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New South Wales Z15 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1882· class of 6 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSWGR Locomotive Class D.255: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
- 2. NSWGR D.255 Class Locomotive: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The Z15 class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives operated by the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia. In 1882/83, Beyer, Peacock & Company built six 4-4-0 locomotives to operate passenger services on the newly extended Main Southern line to Albury. All were fitted with Belpaire boilers in 1902/03.
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 144 years ago, in 1882.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1882
- retired
- 1937
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- nicknames
- Peacock High Flyers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16926695, Wikipedia: New South Wales Z15 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.