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New South Wales Z12 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1877· class of 68 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1219 at Broadmeadow: Shed Rat· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. NSWGR Class C.80 Class Locomotive: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The Z12 class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives operated by the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia. The locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company, Dübs and Company and Atlas Engineering Works between 1877 and 1882.
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 149 years ago, in 1877.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1877–1882
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 68
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Dübs and Company
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12063894, Wikipedia: New South Wales Z12 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.