#0290
NZR A class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1873· class of 14 New Zealand 0-4-0T locomotives, built 1873–1875
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- 1. NZR A67 Ocean Beach Railway: Chrlu693 at English Wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The NZR A class of 1873 consisted of three types of steam locomotives used on New Zealand's railway network of similar specification but differing detail. The first and most numerous were from the Dübs and Company, the next from the Wellington firm E.W. Mills Lion Foundry, and the last from the Scottish firm of Shanks. The specifications are for the Dübs/Yorkshire engines.
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 153 years ago, in 1873.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1873–1875
- in service from
- 1874
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 14
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Dübs and Company, Yorkshire Engine Company
- operators
- New Zealand Ministry of Works, New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0T
- length
- 5.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956178, Wikipedia: NZR A class (1873) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.