New Zealand E class locomotive

what is it?

The New Zealand E class battery-electric locomotive represented the third unique type of locomotive class to be given the E classification in New Zealand. The first was the E class of nine Double Fairlie steam locomotives of 1872-75; the second E class consisted of a Mallet compound made in 1906; and as both were no longer operated by the New Zealand Railways in 1923, the classification was free to be used for a third time when the small battery-electric locomotive was delivered. This is the only time a classification has been used three times in New Zealand, though re-use happened a number of other times, arguably most notably when the A class of 1906 took the designation originally used by the A class of 1873.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 16 km/htop speed
• power 131 kWpower output
• built 1made 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 104 years ago, in 1922.
• ⌛Served for 7 years (1923–1930).

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built

1922

in service from

1923

retired

1930

status

retired

number built

1

kind

Battery electric

traction

battery

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

English Electric

operators

New Zealand Railways Department

top speed

16 km/h

power

131 kW

gauge

1,067 mm Cape gauge

wheel arrangement

0-4-0 + 04-0

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