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NZR BB class
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by A & G Price· from 1915· class of 30 New Zealand 4-8-0 locomotives
what is it?
The NZR BB class of steam locomotives comprised 30 engines operated by the New Zealand Railways (NZR) in the North Island of New Zealand. Ordered to replace smaller locomotives of several classes in the North Island, they were similar in design and appearance to the preceding B and BA classes. The first BB class locomotive entered service in February 1915, with the last to commence operations doing so on 8 March 1917.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 111 years ago, in 1915.
- 15.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 53 years (1915–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915–1918
- in service from
- 1915
- retired
- 1968
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- A & G Price
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- 64 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-0
- length
- 15.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956181, Wikipedia: NZR BB class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.