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Eight Wab tank locos were converted to Ab in the early 1950s, following the electrification of the Hutt Valley suburban services - this made the Wellington-based Wab class redundant but there was still increasing need for medium-sized tender locomotives. This brought the class total for Ab to 149. A further two North British-built examples were lost in the wreck of the 'Wiltshire' in 1922. Reference: 'Cavalcade of NZ Locomotives' AN Palmer & WW Stewart, Reed 1957

Table to be sorted, please[edit]

I do not understand, why #732 and #762 are shown at the top end of the table. Could you change or explain, please. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 08:36, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Those two were lost in a shipwreck, and replacements were built for them with the same number. I'm personally in favour of keeping the table as it is. pcuser42 (talk) 09:25, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Locomotive naming[edit]

It is a common fallacy that Ab 608 was 'named'. It was not. It was selected to carry the cast plates (not locomotive 'nameplates') commemorating the Battle of Passchendaele. To say the name 'Passchendaele' was accorded to the locomotive is incorrect. It would be good if the page could be amended to reflect this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Throttleer (talk • contribs) 12:55, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There are plenty of references to the locomotive being named Passchendaele. If there's a reference that contradicts the referenced book then that should be added. --LJ Holden 04:14, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]