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NZR RM class (Leyland petrol)
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by Hutt Workshops· from 1925· class of 1 New Zealand railcar
what is it?
The NZR RM class Leyland petrol railcar was an experimental railcar built and trialled in New Zealand in 1925 by New Zealand Railways (NZR). It should not be confused with the two much smaller Leyland diesel railbuses of 1936.
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.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925
- in service from
- 1925
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- Hutt Workshops
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927129, Wikipedia: NZR RM class (Leyland petrol) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.