🚉 other ✓ in service
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ETM 296 and ETM 214: J.christianson· CC0
what is it?
Various rail operators in New Zealand have used (and continue to use) rail maintenance equipment, such as ballast equalizers, tamping machines, work trains and overhead inspection carriages, to inspect, assess and maintain various components of the rail corridor.
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
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
other: Railcars, inspection vehicles and other rolling stock.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- status
- in service
- number built
- 2
- kind
- other
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- Cowan Sheldon
- operators
- Tranz Rail, KiwiRail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- weight
- 134 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q124053794, Wikipedia: New Zealand rail maintenance equipment (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.