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NZR UC class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1901· class of 10 New Zealand 4-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The NZR UC class were a group of ten 4-6-0 steam locomotives obtained from Scottish builders Sharp, Stewart and Company for New Zealand Railways (NZR).
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- Served for 58 years (1901–1959).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1959
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927140, Wikipedia: NZR UC class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.