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NZR P class
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by James Davidson and Company· from 1876· class of 2 New Zealand 0-6-0ST locomotives
what is it?
The NZR P class was a class of two 0-6-0ST locomotives built to work on the government-owned national rail network of New Zealand in 1876. They were initially ordered by the Otago Provincial Council, but they were soon incorporated into the national locomotive fleet when the provinces were abolished. Other examples of the P class were built for industrial service and never came under the ownership of the New Zealand Railways Department, though one worked on the Kaitangata Line.
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 150 years ago, in 1876.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1876
- in service from
- 1876
- number built
- 2
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- James Davidson and Company
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956227, Wikipedia: NZR P class (1876) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.