Flat Wagon [U 776]
Maker and role
Newmarket Railway Workshops, Manufacturer
Production date
1926
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Object detail
Accession number
F1059.2002
Production period
Description
Flat Wagon - U 776 - 30 ft bogie wagon with side stakes for cartage of timber, etc.
U 776 built 26/06/1926 at Newmarket Shops (capacity:20 tons, udf:BP X. 3922, info:NZR LOCO 63-1916 Wagons (Archive NZ Series 17560 RW1722/17)). Written off 24/04/1971 at Otahuhu Shops (info:1926/881 Part 30 01-03-1971 (Archives NZ Series 7483: CME Registered Correspondence Files)). Owned by MOTAT c.31/01/1977 (info:NZR LOCO 63-1968/549 - (NZRLS Archive, Ava)) [source: http://nzrailwaysrollingstocklists.weebly.com]
Specifications:
General arrangement blueprint: 3922
Bogie Blueprint: 97
Coil springs: Y 4414
Load: 20 tonnes
Average Tare: 8 ton 10 cwt.
Westinghouse brakes: 6" combined set.
Floor area: 215 square feet.
U 776 built 26/06/1926 at Newmarket Shops (capacity:20 tons, udf:BP X. 3922, info:NZR LOCO 63-1916 Wagons (Archive NZ Series 17560 RW1722/17)). Written off 24/04/1971 at Otahuhu Shops (info:1926/881 Part 30 01-03-1971 (Archives NZ Series 7483: CME Registered Correspondence Files)). Owned by MOTAT c.31/01/1977 (info:NZR LOCO 63-1968/549 - (NZRLS Archive, Ava)) [source: http://nzrailwaysrollingstocklists.weebly.com]
Specifications:
General arrangement blueprint: 3922
Bogie Blueprint: 97
Coil springs: Y 4414
Load: 20 tonnes
Average Tare: 8 ton 10 cwt.
Westinghouse brakes: 6" combined set.
Floor area: 215 square feet.
Brief History
U 776 was built as a 30 ft. steel bogie platform wagon by the New Zealand Railways in 1926 (U-3 series). 120 of this type were built between 1906 and 1924?? 61 were built for North Island service and 59 for South Island. They were used extensively throughout the railways system for transporting anything from cars to timber with a load of 20 tons. A modified wagon of this type of is in use today to carry containers by Kiwi Rail.
Marks
U / 776 / 1926 Impressed
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Newmarket Railway Workshops. 1926. Flat Wagon [U 776], F1059.2002. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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