New Zealand D1 shunter by Jeffrey413 on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Published: Aug 6, 2023

Description

History
Fed up with small tank engines doing the shunting around the bigger yards and increasing loads caused an issue with board so they looked abroad for an engine to shunt one thing was it had to be a tender engine and liked what the Pennsy was using so they order 50 engines not only for shunting , industrial and short haul goods or need be passengers trains. Classified as D1 the class was built at Baldwin and 20 from Lima with super heaters as the rest were saturated The 30 engines were later on all were upgraded and given larger tenders that were sloped backed to get clear picture while switching but no rear lamp which led to derailments at night. They worked dutifully till the 1950s when they were displaced by diesels like the C7s and all were scrapped but one has survived from scrap by working a power plant till it was closed down in 1970.

Build Date -1906 to 1909
Number produce - 50
Date of withdraw- 1950-1956
weight - 80.20 short tons
Tractive Effort - 2,000 Ibf
Fuel and Water - 0.3 tons of coal and 400 gallons
Facts- This would be the basis of the larger D3 0-8-0 shunters nicknamed big boys due to how large the boiler were.
Update -I remove the handrails and covered the firebox along with extending the tender.

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