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NZR WF class
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by New Zealand Railways Department· from 1904· class of 41 New Zealand 2-6-4T locomotives
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what is it?
The NZR WF class were steam locomotives designed, built and used by New Zealand Railways (NZR). Their wheel arrangement is described by the Whyte notation 2-6-4T and the first members of the class entered service in 1904. The locomotives were tank engines designed by the Railways Department's Chief Mechanical Engineer A. L. Beattie, and were mainly built for suburban duties such as those between Christchurch and Lyttelton.
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 122 years ago, in 1904.
- 10.4 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 64 years (1904–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904–1928
- in service from
- 1904
- retired
- 1968
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 41
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- New Zealand Railways Department, Hillside Engineering, A & G Price, Addington Railway Workshops, Hillside Railway Workshops
- designer
- A. L. Beattie
- operators
- Canterbury Railway Society, New Zealand Railways Department, Tasmanian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4
- length
- 10.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956256, Wikipedia: NZR WF class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.