Operation
The locomotives occasionally hauled suburban passenger trains in Dunedin, but were primarily freight locomotives. They operated in Otago and Southland on the Main South Line and the many branch lines that fanned from it in the first half of the 20th century. The enhanced locomotives with larger fireboxes were often seen on the Otago Central Railway.
In later years, more powerful steam locomotives and then diesel-electrics were introduced and the BA class was largely confined to heavy shunting duties and short-haul freight services in and around Dunedin. Some members of the class were transferred in the 1950s to the West Coast, where they operated for a few years on both shunting and longer distance services.
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