Withdrawal
Consequently, the load was reduced and so defeated the purpose for which the Garratts were purchased; namely to operate heavy loads over a vital main line section of the NIMT route, the central section including the Raurimu Spiral. The trailing engine axle under the cab carried a heavier load than the leading engine trailing axle and experienced continual problems with overheating. Also the coal bunker carried insufficient fuel in-service and this problem was never remedied, because it would have increased the axle loads beyond the light trackage capabilities.
In 1931 the engines were withdrawn from service. Their numerous design faults sealed these locomotives' fate when the K class was introduced in 1932.
Read more about this topic: NZR G Class (1928)
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