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From the very first days of railways, there was a need to apply a form of classification to the various pieces of rollingstock a railway had, it was no different in New Zealand where all rollingstock was grouped by descriptive names. | From the very first days of railways, there was a need to apply a form of classification to the various pieces of rollingstock a railway had, it was no different in New Zealand where all rollingstock was grouped by descriptive names. | ||
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Carriages and Vans were straightforward in that they each got a single letter "A" and "F" respectively, but clear sub-categories were used in the descriptions that continued to be formally used for many years. Wagons however, had each of their descriptive groups represented by a letter right from the start. | Carriages and Vans were straightforward in that they each got a single letter "A" and "F" respectively, but clear sub-categories were used in the descriptions that continued to be formally used for many years. Wagons however, had each of their descriptive groups represented by a letter right from the start. | ||
The Returns reported in the AJHR's do not listing any wagon classification letters till 1886., unlike Locomotives, where classification letters were already reported in 1881. Carriages will have received | The Returns reported in the AJHR's do not listing any wagon classification letters till 1886., unlike Locomotives, where classification letters were already reported in 1881. Carriages and Vans will have received their classification letters at the same time that wagons were formally given letter classifications, and it is assumed that that might have been at the same time as locomotives. A careful study of photographic evidence will be required to shed more light on that. | ||
Further in depth information can be found by following the links above. | Further in depth information can be found by following each of the links above. | ||
Revision as of 19:38, 26 February 2023
Differentiating groups of Rollingstock
From the very first days of railways, there was a need to apply a form of classification to the various pieces of rollingstock a railway had, it was no different in New Zealand where all rollingstock was grouped by descriptive names.
At the highest level, there were four groups, namely
Carriages and Vans were straightforward in that they each got a single letter "A" and "F" respectively, but clear sub-categories were used in the descriptions that continued to be formally used for many years. Wagons however, had each of their descriptive groups represented by a letter right from the start. The Returns reported in the AJHR's do not listing any wagon classification letters till 1886., unlike Locomotives, where classification letters were already reported in 1881. Carriages and Vans will have received their classification letters at the same time that wagons were formally given letter classifications, and it is assumed that that might have been at the same time as locomotives. A careful study of photographic evidence will be required to shed more light on that. Further in depth information can be found by following each of the links above.