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New South Wales Z22 class locomotive

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1890· class of 10 Australian 2-6-0 locomotives

what is it?

The Z22 class (formerly L.436 class) was a class of steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.

base stats

  • built 10made in total

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 136 years ago, in 1890.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1890
retired
1927
status
retired
number built
10
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Dübs and Company
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
2-6-0
nicknames
Scotch Yankees

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q16927354, Wikipedia: New South Wales Z22 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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