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NZR RM class (88 seater)
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by Drewry Car Co.· from 1955· class of 35 New Zealand railcars
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Railcar, Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand, 1974: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand· CC BY 2.0
- 2. RM 114: TomMort1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. NZR RM class 88 seater 01: Matthew25187 at English Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 4. NZR RM class 88 seater 02: Matthew25187 at English Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 5. NZR RM class 88 seater 03: Matthew25187 ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The NZR RM class 88-Seaters were a class of railcar used in New Zealand. New Zealand Government Railways (NZR) classified them as RM (Rail Motor), the notation used for all railcars, numbering the 35 sets from RM100 to RM134. They were the most numerous railcars in NZR service.
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- 313 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 32 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1955–1978).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1978
- status
- retired
- number built
- 35
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- Drewry Car Co.
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 313 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo–2–Bo
- formation
- No 1 end (36 passengers & luggage compartment) articulated over a Jacobs bogie with No 2 end (52 passengers)
- length
- 32 m
- capacity
- 88 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956230, Wikipedia: NZR RM class (88 seater) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.