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.

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Bedfords 1

 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.

Fire Engine

fire engine 1

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

fire engine 2

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.

Logging Truck

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.

Locomotive K900

Diesel buses – old and new.

Buses

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