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Not all of the above existed on the foreshore by the time OnTrack removed the remains in 2008 - some locomotives had been destroyed by wave and rust action, or in at least one case believed to have been sucked out to sea (F 156). None of the locomotives that remained on the foreshore were in a state
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464:McCall, Hugh (24 May 2009).
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359:Sharp, Stewart and Company
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338:Baldwin Locomotive Works
466:"Oamaru Steam and Rail"
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