Wednesday, April 18, 2012

grassgrubs leave Wellington circa 1980


Three AC cars (ex-Fiat railcars with motors and controls removed), nicknamed 'grassgrubs' head to the Wairarapa behind a DC loco alongside the Hutt Road. See earlier posts.  (Dave Simpson)

1 comment:

Wallace said...

I recall these as my introduction to travel on NZR. Travelling on them I noted one set had a particulary bad flat spot and obviously was not on the priority list for turning. I always tried to avoid it ,but at weekends with low patronage it seemed to be the one set always in use. Why the conductor never wrote a report up I don't know, but if he did it certainly was never executed.