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New South Wales Z13 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Unknown builder· from 1896· class of 4-4-2T steam locomotives operated in Australia
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSWGR Z13 Class Locomotive Z1301 (CC) No.79: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
- 2. New South Wales Railway Museum 56: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Class Z13 (CC) locomotive being assembled at Glebe Island (NSW) (8455090410): State Records NSW· No restrictions
- 4. Class Z13 (CC) locomotive being assembled at Glebe Island (NSW) (8746028326): State Records NSW· No restrictions
- 5. New South Wales Z13 Class No. 1308 steam locomotive frame at the Valley Heights Depot Museum - October 2014: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 6. NSWGR Z13 Class Locomotive being assembled at Glebe Island: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
- 7. NSWGR Z13 Class Locomotive Z1313 (CC) No.172: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The Z13 class is a class of 4-4-2T steam locomotives operated by the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia.
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 130 years ago, in 1896.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1896
- status
- preserved
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2T
- weight
- 49.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011813, Wikipedia: New South Wales Z13 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.