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“Barclay Locomotives in New Zealand (Second Edition)” by Sean Millar. ISBN 978-1-927329-28-3.

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“A delightful book.” The New Zealand Railway Observer.

56 pages of which 16, including the covers, are in full colour. A4 format, staple bound.

A comprehensively-illustrated and fascinating history of the 35 industrial steam locomotives (or 36 if you count the later split Duplex No. 1130 as two locomotives), supplied to New Zealand by Scottish builder Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Ltd, between 1878 and 1947.

COVERAGE

NZ Barclay Steam locomotives: works nos. type and first owner:

Barclay Works Nos. 195 & 201, 0-4-0ST, William Brownlee & Co.
Barclay Works No. 718, 0-4-0ST, William Brownlee & Co.
Barclay Works No. 0-4-0T, J C Malfroy & Co.
Barclay Works No. 0-4-0T+0-4-0T (Duplex), William Brownlee & Co.
Barclay Works No. 1165, 0-4-2ST, Northern Timber Co.
Barclay Works No. 1181, 0-4-0ST, Wellington Meat Export Co.
Barclay Works No. 1186, 0-4-0ST, Taringamutu Totara Sawmilling Co.
Barclay Works No. 1197, 0-6-0T, Manawatu County Council
Barclay Works No. 1239, 0-4-0T, Taringamutu Totara Sawmilling Co.
Barclay Works No. 1265, 0-4-0T, Wellington Gas Co.
Barclay Works No. 1270, 0-4-0ST, Taupo Totara Timber Co.
Barclay Works No. 1292, 0-6-2T, Waipa Railway & Collieries Ltd.
Barclay Works No. 1299, 0-4-4-0T (Meyer), May Morn Estates (NZ) Ltd.
Barclay Works No. 1335, 4-4-0T, Gear Meat Co.
Barclay Works No. 1394, 0-6-0T, Public Works Department.
Barclay Works No. 1402, 0-6-0T, J C Malfroy & Co.
Barclay Works Nos. 1423, 1667-1670, 1686-1689, 1748-1753, 0-4-0T, Public Works Department (PWD)
Barclay Works No. 1753, 0-6-0T, Wellington Farmers Meat & Manufacturing Co.
Barclay Works No. 1854, 0-4-0WT, Egmont Collieries Ltd.
Barclay Works No. 1894, 0-4-2T, Lake Brunner Sawmilling Co.
Barclay Works No. 2227, 0-6-0T, Challenge Phosphate Ltd.

Preserved NZ Barclays:
No. 718 (static display, Havelock)
No. 1130 (private static display, Tauranga)
No. 1181 (stored indoors and largely complete, Silver Stream Railway, Wellington)
No. 1197 (diesel conversion, static display, Ngongotaha Rail Trust)
No. 1270 (currently under restoration to full working order, Museum of Transport & Technology (MOTAT), Auckland)
No. 1335 (stored indoors and largely complete, Silver Stream Railway, Wellington)
No. 1402 (incomplete remains, stored privately, Middlemarch)
No. 1749 (operational, Silver Stream Railway, Wellington)
No. 1894 (stored outdoors in a derelict condition, Ferrymead Heritage Park, Christchurch)
No. 2227 (diesel conversion, static display, Ngongotaha Rail Trust).