Sculpture [LOCOMOTIF]
Maker and role
Otahuhu Railway Workshops, Maker
New Zealand Railways. Publicity and Advertising Branch, Designer
Production date
1972
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Object detail
Accession number
1978.615
Production period
Description
Sculpture, comprising various railway engine parts. LOCOMOTIF is a collection of found rail items which come from decommissioned New Zealand Railways trains and tracks. The sculpture includes boiler tubes from a steam locomotive, a group of cast aluminium number plates, a smoke box door plate off steam locomotive Ja 1242, the cab plate off Ja 1250, and a plate from the under frame of Carriage A 1158. Other elements include springs, whistles, wheels and lights. There is also a switch lock lever used for changing the points and redirecting the route of the train.
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Otahuhu Railway Workshops et al. 1972. Sculpture [LOCOMOTIF], 1978.615. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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