| New Zealand Government Railway Dg Class number 790 750 HP A1A-A1A and Ab Class 4-6-2 number 820 at an unknown location in New Zealand, unknown date, but other photos in this collection indicate the years 1958-1963, Agfa print by J.A.T. Terry, Chuck Zeiler collection. English Electric supplied a total of 42 Dg class diesel-electric locomotives to New Zealand Railways during 1955 and 1956 (road numbers 750-791). The locomotives were of modest power output (750 horsepower or 560kW) in comparison to other mainline diesel-electric locomotives purchased by the NZR. |