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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 8 (February 1, 1931)

Air Conquest.'

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Air Conquest.'

Trade troubles have not prevented the march of technical achievement. The great German flying boat reached England (where the Prince of Wales flew with it) and Spain, but its commander seems to be unprepared (at time of writing) to follow his lighter-than-air compatriot, Dr. Eckener, across the Atlantic. Oscar Garden, New Zealander, made an unostentatious flight in a light aeroplane from England to Australia, and
New Additions to the Locomotive Fleet on the N.Z.R. Designed for use for shunting operations or suburban train haulage two engines of the “C” class as illustrated above have recently been built and put into commission by the Railways Department. They are the first of an order for 24 which are to be built at the Hutt Valley and Hillside Workshops. These engines are of the 2-6-2 type with double bogie tenders whose tanks slope downward and backward. The cylinders have a diameter of 14ins. with a 22in. stroke. The driving wheels have a diameter of 3ft. 9ins., and the tractive effort is 13,798lbs. The boiler pressure is 180lbs. to the sq. in., and the tender carries 2,000 gals, of water and four tons of coal. The engines are superheated and fitted with combined multiple valve throttles. The weight of the engine and tender, in working order, is 66 ¼ tons.

New Additions to the Locomotive Fleet on the N.Z.R.
Designed for use for shunting operations or suburban train haulage two engines of the “C” class as illustrated above have recently been built and put into commission by the Railways Department. They are the first of an order for 24 which are to be built at the Hutt Valley and Hillside Workshops. These engines are of the 2-6-2 type with double bogie tenders whose tanks slope downward and backward. The cylinders have a diameter of 14ins. with a 22in. stroke. The driving wheels have a diameter of 3ft. 9ins., and the tractive effort is 13,798lbs. The boiler pressure is 180lbs. to the sq. in., and the tender carries 2,000 gals, of water and four tons of coal. The engines are superheated and fitted with combined multiple valve throttles. The weight of the engine and tender, in working order, is 66 ¼ tons.

decided that it was not the kind of aircraft to cross the Tasman Sea. That great sheet of water is now, however, bridged by wireless telephony. About the middle of November a autogyro was shipped in England for New Zealand. It is said that this is the first to be shipped to either New Zealand or Australia. One of the merits claimed for this Spanish invention is that the machine can land in a small space, as it can hover and be moved vertically. Almost at the same time it is claimed in London that other aeroplanes will also be able to dispense with the runaway, because of a catapult device (for starting) perfected by Air Ministry experts, and because of wheel-brakes (for landing).

“If railway traffic were half as devasting to life and limb as is modern road transport, we should soon have an agitation for forcing all railway tracks underground, and for making the railway companies pay for it.”—

Surrey Comet.

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