Preserved Locomotives
K 900 was donated to MOTAT, and prior to being delivered to the MOTAT site, it was put on display outside Sims Pacific Metals. Since that time it has sat on display at MOTAT, and only recently a shelter to protect it was erected. It appears much as it was when withdrawn, with the recessed K-style headlight, but with a KA style funnel and a cross-compound pump.
The three locomotives retained by Hutt Workshop were Ks 911, 917, and 921. When they were auctioned in 1988, K 911 was bought by Ian Welch for Mainline Steam, K 917 was bought by Steam Incorporated, and K 921 was scrapped with some parts retained for use by the other two.
Read more about this topic: NZR K Class (1932)
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