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NZR WG class
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by New Zealand Railways Department· from 1910· class of 20 New Zealand 4-6-4T locomotives
what is it?
The NZR WG class was a development of the preceding WF class of all purpose tank locomotive. Later in their careers most (14) were rebuilt as WW class.
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 116 years ago, in 1910.
- Served for 46 years (1910–1956).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910–1912
- in service from
- 1910
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- New Zealand Railways Department, Hillside Railway Workshops
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927148, Wikipedia: NZR WG class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.