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NZR RM class (Clayton)
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by Clayton Equipment Company· from 1926· class of 1 steam railcar
what is it?
The NZR RM class Clayton steam rail motor was a unique railcar that was operated by New Zealand Railways (NZR) for New Zealand's national rail network and one of only two steam railcars to operate in New Zealand - the other being 1925's RM class Sentinel-Cammell.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- Served for 11 years (1926–1937).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926
- in service from
- 1926
- retired
- 1937
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam , (Passenger capacity: 52)
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- Clayton Equipment Company
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- 48 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927125, Wikipedia: NZR RM class (Clayton) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.