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NZR RM class (Sentinel-Cammell)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sentinel Waggon Works· from 1925· class of 1 New Zealand steam railcar
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar: Arthur Godber· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The NZR RM class Sentinel-Cammell was a steam-powered railcar operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR). It was the only one of its type to operate in New Zealand, and one of only two steam railcars trialled in the country; the other was the Clayton steam railcar.
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 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
- 1925
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam railcar, (Passenger capacity: 48)
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sentinel Waggon Works, Metro-Cammell
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- 72 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- weight
- 20 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956237, Wikipedia: NZR RM class (Sentinel-Cammell) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.