what is it?
The NZR G Class was a class of four saddle tank locomotives from English builders Black Hawthorn in the early 1870s. Like the similarly sized D class, they were an attempt to produce a passenger version of the highly successful F class.
who runs it
fun facts
- First built 153 years ago, in 1873.
- Served for 81 years (1875–1956).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1873
- in service from
- 1875
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- Hillside Railway Workshops, Black, Hawthorn and Company
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0ST
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1961757, Wikipedia: NZR G class (1874) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.