Ferry carrying heaviest locomotives and accommodating 1150 passengers built by William Denny and Brothers Ltd, Dumbarton, Scotland for carrying vehicles, both rail and road, between Wellington and Picton in New Zealand; length is 368 ft, breadth molded 59 ft, depth 21 ft, draft loaded 15 ft 6 in.; auxiliary electric installation comprises 3 450-kw diesel powered a-c generating sets providing current for auxiliary machinery, etc.


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    Title :

    Rail-road ferry vessel mv. Aramoana


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 116 , n 2


    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Wellington rail-road ferry terminal

    Lindell, G.A. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1964


    Picton rail-road ferry terminal

    Wheeler, C.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1963


    Wellington rail-road ferry terminal

    Lindell, G.A. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1963


    Picton rail-road ferry terminal

    Wheeler, C.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1964


    Diesel-electric road-rail ferry aramoana

    Jackson, G.L. / Horne, A.D. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1963