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NZR RM class (Model T Ford)
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by New Zealand Railways Department· from 1926· class of two New Zealand petrol railcars
what is it?
The NZR RM class Model T Ford railcar is a type of rail motor that operated on New Zealand's national rail network. Only two were built, classified as RM 4 and RM 5, and they were experimental railcars designed in an attempt to offer improved passenger services on quiet country branch lines that served regions with small populations.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- Served for 6 years (1925–1931).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- New Zealand Railways Department, Hutt Workshops
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- 48 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- capacity
- 11 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956236, Wikipedia: NZR RM class (Model T Ford) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.