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NZR WB class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1898· class of 12 New Zealand 2-6-2T locomotives
what is it?
The NZR WB class was a class of steam tank locomotives that operated in New Zealand. Built in 1898 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the twelve members of the class entered service during the first five months of 1899. Eight were withdrawn by the end of 1935, while four others survived with new boilers until the mid-1950s.
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 128 years ago, in 1898.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.8 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 58 years (1899–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1898
- in service from
- 1899
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- 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
- 2-6-2T
- length
- 9.8 m
- weight
- 40.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956254, Wikipedia: NZR WB class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.