no.17/NZR Bc no.463