KA style funnel and a cross-compound pump with twin air reservoirs mounted under the front compressor shields. Sometime between 2014 and 2018 K 900 was relocated to the workshop at the Western Springs Railway, and is currently undergoing preservation work. There have been plans to restore K 900 to working order but so far none have come to be. NZR converted three locomotives - 911, 917, and 921 - in 1967 for use as stationary boilers at Hutt Workshops. They continued in this use until 1988 when the boiler house was removed and the hulks were auctioned off. Ian Welch of the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust purchased K 911, the most complete of the hulks, while Steam Incorporated purchased K 917, paired with the tender from K 928, as a potential spare boiler for KA 945. No buyer was found for K 921, which had been paired with the tender from KA 939, and it was later scrapped although the tender and inner firebox, and other parts, including driving wheels, were acquired by Steam Incorporated. It was announced in 2013 that K 911 will be the next major restoration project at Mainline Steam's Wellington depot at Plimmerton. K 911 retained its cylinders and was noted shortly after purchase in 1998 at their temporary Gracefield depot as having been stripped down for an overhaul. This was put on hold prior to the move to Plimmerton, at which point the boiler was lowered back onto the overhauled frames for storage. Some of its parts were borrowed for use on KA 942, then under restoration at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway in South Auckland. K 917 has been stored at Steam Incorporated's Paekakariki depot since its arrival in 2001. It is heavily stripped and comprises the driving wheels, replacement 'heavy' frame from the 1950s, boiler and smokebox, and the tender from K 928. References Citations Bibliography External links New Zealand Steam Locomotives - Class K K class 4-8-4 locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1932 3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of New Zealand