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NZR NA class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1894· class of 2 New Zealand 2-6-2 locomotives
what is it?
The NZR NA class was a class of two steam locomotives that operated on the privately owned Wellington and Manawatu Railway (WMR) and then the publicly owned New Zealand Railways (NZR).
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 132 years ago, in 1894.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 35 years (1894–1929).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1894–1896
- in service from
- 1894
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- length
- 15.2 m
- weight
- 35.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956219, Wikipedia: NZR NA class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.