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NZR WA class
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by New Zealand Railways Department· from 1892· class of 15 New Zealand 2-6-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotive Wa165 on Gisborne City Vintage Railway 1: XPinger (Chris Sutton)· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The NZR WA class locomotives were a class of tank locomotive built by New Zealand Railways (NZR). Eleven were built at NZR's own Addington Workshops in Christchurch and Hillside Workshops in Dunedin. Four more were converted from old J class 2-6-0 locomotives.
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 134 years ago, in 1892.
- Served for 70 years (1892–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1892–1903
- in service from
- 1892
- retired
- 1962
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 11
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- New Zealand Railways Department, Hillside Engineering, Addington Railway Workshops, Hillside Railway Workshops
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2T
- length
- 8.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927142, Wikipedia: NZR WA class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.