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New South Wales Z23 class locomotive
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1891· class of 12 Australian 4-6-0 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotive - Class Z2307 (4174798027): Photographic Collection from Australia· CC BY 2.0
- 2. NSWGR O.446 Class Locomotive: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The Z23 class (formerly O.446 class) was a class of steam locomotives built in 1891 for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
- Served for 55 years (1891–1946).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1891
- in service from
- 1891
- retired
- 1946
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16926720, Wikipedia: New South Wales Z23 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.