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New South Wales Z19 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1877· class of 80 Australian 0-6-0 locomotives
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSWGR Class Z19 Locomotive: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
- 2. New South Wales Z19 class locomotive (no.1905): VirtualWolf· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. New South Wales Z19 class locomotive No.1905 - NSWRTM Thirlmere NSW - January 2009: Jack Heywood· Public domain
- 4. Z19 Class 1919 at Glenreagh Heritage Railway July 2026: WeenyBeany· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The New South Wales Z19 class is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia.
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.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1877–1891
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 80
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 34 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011821, Wikipedia: New South Wales Z19 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.