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Locomotive. Mr. A. L. Beattie, Chief Mechanical Engineer, reports as follows :- The engines, rolling-stock, plant, machinery, and appliances have been maintained in thoroughly efficient working-order, the details of work completed and in hand being as follows : Locomotives. —On the Ist April, 1910, there were 166 engines ill service, and on the 31st March, 1911, there were 178 engines. Fourteen new engines were added to .stock and cine small engine was transferred to the Department's Sawmill. Of the new engines added to stock ten were built in the Government Railway Workshops, and comprised two Class X. 94-ton tender engines, four-cylinder "balanced-compound" type, specially designed and built for the North Island Main Trunk line, and eight Class Wg heavy tank engines ; and four Class Ai>, 72-ton tender-engines, four-cylinder " balancedcompound " type, were completed under the contract with Messrs. A. and (■!. Price (Limited), of Thames. In the Government Railway Workshops to date eighty-nine engines have been built and twentyfour old locomotives have been rebuilt to modern designs. Five hundred and ninety-two locomotives passed through the workshops during the year, the details being as follows : —

Included in above are ten engines for the Public Works Department. At the close of the year there were under construction in the Government Railway Workshops ten heavy tender engines and twelve large tank engines ; also orders were in hand to build in the Railway workshops five Class X. 04-ton tender engines, four-cylinder " balanced-compound " type. and ten large tank engines. Under the contract with Messrs. A. and G. Price (Limited), of Thames, there were six large tender engines of the four-cylinder " bolancedrCompound" type to be delivered, so that altogether there were in hand at the close of the year forty-three locomotive-engines. Before the close of the year tenders were invited for the construction in the Dominion of ten large tender engines of the four-cylinder " balanced-corn pound " type. The new locomotives added, together with boiler-renewals, increased the total tractive power by 265,5041b., equal to 4-86 percent.; the new engines being built and boilers under construction will, when completed, still further largely augment the tractive power. Boilers. The work on new boilers, renewals, and boiler-repairs has been kept well up to date. Twenty new locomotive-boilers were completed. The following statement shows the details of boilerwork :—

Twenty-three new boilers were under construction at the close c>l the year, comprising ten Class Bα, two Class P, one Class S. and ten Class Wg. Carriages. — The car stock on the Ist April. L9lO, consisted of 1,140 cars, and the number on the 31st March. 1911, was 1,166 cars. Twenty-six new bogie ears were built and added to stock. Satisfactory progress has been made in equipping ears with lavatory accommodation, cushioned seats in second-class compartments, and platform gates and gangways. ii—D. '2.

Number and Type. Particulars. cyhnder \" Artxeu- Fairlies. Totft| _ "Balanced- Tender "»e<<-coro- Tftnk FeU compound" Engines, i p ° J4n( : Engines. Engines, fit. :^gTn k es. Single. DouUe. . i I I I Number passed through shops 35 212 I % 312 5 19 7 592 Built new ... ... 2 ... ... 8 10 Re-erected ... ... 2 . ... ... 14 16 Thoroughly overhauled ... 2 46 ... 45 ... 8 8 99 Heavy repairs ... ... 15 58 2 95 5 10 3 188 Light'repairs ... ... 14 108 ... 150 ... ti 1 279 Painted and varnished .. 2 39 ... 56 ... 5 1 103 Touched up ... ... 14 55 ... 40 ... 5 ... 114 '_ ' I

Description. •siil a) a « 20 i J , :i Hi I ■ ■ r - 118 195 : 90 21 '2 I ■si II 4 B=o Sao e « c a JE 'o m toilers 388 11 7 1 120

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