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NZR OC class

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1896· class of 1 New Zealand Vauclain compound 2-8-0 locomotive

🚂 steam locomotive steam retired

what is it?

The OC class, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway (WMR) in New Zealand, consists of a solitary steam locomotive. Ordered in 1896 as an externally similar but more powerful version of the OA class locomotive ordered in 1894, it entered service in June 1897 as No. 16.

who runs it

Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company New Zealand Railways Department

base stats

built 1made in total

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 130 years ago, in 1896.
15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
Served for 33 years (1897–1930).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built: 1896
in service from: 1897
retired: 1930
status: retired
number built: 1
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: 2-8-0
length: 15.5 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q6956225, Wikipedia: NZR OC class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.