The New Zealand EW class was a type of electric locomotive used in Wellington, ordered by New Zealand Railways from English Electric through its New Zealand agents Cory-Wright and Salmon in 1951. It replaced the older ED class on passenger duties on the Wellington 1.5 kV DC system and was the first locomotive class in New Zealand to use a Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement, with a twin-section articulated body. The locomotives hauled suburban trains to the Hutt Valley and Paekakariki, worked Main Trunk expresses as far as Paekakariki and banked trains on the climb out of Wellington. Until the DX class arrived in 1972 they were the most powerful locomotives in New Zealand, and their last revenue working came in December 1983.
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The EW class were ordered by New Zealand Railways from English Electric
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The New Zealand EW class locomotive is a type of electric locomotive used in Wellington, New Zealand.
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The EW class were ordered by New Zealand Railways from English Electric
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English Electric was commissioned to build a twin-section articulated electric locomotive for use on the Wellington 1.5 kV DC electrified system.
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The New Zealand EW class locomotive is a type of electric locomotive used in Wellington, New Zealand.
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