NZR F Class - Preserved Locomotives

Preserved Locomotives

Nine examples of the class have been preserved, including several in full running order:

• F 12 - Ferrymead Railway, unrestored, used for spare parts. The locomotive is jointly owned by the Ferrymead Railway and the Ocean Beach Railway. The cab is held at Ocean Beach for use on F 111, and the rest of the locomotive is stored in the carriage shed at Ferrymead as a source of spare parts for F 13.
• F 13 - Ferrymead Railway, from the original batch of five built in 1872; under restoration. After a long period of inactivity, the locomotive's overhaul has been restarted, with an intention to have the locomotive running again by December 2012.
• F 111 - Ocean Beach Railway, under restoration. The engine requires a new boiler before it can steam again.
• F 150 - Plains Vintage Railway, unrestored. This engine is owned by the Ocean Beach Railway, but leased to the Plains Railway.
• F 163 - Feilding and District Steam Rail Society, operational. This locomotive is owned by the Rail Heritage Trust but leased to F&DSRS.
• F 180 - Museum of Transport and Technology, under restoration. This engine is due to return to service in 2012.
• F 185 - Bush Tramway Club, stored. This engine was donated to the BTC by the State Mines Department in 1972.
• F 230 - Hamilton Lake Rotoroa Reserve, static display. This engine was donated by Ellis & Burnand to the City of Hamilton in 1956 after working at E&B's Mangapehi sawmill for ten years.
• F 233 - Glenbrook Vintage Railway, awaiting restoration. Owned by the Railway Enthusiasts Society, and formerly displayed at their Onehunga clubrooms.

Four other F class locomotives were preserved as diesel-powered conversions:

• F 40 - Bay of Islands Vintage Railway, chassis only
• F 162 - Museum of Transport and Technology, chassis only.
• F 216 - Bush Tramway Club, Pukemiro. This was the last F class engine built in 1888.
• F 228 - Museum of Transport and Technology, chassis only.