#0374
NZR K class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1877· class of 8 New Zealand 2-4-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. K 88 at The Plains: Pcuser42· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The NZR K class of 1877 was the first example of American-built locomotives to be used on New Zealand's rail network. Their success coloured locomotive development in New Zealand until the end of steam.
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 149 years ago, in 1877.
- 13.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 49 years (1878–1927).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1877–1878
- in service from
- 1878
- retired
- 1927
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2
- length
- 13.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1961776, Wikipedia: NZR K class (1877) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.