Passenger Car [A 851]
Maker and role
New Zealand Railways, Manufacturer
Production date
1904
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Object detail
Accession number
F1010.2002
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Production period
Description
Passenger car - A 851 - 1904 style 47.5 ft. standard narrow bodied car. Fitted as suburban non-smoking car with wooden back-to-back seats (sit and grin seats), gas lit. Built for the Wellington Suburban Service. A 851 was written off in c1958 and sold to Glen Afton Colleries for use as a miners train. In 1974 A851 was present to MOTAT and restored between 1978-1981 at MOTAT 1 Railway Workshops.
A 851 built 1904 at Petone Workshops (47'6", 2nd class Suburban, 2nd class). Written off 20/07/1957 at Otahuhu Shops [source: http://nzrailwaysrollingstocklists.weebly.com]
A 851 built 1904 at Petone Workshops (47'6", 2nd class Suburban, 2nd class). Written off 20/07/1957 at Otahuhu Shops [source: http://nzrailwaysrollingstocklists.weebly.com]
Brief History
Rail passenger car A 851 was one of a series of 16, 47½ foot carriages built in 1904 by the New Zealand Railways' old Petone Workshops as a single-compartment car. It was built as a second class car, gas lit, with 9 windows each side. It is fitted with "sit and grin" wooden backed seats arranged in a back to back pattern, and loose horse hair filled squabs (cushions). The interior of the carriage was finished in native kauri wood panelling. A 851 was designed as a non-smoking carriage, with the major distinction from a smoker carriage being the way the windows opened.
After 53 years of service with the New Zealand Railways, and the latter part of it in the Auckland area on the Huntly to Glen Afton passenger trains, A 851 was withdrawn from service in June 1957 and was sold to Pukemiro Collieries near Huntly. It carried miners the short distance between Pukemiro Junction on the Glen Afton branch and Pukemiro mine. It was pulled mainly by a Barclay 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive, also in the MOTAT collection.
In 1967, when the Pukemiro Collieries Railways closed, Neil Cropper Holdings obtained A 851 and donated the car to MOTAT. It has been in service on the Western Springs Railway since 1982.
After 53 years of service with the New Zealand Railways, and the latter part of it in the Auckland area on the Huntly to Glen Afton passenger trains, A 851 was withdrawn from service in June 1957 and was sold to Pukemiro Collieries near Huntly. It carried miners the short distance between Pukemiro Junction on the Glen Afton branch and Pukemiro mine. It was pulled mainly by a Barclay 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive, also in the MOTAT collection.
In 1967, when the Pukemiro Collieries Railways closed, Neil Cropper Holdings obtained A 851 and donated the car to MOTAT. It has been in service on the Western Springs Railway since 1982.
Marks
A 851 Embossed
2 Embossed
2 Embossed
Media/Materials
Credit Line
New Zealand Railways. 1904. Passenger Car [A 851], F1010.2002. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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