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New South Wales Z27 class locomotive
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1913· class of 8 Australian 2-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSWGR Class Z27 Locomotive: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The Z27 class (formerly G.1204 class) is a class of steam locomotives built by Hunslet Engine Company for the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913
- retired
- 1966
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 16.5 m
- weight
- 45.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16926726, Wikipedia: New South Wales Z27 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.