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NZR T class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1879· class of 6 New Zealand 2-8-0 locomotives
what is it?
The NZR T class was a class of steam locomotive used in New Zealand; of the "Consolidation" type, popular in North America, especially with the narrow gauge 3 ft (914 mm) Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
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 147 years ago, in 1879.
- 13.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 44 years (1880–1924).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1879
- in service from
- 1880
- retired
- 1924
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- 29 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 13.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956248, Wikipedia: NZR T class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.