More of MOTAT – Cars, Trucks, Locomotives and Buses

On the left as we entered the park through the souvenir shop, was a group of Bedford Trucks. It takes the volunteers anything up to 1000 to restore one of these beauties.

 There is an impressive array of fire engines and vehicles from all over NZ.  This one is a Holden.  We had a similar car which was grey and pink automatic which was ideal when the kids were little.

The fire engine on the left is a Dennis and the one on the right is a Leyland.

This 1960 logging rig was the first truck in NZ able to haul loads of 100 tons of logs out of the Kiangaroa forest. The truck has a 400 hp Cummins Diesel engine and a 15 speed Road Ranger Gearbox. Not bad for an old timer.

Here is a photo of the K900, the first of 30 ‘K’ engines built between 1932 and 1936 at the New Zealand Railway workshops in the Hutt Valley.

Diesel buses – old and new.

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