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Simplex Rail Tractors
Motor Rail & Tramcar Co.,
Bedford, England


Rail Tractors Index




Simplex Rail Tractors



1.    0-4-0
40hp Simplex Built c1918
1929 - R.T.Watson, Sawmiller, Charming Creek, Westland
( May not have worked as 6 ton weight too heavy for track )



2.    0-4-0
40hp Simplex Built c1918
1929 - R.T.Watson, Sawmiller, Charming Creek, Westland
( 2nd tractor - May not have worked as 6 ton weight too heavy for track )



One of the above Simplex tractors was sold in 1949, to Dominion Salt Co. for use at their Lake Grassmere site.


3.    0-4-0
c1946-c1948 Tawa Timber Co. Mamaku



4.   0-4-0
c1946-c1966 NZ Forest Service, Rotorua



5.   0-4-0
c1946-c1966 NZ Forest Service, Rotorua