#1757
TR NZ class
Tanzania ·built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company· from 1915· class of 4 East African 4-8-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EAR 1953 Steam & diesel catalogue Page 37 - Nr. 2217: Unknown photographer (Flickr uploader claims copyright, but image was first published in Kenya in 1953 (or earlier) and is therefore Public Domain - see below)· Public domain
what is it?
The TR NZ class, later known as the EAR 22 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-0 steam locomotives built in 1915 by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company in Patricroft, Salford, England. The class had been ordered by the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway (NGSR) for operation on its network in the Dominion of Nizam, better known as the Hyderabad State, in India. However, the locomotives in the class were never delivered to the NGSR, and, in the end, served their entire working lives in Tanganyika, East Africa.
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 111 years ago, in 1915.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Tanzania
- builders
- Nasmyth, Wilson and Company
- operators
- history of rail transport in Tanzania, East African Railways and Harbours Corporation, Tanganyika Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20746329, Wikipedia: TR NZ class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.