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NZR LA class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company· from 1887· class of 5 New Zealand 4-4-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Opening of the Midland Railway, Stillwater junction, 1889: National Library NZ on The Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The NZR LA class was a class of 4-4-0T steam locomotives used by the New Zealand Railways Department and the New Zealand Midland Railway Company. They were built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company in 1887 for New Zealand Midland Railway Company, and were taken over by NZR in 1900, when the government acquired the incomplete Midland line. The designation also applies to the NZR 4-4-0Trebuilds of the Avonside L class of 1875 which were later reclassified LB after being rebuilt as 4-4-2Ts.
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 139 years ago, in 1887.
- Served for 63 years (1887–1950).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1887
- in service from
- 1887
- retired
- 1950
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Nasmyth, Wilson and Company
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department, New Zealand Midland Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 7.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956218, Wikipedia: NZR LA class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.