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NZR R class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1878· class of 18 New Zealand 0-6-4T single Fairlie locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NZR R Class, Jervois Quay, Wellington, NZ: unidentified photographer· Public domain
- 2. NZR R class at Post Office Square: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The NZR R class was a class of early 0-6-4T single Fairlie steam locomotives operated by New Zealand's Railways Department (NZR) between 1879 and 1936.
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 148 years ago, in 1878.
- Served for 67 years (1879–1946).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1878
- in service from
- 1879
- retired
- 1946
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- 85 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-4T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956244, Wikipedia: NZR R class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.