to World War I, E 66 was transferred back to Cross Creek in 1916. However, it was only in steam 23 days that year, sometimes for works trains rather than revenue service, and operated over a distance of just 478 miles. In May 1917, it was withdrawn from service, stored, and then dismantled. Its boiler was transferred to Auckland for use as a depot wash-out boiler and used in this capacity until 1931 when it was condemned and dumped. The locomotive thus did not survive to be preserved. References Footnotes Citations Bibliography External links NZR Steam page on E 66 Individual locomotives of New Zealand E class (1906) 2-6-6-0 locomotives Mallet locomotives Scrapped locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1906