KAITANGATA
Type:
Side Tank
Number: 4270
Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0T
Builder: Sharp, Stewart & Co.
Year Built: 1896
Weight: 22.4 Tonnes (21.9 Tons)
Coal Bunker Capacity: 1.1 Tonne (1 Tons)
Water Capacity: 2300 Litres (550 gallons)
Boiler Pressure: 1103 kPa (160 psi)
Number: 4270
Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0T
Builder: Sharp, Stewart & Co.
Year Built: 1896
Weight: 22.4 Tonnes (21.9 Tons)
Coal Bunker Capacity: 1.1 Tonne (1 Tons)
Water Capacity: 2300 Litres (550 gallons)
Boiler Pressure: 1103 kPa (160 psi)
HISTORY
1896 - 1956 Kaitangata Coal & Railway Co.
1956 - 1971 Mines Department, Kaitangata
1971 - 1980 Operational, Shantytown
1980 - 1985 Overhaul, Shantytown
1985 - 1989 Operational, Shantytown
1989 - 1991 Restored, Shantytown
1991 - 2003 Operational, Shantytown
This locomotive was built for the Kaitangata Coal Mine & Railway Co. The locomotive was built to a design supplied by the, NZR's Chief Mechanical Engineer of Otago. The locomotive was of an improved "F" Class design, with side tanks instesd of saddle tanks. The Sharp, Stewart didn't enter service until around 1898.
It worked at Kaitangata all its life, until 1971 when the minister of Mines donated her to Shantytown. The New Zealand Railways transported the loco to Shantytown. Her job was to shunt the coal wagons form the township of Kaitangata to the NZR interchange at Stirling, during this time she suffered a major accident.
One day in 1949 upon arrival at Stirling the station agent inadvertently forgot about the train from Kaitangata. Some how some wagons got away, as the Stirling yard is down grade, and rammed into the rear of "Kait". After this the NZR fitted airbrakes to "Kait". Her cab was pushed in, and still to this day indentations remain, as a reminder to the day the wagons bet "Kait".
On a happier note one day during her working life it is rumoured that "Kait" hauled the South Island Limited express, from Benhar to Balclutha, only a short distance. This happened to be as "Kait" was the only loco available to the NZR. An A or Ab was taken off a freight at Balclutha and continued with the Limited to Invercargill.
1956 - 1971 Mines Department, Kaitangata
1971 - 1980 Operational, Shantytown
1980 - 1985 Overhaul, Shantytown
1985 - 1989 Operational, Shantytown
1989 - 1991 Restored, Shantytown
1991 - 2003 Operational, Shantytown
This locomotive was built for the Kaitangata Coal Mine & Railway Co. The locomotive was built to a design supplied by the, NZR's Chief Mechanical Engineer of Otago. The locomotive was of an improved "F" Class design, with side tanks instesd of saddle tanks. The Sharp, Stewart didn't enter service until around 1898.
It worked at Kaitangata all its life, until 1971 when the minister of Mines donated her to Shantytown. The New Zealand Railways transported the loco to Shantytown. Her job was to shunt the coal wagons form the township of Kaitangata to the NZR interchange at Stirling, during this time she suffered a major accident.
One day in 1949 upon arrival at Stirling the station agent inadvertently forgot about the train from Kaitangata. Some how some wagons got away, as the Stirling yard is down grade, and rammed into the rear of "Kait". After this the NZR fitted airbrakes to "Kait". Her cab was pushed in, and still to this day indentations remain, as a reminder to the day the wagons bet "Kait".
On a happier note one day during her working life it is rumoured that "Kait" hauled the South Island Limited express, from Benhar to Balclutha, only a short distance. This happened to be as "Kait" was the only loco available to the NZR. An A or Ab was taken off a freight at Balclutha and continued with the Limited to Invercargill.
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"New" Stirling Station
October 2002 PHOTO: D.J.Maciulaitis |
"New" Stirling Station
October 2002 PHOTO: D.J.Maciulaitis |
Outside the shed.
January 2002 PHOTO: D.J.Maciulaitis |
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Climax 1203 & Kaitangata
September 2002 PHOTO: D.J.Maciulaitis |
Kaitangata & L 508
12 October 2002 PHOTO: D.J.Maciulaitis |
Yard
12 October 2002 PHOTO: D.J.Maciulaitis |
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Early days at Shantytown
Post Card: P.James - A.H. & A. Reed |
Early days at Shantytown
Post Card: Creative Art Promotions |
Kaitangata sporting a drainpipe funnel.
PHOTO: Scott Eastwick |