Former main line locomotives, along with various smaller industrial shunters, form the backbone of steam motive power for heritage railways.

The 424 was a universal main line locomotive.

However, by 1881 main line locomotives were getting much bigger and exceeding the capacity of the manufacturing equipment.

Like the other Vizinalbahnen services were initially hauled by old main line locomotives.

Nevertheless it was not before 1913 that first electric main line locomotives with nose-suspended, fast-going single motors were commissioned.

The station, known in steam days as 'Spalding Town', was honoured on 3 May 2002 when a main line locomotive was dedicated to it.

Its debut in 1997 kicked off with a tour of the South Island, before returning north where it has become a very active main line locomotive.

Looking older than her one hundred years, this diminutive locomotive had a working life that would put some main line locomotive to shame.

Eight of these branch line locomotives were built and delivered by MLW in November 1918, numbered 1666 to 1673.

The railway has a large collection of industrial steam engines and one main line locomotive.