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Aveling & Porter Ltd.,
Rochester, England


Early Locomotives Index



Built:
1896
Gauge:
3'-6"
Number:
3592
Cylinders:
One -
Wheel Arr.
0-4-0
Pressure:
140 psig
Wheel Diam:
Weight:
History:
1896-1901 Tom Price, Newman in northern Wairarapa.
1905 Tom Price, Petone
1906-1910 Puketapu Sawmilling Co., Matapuna
1912-1913 NZ Powell Wood Process Co., Rangataua
1914-1915 Ellis & Burnand Ltd., Ongarue. Known as "The Squirt" 5-1/2hp boiler.
1917-1920 Waimiha Sawmilling Co., Mangapehi
Really a traction engine mounted on 4 wheels with large gear wheel driven
from flywheel shaft and directly to gears on wheels.
After 1920 the history is a bit vague. It appears to have been sold to
Marton Sash & Door Ltd. at Waione and left derelict there.
Its ultimate fate is unknown, probably reduced to scrap

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