The A class were steam locomotives built in 1906 with a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement for New Zealand’s national railway network and described by some as the most handsome engines to run on New Zealand rails. The class should not be confused with the older and more obscure A class of 1873. They were designed by the New Zealand Railways Department’s Chief Mechanical Engineer A. L. Beattie and his Chief Draughtsman G. A.
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