The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 7 (November 1, 1927)
Engines That Have Run Their Race. — Having outlived their utility as efficient transport agents the locomotives illustrated above (giants of a former day) were recently deposited in the bed of the Oreti River, Southland, to serve as a protection to the railway embankment which is liable to erosion by flood waters. The passing of these locomotives from the active list closes one chapter in the Dominion's railway history
Engines That Have Run Their Race.
Having outlived their utility as efficient transport agents the locomotives illustrated above (giants of a former day) were recently deposited in the bed of the Oreti River, Southland, to serve as a protection to the railway embankment which is liable to erosion by flood waters. The passing of these locomotives from the active list closes one chapter in the Dominion's railway history.