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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 4 (August 24, 1926)

A 600

A 600.

The big express locomotive A600 which was involved in the Opapa accident was returned to service on 23th June—79 days after being shopped at Napier for extensive repairs. This reflects great credit on the staff at the railway workshops. A600 has an interesting and honoured history. Built in 1914 by Price Bros. at their Thames works, she had, up to the time of the Opapa accident, run 363,855 miles in the Wellington and Napier districts. She was the engine selected to draw the Royal train during the visit of the Prince of Wales, and it will be remembered that, on the occasion referred to, the Prince (under the supervision of the enginedriver, the late Mr. R. A. Telfer, with whom was associated Spare Enginedriver P. D. Clasby and Fireman J. C. Muir) himself drove this particular locomotive for portion of the journey.