Friday Night Steam

We are off to New Zealand tonight! Check out all the work it takes just to get this engine started!

JA 1271 with excursion consist climbing the Opapa incline Specifications Power type Steam Builder NZR Hillside Workshops, Dunedin (35) North British Locomotive Works, Glasgow, Scotland (16) Build date 1946–1956 Configuration 4-8-2 Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Wheel diameter 54 in (1.37 m) Wheelbase 34 ft 10 in (10.6 m) Length 66 ft 11.5 in (20.4 m) Weight on drivers 44.45 long tons (45.16 t) Locomotive weight 69.1 long tons (70.2 t) Tender weight 40.35 long tons (41.00 t) Locomotive and tender combined weight 109.45 long tons (111.21 t) Fuel type Coal (Hillside) Oil (North British) Fuel capacity 6.0 long tons (6.1 t) coal 1,350 imp gal (6,100 L) oil Water capacity 4,000 imp gal (18,000 L) Boiler pressure 200 psi (1,400 kPa) Feedwater heater None: Fitted with Davies & Metcalfe Exhaust Injector Firegrate area 39.0 square feet (3.6 m2) Heating surface: – Total 1,469 square feet (136.5 m2) Superheater area 283 square feet (26.3 m2) Cylinders Two Cylinder size 18 in × 26 in (46 cm × 66 cm) Top speed 70 mph (110 km/h) Tractive effort 24,960 lbf (111.0 kN) Career Number in class 51 Number 1240 – 1274 (Hillside) 1275 – 1290 (North British) Locale All of New Zealand First run 1947 – 1956 (Hillside) 1952 (North British) Last run 16 November 1971 Retired 1967–1971 Scrapped 1969–1972 Disposition 44 scrapped 7 preserved