International Railroad Discussion > New Zealand Railways G12.

New Zealand Railways G12.
Second, only to Brazil, the NZR had 146 units, getting its first order in 1955 from GMD in Canada, and EMD in the USA, (1400-1429) all with fabricated bogies.
In 1957 an order was placed with Clyde Australia, for another 10  with high-speed bogies.(1430-1439)
GMD Canada built the bulk of the rest from 1961-69 (1440-1545) five of the early units were converted for hump shunting at Terapa, in 1972.
5 of the class are in Preservation.
85 0f the class were selected for rebuilding, into the Dc class, at Clydes Rosewater plant South Australia.
Shot 1414 showing signs of hard life
shot 2 1445 arriving Wellington on commuter service..
Shot 3. Fresh from overhaul.443.

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I like G12 a lot. I remember the time they run as main power in the railroads here. Now they are yard switchers or workinig in MoW trains. Only EFDTC railroad use them as main power.

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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

I remember seeing those on Commute trains in Auckland.I could watch from my cousins place on Remuera Road .
Regards,Daryl.

Thanks, Pedro, have been saving G12 slides for years, have some good shots from Brazil

If you have a chance, open a thread to here to show us some of these slides. It is always nice to see old pictures.
At this time, Vale mining is sending four G12 to work as yard switchers in my area. Vale has the best G12 here in Brazil. Its maintenance team is of first quality.



Utahfannz Wrote:
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> Thanks, Pedro, have been saving G12 slides for
> years, have some good shots from Brazil

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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

I will look some up and post Pedro.

Thanks sir...I will choose  some of my pics of G8 and G12 to post  in a thread  here too.
Pedro 

Utahfannz Wrote:
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> I will look some up and post Pedro.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1