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New Zealand EB class locomotive
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Hutt Workshops· from 1925· class of 5 battery-electric (later diesel-electric) locomotives in New Zealand
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Eb class battery locomotive NZ: A P Godber· Public domain
what is it?
The New Zealand EB class locomotive was a class of five battery electric (later diesel-electric) locomotives built to perform shunting duties at the workshops of New Zealand's national rail network.
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Served for 28 years (1925–1953).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Battery electric,, later diesel electric
- traction
- battery
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Hutt Workshops, Hillside Railway Workshops
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- 20 km/h
- power
- 48 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4w
- length
- 6.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7015336, Wikipedia: New Zealand EB class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.