United States Army 0-6-0T No. 1923
Fort Eustis, VA, United States 		Location: U.S. Army Transportation Museum
Status: Display
Posted: May 17, 2010 @ 01:05:49 by Andrew Peters
None of these locomotive ever made it to New Zealand.
Posted: Sep 4, 2002 @ 08:09:01 by Doug Bailey
Barbara Bower, the Director of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, VA supplied the following information regarding this locomotive: "Of typical American design, Davenport, Porter and Vulcan built 382 of these oil-burning, 42-inch gauge locomotives for foreign service. This locomotive was one of the last of the narrow gauge engines built under Army contract in 1942 by Vulcan Iron Works for service in Japan, Australia, Sudan, West and South Africa and New Zealand. It was used for light switching duties, moving rolling stock from one track to another. This engine arrived at Fort Eustis in 1945, receiving only basic maintenance from 1953 to 1959, when the Army used it for hands-on student training at the Transportation School. Water for the steam operation was stored in the large saddle tanks on the side of the boiler. The original shipping cradle, where it rests today, is clearly marked '1942.'