what is it?
The NZR 50-foot carriage of 1908 were originally constructed for the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) passenger trains. The first were clad in kauri, with open end platforms, however those built from 1930 were clad in steel, with enclosed vestibules.
fun facts
- First built 118 years ago, in 1908.
- 15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1908
- in service from
- 1908
- number built
- —
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- builders
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- length
- 15.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927110, Wikipedia: NZR 50-foot carriage (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.