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NZR BA class
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by New Zealand Railways Department· from 1911· class of 10 New Zealand 4-8-0 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ba552 Coming Into Auckland Rail Station (14394708654): GPS 56 from New Zealand· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Ba 552 at Parnell: Pcuser42 ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The BA class was a class of steam locomotive built by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) for use on New Zealand's national railway network. The first BA class entered service in November 1911, with the last of the 11 class members introduced on 14 May 1913.
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- 15.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 58 years (1911–1969).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1913
- in service from
- 1911
- retired
- 1969
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- New Zealand Railways Department, Addington Railway Workshops
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- 48 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-0
- length
- 15.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956180, Wikipedia: NZR BA class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.