Motive Power
Motive power is currently provided by diesel locomotives, such as the DC and DX classes. In the era of steam locomotives, tank locomotives such as the WB were based in Wanganui and worked the Branch. They were largely replaced by AB class tender locomotives in the mid-1920s, but WW class tank locomotives continued to shunt industrial sidings as late as the 1960s. From the mid-1950s, the dominant locomotive classes in the Wanganui area were the K and KA, both of which saw use on the Branch. By the end of 1966, the branch was completely dieselised. Locomotives such as the DA class worked Wanganui trains until the introduction of the classes currently in use.
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