Built in 1902 at the John Fowler works in Leeds, it was sold new on 31 October 1902 to John Morris, a threshing and haulage contractor of Ashburton, New Zealand, through agents William Wood & Co to be used on saw mill and threshing duties. As well as dealing chiefly with the exportation of frozen meat, basils, salted pelts, New Zealand hemp, wool, tallow and cocksfoot, William Wood & Co. were the main agents for John Fowler in the Canterbury area of New Zealand, and were based in Hereford Street, Christchurch. Employing 30 men and operating out of four large wooden buildings, they dealt with Fowlers for both agricultural equipment and engines.
The engine was given the New Zealand boiler number of CY7408, with the order itself being slightly unusual in that it was a single-cylinder
