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NZR DSB class
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Drewry Car Co.· from 1954· class of New Zealand diesel locomotives
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what is it?
The NZR DSB class locomotive is a type of shunting locomotive introduced to New Zealand's national rail network in 1954 by New Zealand Railways (NZR).
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 35 years (1954–1989).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1967
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1989
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 28
- kind
- Diesel-Mechanical/Hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Drewry Car Co., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department, New Zealand Railways Corporation
- top speed
- 57 km/h
- power
- 280 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 8.8 m
- weight
- 37 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16919765, Wikipedia: NZR DSB class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.