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This list collects the transport-related vehicles exhibited or owned by the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) in Auckland, New Zealand.

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[edit] Aircraft

MoTaT's replica of OK1

[edit] Railway locomotives

NZ Railways Department / NZ Government Railway Steam Locomotives:

  • NZR F class No.180 0-6-0ST 1874 – Yorkshire Engine Company. Sheffield No.244. Named Meg Merillies, a character in Guy Mannering, the novel by Sir Walter Scott published in 1815. Based on the Wanganui Branch for much of its service life and used as a shunter in the Auckland Railway Yards until 1923 when replaced by the NZR Y class locomotives. Under restoration MOTAT 2.
  • NZR L class No.207 2-4-0T 1877 – Avonside Engine Company. No.1201. 18.5 tonnes. Operational. Operated by the NZGR, then the Public Works Department (PWD) during the construction of the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT), and was one of the locomotives which hauled the 'Parliamentary Special' over hastily laid temporary track on the yet to be completed section from Horipito to Makatote in 1908, becoming the first train to travel the full length of the NIMT taking the Parliamentarians to the Great White Fleet American Naval visit and reception in Auckland. It currently carries its Public Works Department (PWD) number, 507, having being restored as close as practical to the condition it was in during the construction of the NIMT. Initially restored to operating condition in 1977, subsequent overhauls have been completed in 1996 and 2008. The most recent restoration was undertaken for the NIMT centenary celebrations in August 2008. This saw the locomotive used to re-enact the 'Parliamentary Special' of a century before over the very same length of line, ably assisted by fellow PWD locomotive L509 and Wab class locomotive No.794.
  • NZR D class No.170 2-4-0T 1880 – Neilson and Company, Glasgow No.2563 17.3 tonnes. On display Helensville Station.

Industrial Steam Locomotives:

Note: L207, Y542 & the Orenstein and Koppel were all operated until commercial retirement (1950–80s) by New Zealand Portland Cement Company Limited near Whangarei.

NZ Railway Diesel, Petrol and Electric Locomotives:

  • NZR DA class No.1400 1955 – General Motors Corporation GM two-cycle, V-type 567c series 1425 h.p. diesel engine. Max 62 mph Static MOTAT 1.
  • NZR EB class No.25 0-4-0 1929 – Goodman Manufacturing Company of Chicago No.4039. Diesel Electric converted converted in 1953 from Battery Storage Locomotive. Undergoing overhaul at MOTAT 2
  • Diesel-Mechanical locomotive 0-4-0 1936 – Hudswell Clarke and Company Leeds No.D602. Four-cylinder paxman Ricardo diesel chain drive. Briggs and Stratton auxiliary starter motor turning flywheel.
  • NZR TR class No.21 0-4-0 1938 Drewry Car Company, Birmingham. 78 kW, 9.4tonnes. Light shunting tractor. Operational MOTAT 2.
  • NZR DSA class No.223 0-6-0 1953 Drewry Car Company Diesel-mechanical 150 kW, 30 tonnes. Shunting loco. Operational MOTAT 2.
  • Oberursel 0-4-0 – Built by the German manufacturer Motorenfabrik Oberursel, operated by The Thames District Drainage Board and then the NZ Mercury Mines limited Puhi Puhi. Top speed 8 km/h. Under restoration MOTAT 2.
  • Simplex 0-4-0 'Yellow Peril' - Built by Motor Rail and operated by the NZR Way and Works Branch, this locomotive has been heavily modified during its working life and now bears little resemblance to its as-built condition. The locomotive still utilises its original frames and gearbox, but these have been largely disguised by later additions. It is now powered by a Chevreolet 'Blue Flame' engine.

Railway Rolling Stock and infrastructure of interest includes: A variety of carriages and wagons from the late 19th and 20th century including a sleeping car. Waitakere Station buildings and the Mount Albert Signal Box located at MOTAT 1. MOTAT's collection also includes a Fell brake wagon F210 on loan to Friends of the Fell Society at the Fell Engine Museum, located in Featherston in the Wairarapa district of the lower North Island in the foothills of the Rimataka Ranges.

[edit] Railway carriages

Lists complete carriages only. Other bodies and chassis are in collection pending restoration as well as wagons, vans and Way & Works Vehicles. On various special occasions, The Western Springs Railway can operate mixed and goods trains as well as passenger trains using some of the following carriages:

  • A 302 (1884 NZR, Petone). 44 ft Gum digger car. 2 Compartment Ex Ways & Works Ea 15.
  • A 851 (1904 NZR, Petone). 47 1⁄2 ft Suburban carriage. 1957 Pukemiro Collieries.
  • Aa 1068 (1908 NZR Petone). 50 ft carriage. Was on loan to McDonalds, Paraparaumu 1986–2008.
  • Aa 1136 (1909 NZR, Petone). 50 ft carriage. 1909–1975 NZR service
  • Aa 1480 (1916 NZR, Otahuhu). 50 ft carriage. 1916–1917 Dining car. 1917–1918 sleeper car. 1918 onward Way & Works bunk car & diner as Ea 1979 – (TMS EA 88)
  • Af 970 (1907 NZR, Newmarket). 47 1⁄2 ft carriage. 1907–1944 Car – A 970 1944–1980c. Carvan – Af 970 (OTH/1939) 1980c MOTAT.
  • AL 50147 (1934 NZR, Otahuhu) Previously Al 1816. 50 ft carriage. 1934–1970 Car A 1816 1970–1970s Carvan Al 1816 1970s. Carvan AL50147.
  • D 490 (1879 Builder not known) 21 1⁄2 ft carriage
  • F 10 (1883 Builder not known) 20 ft carriage. 1883–1950 NZR service – F10 1950–1961 Ballast Plough – Ep 2501. 1961–2002 Jack Ryder, Auckland. 2002 MOTAT.
  • F 247 (1901 NZR, East town) 30 ft carriage.

NZ Rolling Stock Register

[edit] Trams

Auckland Trams Horse (1884–1902) Electric (1902–1956):

Wellington Trams Steam (1878–1882) Horse (1882–1904) Electric (1904–1964):

Wanganui Trams (1908–1950):

  • No.10 1912 Boon & Co. Christchurch. Single truck California Combination Car. Stored
  • No.21 1921 Boon & Co. Christchurch. Toastrack electric tram trailer. Under restoration.
  • No.100 1891 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia. 11-inch cylinders, former Sydney Steam Motor. Imported 1910. Currently being overhauled during 2010/2011. Expected to re-enter service early to mid 2012.

Napier Tramway Remnants (1913–1931): Permanently closed by the Hawkes Bay / Napier earthquake 3 February 1931.

  • 3 ft-6in gauge Brush 21E truck is the sole surviving tram remnant from an unspecified Napier tram.

The tram bodies were sold off and the truck was fortunately used as the chassis and wheels for a railway shunter, before being donated in the early 1980s by Robert Holt and Sons’ sawmill at Otane, a northern industrial suburb of Napier. The only piece of fixed infrastructure to survive is the overhead tram shed toughing, which is now installed in the Western Springs Tramway Coachwork shop.

Mornington Cable Trams (1883–1957):

Melbourne Trams Cable (1885–1940) Electric (1906–present):

Sydney Trams (1879–1961) New South Wales Government Tramways:

  • No.2 1920s Essanne Company, Bath, England. Reciprocating Rail Grider. Used in Sydney and Newcastle before being sold to Melbourne in about 1958 and renumbered M&MTB No.3. Retired 1971 On Loan Sydney Tramway Museum from 2011.
  • No.100 1891 Steam Motor - Exported to Wanganui 1910. Refer Wanganui Trams in section above.
  • No.1808 1934 Clyde Engineering, Granville, NSW. R class, bogie drop centre. On loan from the Sydney Tramway Museum. Operational.

[edit] Petrol / diesel buses

A brief history of omnibuses in Auckland

Auckland has had a long association with the bus. Horse buses appeared in the mid to late 19th century in competition with the Horse Tramway. Evolving with the invention of the steam, petrol and later diesel engines. The increasingly reliable vehicles served the outlining and semi-rural areas of Auckland not already served by the Tramways from the 1920s. Without the need for expensive fixed infrastructure such as tracks and overhead wires, the flexibility of the road going buses has been their ultimate success.

Operator – North Shore Transport:

  • No.4 1924 White Motor Company. 4-cylinder side-valve petrol engine, wooden-bodied 23-seat omnibus. Built by Gilmore, Joel & Williams, Auckland for Alf Smith, The United Service Motor-Omnibus Co Limited, Devonport. To NST sometime after 1924. then to Rangitoto Scenic Tours after 1938.
  • No.72 1949 Daimler Half Cab, 5 cylinders Gardner 5LW engine, wooden-framed, 33-seat omnibus, built by NST. One of 6 in fleet. In service with NST 1949–1968. Stored.
  • No.80 (1955) Seddon Half Cab. Perkins diesel engine, wooden-framed, 33-seat omnibus, built by NST. One of 3 in fleet. In service with NST 1955–1968. Stored.

Operator's – Auckland Transport Board – 1929–1964 and Auckland Regional Authority – 1964-Early 1990s

  • No.14 1946 Bedford OWB, petrol engine, wooden-bodied 33-seat omnibus, built by the ATB for Tramway Feeder and Hospitals bus services. One of 9 OWB and 34 OB buses in ATB fleet. In service with ATB 1946–1958. Sold to Green Line Buses Avondale, then a School Bus in Huntly. Under restoration MOTAT 1.
  • No.201 1953 Daimler Freeline, 44-seat under-floor diesel bus. Bodywork by Saunders Roe in the UK. Exhibited at the 1953 Commercial Vehicle Show in Leeds, before being exported to NZ. One of 160 in ATB fleet. In service with ATB/ARA 1953–1983. Restored and operable.
  • No.301 1954 Bedford SB. Petrol engine, 35-seat lightweight wooden body for Grafton Bridge services. One of 12 in the ATB fleet. In service with ATB/ARA until 1977. Stored
  • No.359 1953 A.E.C. Regal Mark IV, 44-seat under-floor diesel-engine bus, New Zealand Motor Bodies metal-framed bus. One of 13 buses in ATB fleet built for St. Heliers / Tamaki Drive Services. In service with the ATB/ARA 1953–1969, then the NST 1969–1971 and back to the ARA 1971–1977.
  • No.464 1953 Leyland Royal Tiger, 44-seat under-floor diesel-engine bus. Saunders Roe kitset body. One of 50 in the ATB fleet. In service with ATB/ARA 1953–1983.
  • No.1527 1978 Mercedes-Benz O305 diesel under-floor diesel bus. New Zealand Motor Bodies built body One of 300 in fleet of buses which replaced the Trolleybuses and many older petrol and diesel buses from the Auckland Regional Authority fleet. In Service with ARA, ARC (Auckland Regional Council), then The Yellow Bus Company after deregulation and Stagecoach. In service 1978 – 1 August 2005.

Operator New Zealand Railways Road Services

  • No.3592 1964 Bedford SB, 35-seat bus built by New Zealand Motor Bodies. One of the most numerous bus designs to ever be used in NZ. In service with the NZRRS until early 1980s. Then the NZ Prison Service, then finally McLouds Helensville, School bus operator until 2002.

[edit] Trolleybuses

A brief history of Trolleybuses in Auckland

Auckland’s First Trolleybuses

In 1938 The Farmers Trading Company Department Store began operating four Trolleybuses on a one kilometre long loop from Farmers in Hobson Street, down Victoria Street, turning into Queen Street and finally traversing steep Wyndham Street back to Farmers. These buses were operated until 1967, when an experimental overhaul of No 3 concluded it uneconomic to overhaul the remainder of the fleet. The “Farmers Free Bus” service continued operating with newer Trolleybuses.

The Tramway Replacement Programme

The tramway replacement programme started in September 1949 with the conversion of the Herne Bay tram route to trolleybus operation and concluded with the closure of the Auckland tramway system 29 December 1956. The trolleybus routes expanded until 1960 with the conversion to trolleybus operation of the Onehunga route from diesel buses. At its height the system covered 86 kilometres using 133 buses.

The Queen Street Shuttle buses were distinct with a red band painted around the bus and permanently sign written with route information. They also had an increased standee capacity, achieved by reducing one side of the aisle to single seats. They operated with Conductors until fitted with fare honesty boxes until 1972. To reduce standing time at bus stops, entry and alighting were permitted at both front and rear doors. The service was designed for speedy passage of passengers between the Beach Road Railway Station, Queen Street and the Karangahape Road Department Stores Rendalls and George Courts.

Decline and Closure'

Unfortunately the trolleybus system used the majority of the old Tramway electrical reticulation system which was reaching 80 years of age. Trolleybuses routes began being closed in 1977 in favour of diesel buses. On 28 September 1980 the ceremonial last trolleybus ran and the Auckland trolleybus system closed. A new generation trolleybus system was proposed in the early 1980s, but a change in policy within the Auckland Regional Authority saw the new-generation trolley bus system abandoned in 1981, despite 20 new Volvo chassis with Ansaldo electrical equipment and Robosio overhead being ordered and delivered and sections of overhead installed. The new buses were sold to Wellington City Transport and completed to their specifications. More recently these trolleybuses were sold and have been converted to diesel buses.

Farmers Trading Company Trolleybuses

  • No.1/No.3 1938 Leyland Trolleybus chassis. 37-seat wooden-bodied trolleybuses built by DSC & Cousins & Cousins Ltd. Eight bodies built, the first four destroyed by fire in the DSC & Cousins premises, the second four completed by DCS Cousins at the ATB Royal Oak Workshops. Electrical equipment supplied by Metropolitan-Vickers. Two of 4 buses in ATB/ATA fleet. Operated by the ATB on behalf of Farmers Trading Company. Later being sold to ATB. In service with the ATB/ARA 1938–1967.

Suburban Trolleybuses:

  • No.50 1953 “BUTs”. British United Traction (AEC) built chassis. 43-seat Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage & Wagon Company kitset body. Electrical equipment by Metropolitan Vickers. One of 55 in ATB/ARA fleet. In service 1956–1977. Restored, operable and on display MOTAT 1.
  • No.85 1956 “SAROs or Tanks”. British United Traction (Leyland) built chassis. 45-seat Saunders Roe kitset body. Electrical Equipment by British Thomson Houston. In service 1956–1977. One of 40 buses in ATB/ARA fleet. On display MOTAT 1.
  • No.120 1958 “Parkroyal Mainline (Suburban)” British United Traction (Leyland) built chassis. 44-seat Parkroyal Kitset body. Electrical Equipment by British Thomson Houston. In service 1958–1980. 34 buses in ATB/ARA fleet. No.120 is the only surviving suburban 44-seat Parkroyal in the suburban configuration and had been loaned to Ian Little's Foxton Trolley Bus Museum for many years

Railway – Queen Street – Karangahape Road Shuttle "Red band" Trolley Buses:

  • No's 108 and 115 1958 "Queen Street Shuttle Parkroyals” British United Traction (Leyland) built chassis. 38-seat Parkroyal Kitset body. Electrical Equipment by British Thomson Houston. In service 1958–1980. 34 buses in ATB/ARA fleet. No.115 was built as a Mainline (Suburban) Parkroyal but very late in its career it was converted from a 44-seat to a 38-seat Queen Street Shuttle trolleybus, following another trolleybus being written off. This involved increasing the standee capacity by reducing the seated capacity with a two–one seating on either side of the aisle. No.115 was the ceremonial last trolleybus to run in Auckland Sunday 28 September 1980. Both trolleybuses are currently in storage. Trolleybus 109 was also acquired in 2009 from the Omnibus Society and is in the process of being dismantled for parts, so not an accessioned artefact.

Legend: ATB = Auckland Transport Board – 1929–1964. ARA = Auckland Regional Authority – 1964–1993. AEC = Associated Equipment Company of England. Vehicle manufacturer. BUT = British United Traction Company. Electrical equipment manufacturer. BTH = British Thomson Houston. Electrical equipment manufacturer. NST = North Shore Transport. NZRRS = New Zealand Railways Road Services. OWB = Official designation for Bedford O series bus chassis built during World War 2. SARO = Saunders Roe Rivaloy Wales. Bus body manufacturer.

Coordinates: 36°52′04″S 174°43′40″E / 36.8678°S 174.7278°E / -36.8678; 174.7278

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Ogden, 2008
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[edit] References

  • Ogden, Bob (2008). Aviation Museums and Collections of The Rest of the World. Air-Britain. ISBN 9780851303949
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