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NZR M class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1875· class of 4 New Zealand 0-6-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. M Class locomotive NZ: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The NZR M class were a series of four tank engines built in England for the Otago railways Bluff to Winton section. They were acquired by NZR in the late 1870s and rebuilt in the late 1880s. As rebuilt they were not very successful and were used in shunting duties until retirement in the 1920s.
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 151 years ago, in 1875.
- Served for 53 years (1875–1928).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1875
- in service from
- 1875
- retired
- 1928
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927119, Wikipedia: NZR M class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.