#0564
NZR O class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1885· class of 6 New Zealand 2-8-0 locomotives
what is it?
The NZR O class consisted of six steam locomotives that operated on New Zealand's national rail network. Ordered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Pennsylvania in 1885, three arrived in time to begin work in December 1885, while two more were placed in service in January 1886, and the sixth in February 1886. After almost four decades of service, all six were withdrawn in May 1922.
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 141 years ago, in 1885.
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 37 years (1885–1922).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1885
- in service from
- 1885
- retired
- 1922
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 14 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956226, Wikipedia: NZR O class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.