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NZR V class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company· from 1885· class of 13 New Zealand 2-6-2 locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NZR V Class steam locomotive No. 126 at Lumsden - June 2022 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 2. NZR V Class steam locomotive No. 126 at Lumsden - June 2022 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 3. NZR V Class steam locomotive No. 126 at Lumsden - June 2022 - 03: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 4. NZR V Class steam locomotive No. 127 at Lumsden - June 2022 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 5. NZR V Class steam locomotive No. 127 at Lumsden - June 2022 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 6. NZR V Class steam locomotive No. 127 at Lumsden - June 2022 - 03: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 7. NZR V Class steam locomotive No. 127 at Lumsden - June 2022 - 04: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 8. NZR V Class steam locomotives No. 127 and 126 at Lumsden - June 2022 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 9. NZR V Class steam locomotives No. 127 and 126 at Lumsden - June 2022 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 10. NZR V Class steam locomotives No. 127 and 126 at Lumsden - June 2022 - 03: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The New Zealand V class steam locomotive was used on New Zealand's railway network from 1885 onwards. They were operated by New Zealand Government Railways and the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company.
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 141 years ago, in 1885.
- Served for 52 years (1885–1937).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1885
- in service from
- 1885
- retired
- 1937
- status
- retired
- number built
- 13
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Nasmyth, Wilson and Company
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956251, Wikipedia: NZR V class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.