NZR Q class

what is it?

The NZR Q class was an important steam locomotive class not only in the history of New Zealand's railway network but also in worldwide railways in general. Designed by New Zealand Government Railways' (NZR) Chief Mechanical Engineer A. L. Beattie and ordered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1901, they were the first locomotives in the world to be built with the wheel arrangement of 4-6-2. This wheel arrangement came to be known as the Pacific type after the voyage the completed locomotives made across the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand.

who runs it

base stats

• built 13made 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 125 years ago, in 1901.
• 📏16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 56 years (1901–1957).

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

spec sheet

built

1901

in service from

1901

retired

1957

status

retired

number built

13

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

4-6-2

length

16.8 m

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