#1996
NZR Y class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1923· class of 3 New Zealand 0-6-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NZR Y 542 2020: Zettia Ken· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The NZR Y class was a class of three 0-6-0T tank steam locomotives. Built by the Hunslet Engine Company for the Public Works Department in 1923, all three were sold to NZR between 1938 and 1945.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- Served for 35 years (1923–1958).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923
- in service from
- 1923
- retired
- 1958
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department, New Zealand Ministry of Works
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
- length
- 6.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927152, Wikipedia: NZR Y class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.