International Railroad Discussion > DA Class loco Leaving the Steel Mill in New Zealand.

Hi All,

Today we had a 1956,  Built in USA, at  LA Grange, a model G12 NZR class  DA  loco
with a 567 motor arrive on a test run,
with a Mico rail device attached to I think read the rail top for cracks etc.
It will be doing a few runs up and down the line to get a reading of how the
rail is holding out.
The loco is owned by Dean, and it is manly at Glenbrook Vintage railway.
I hope you enjoy this very small clip.It was filmed by David who I work with..

Cheers Brian..



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/15 00:09 by RogersPass.

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Having Co-Co bogies, the model would be a GR12.

masterphots Wrote:
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> Having Co-Co bogies, the model would be a GR12.

Alan,

They are A-1-A. Many were rebuild to Class DC.

J.

J.Ferris Wrote:
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> masterphots Wrote:
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> > Having Co-Co bogies, the model would be a GR12.
>
> Alan,
>
> They are A-1-A. Many were rebuild to Class DC.
>
> J.

Thanks, who'd a thunk it?  Thanks for the correction.  Guess I should stick to South America,  GR12 heaven

masterphots Wrote:
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> J.Ferris Wrote:
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> > masterphots Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > Having Co-Co bogies, the model would be a
> GR12.
> >
> > Alan,
> >
> > They are A-1-A. Many were rebuild to Class DC.
> >
> > J.
>
> Thanks, who'd a thunk it?  Thanks for the
> correction.  Guess I should stick to South
> America,  GR12 heaven

Alan,

If you've never gone to New Zealand. I'd say go. Friendly railroaders and fans on both islands.

J.

J.Ferris Wrote:
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> masterphots Wrote:
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> > Having Co-Co bogies, the model would be a GR12.
>
> Alan,
>
> They are A-1-A. Many were rebuild to Class DC.
>
> J.

  The New Zealand Rail DC class were  a "rebuild" of the DA class, #s1400  - 1429 built in USA 1430 - 1439 build built Clyde Engineering Australia the rest were build in Canada.
    Ran all of them in my time with NZR.

  Malcolm
  New Zealand.

J.Ferris Wrote:
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> masterphots Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Having Co-Co bogies, the model would be a GR12.
>
> Alan,
>
> They are A-1-A. Many were rebuild to Class DC.
>
> J.
Hi J,

Thanks for the reply to this and yes alot  were rebuilt in to DC class.
This loco started work with the NZR in January 1956 and was retired
in December 1987.
There are  about 4 Da left that I know of and the are 1410, 1429, 1431 and 1471

Cheers Brian..