Half Car Body [A433]
Maker and role
Newmarket Railway Workshops, Manufacturer
Production date
Circa 1885
Object detail
Accession number
F1066.2002
Description
Half car body includes many original internal fittings such as slatted blinds. The car body is part of a 4-compartment carriage which featured 2 bodies with an entrance veranda between the bodies as well as on the ends. The roof is still fitted with 1 or 2 kerosene pots, although the carriage was modified to gas lighting.
Specifications:
Length overhead stocks 44' 0"
Body blueprint No. 216
Underframe blueprint No. 216
Bogie blueprint No. (PWD) 8444
Half-smoking
Seating 40
Lighting Gas
Weight 12 Ton 12 cwt 3 qtl.
Specifications:
Length overhead stocks 44' 0"
Body blueprint No. 216
Underframe blueprint No. 216
Bogie blueprint No. (PWD) 8444
Half-smoking
Seating 40
Lighting Gas
Weight 12 Ton 12 cwt 3 qtl.
Brief History
Half carriages A 432 and 433 were originally built as identical 2nd class carriages in 1885 at the Newmarket Railway Workshops. They featured a low roof, 4-compartments and had centre-entry. During the Great Depression, these carriages were used to transport Gumdiggers to the Kauri gum fields of Northland and were nicknamed 'Gumdigger Specials' or 'Penny Dreadfuls.' When these carriages were written off in the mid-1930s, they were cut in half and sold to the general public.
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Newmarket Railway Workshops. Circa 1885. Half Car Body [A433], F1066.2002. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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