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534:NZR W class
529:NZR W class
524:NZR W class
519:NZR W class
514:NZR W class
481:Åreti River
465:Seddonville
397:World War I
391:and one to
176:Loco weight
21:NZR W class
1579:Categories
1228:F (inc. F)
974:Wellington
812:DH of 1978
782:(on order)
560:References
438:Withdrawal
385:Wellington
73:Build date
47:Power type
1353:Q of 1901
1348:Q of 1878
1343:P of 1885
1338:P of 1876
1273:K of 1932
1268:K of 1877
1253:J of 1939
1248:J of 1874
1233:G of 1874
1218:E of 1906
1208:D of 1929
1203:D of 1874
1198:C of 1930
1193:C of 1873
1173:B of 1899
1168:B of 1874
1148:A of 1873
889:E of 1923
786:DQ and QR
485:Southland
461:Greymouth
412:Wairarapa
393:WhangÄrei
381:Whanganui
375:Operation
312:1935â1950
301:First run
272:Operators
184:Fuel type
1034:RM class
1026:Railcars
1004:Auckland
728:Mainline
565:Citation
508:See also
457:Westland
453:scrapped
389:Westport
296:, Napier
294:Wanganui
197:
194:Firebox:
108:
919:Battery
449:Dunedin
432:W class
364:England
360:W class
354:. The
341:History
327:W class
309:Retired
285:290â301
282:Numbers
55:Builder
1121:Others
649:
626:
603:
451:to be
420:HÄwera
408:Napier
395:. By
290:Locale
267:Career
156:Length
146:Driver
120:2-6-2T
800:Shunt
127:Gauge
115:Whyte
50:Steam
647:ISBN
624:ISBN
601:ISBN
422:and
387:and
322:The
304:1899
188:Coal
148:dia.
76:1898
842:DSJ
837:DSG
832:DSC
827:DSB
822:DSA
483:in
324:NZR
1581::
910:EF
847:TR
817:DS
807:DE
780:DM
775:DL
770:DJ
765:DI
645:.
622:.
86:12
1565:.
1468:Y
1463:X
1458:W
1453:W
1448:W
1443:W
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1433:W
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1423:W
1418:W
1413:W
1408:W
1403:W
1398:V
1393:U
1388:U
1383:U
1378:U
1373:U
1368:T
1363:S
1358:R
1333:O
1328:O
1323:O
1318:O
1313:N
1308:N
1303:N
1298:M
1293:L
1288:L
1283:K
1278:K
1263:J
1258:J
1243:H
1223:F
1188:B
1183:B
1178:B
1163:A
1158:A
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