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NZR DS class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1955· class of 16 New Zealand diesel locomotives
what is it?
The NZR DS class locomotive is a type of 16 diesel shunting locomotives built by the Vulcan Foundry and supplied by the Drewry Car Co from 1949–1955, 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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Served for 27 years (1955–1982).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1955
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1982
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 16
- kind
- Diesel-Mechanical/Hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry, Drewry Car Co.
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department, New Zealand Railways Corporation
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956195, Wikipedia: NZR DS class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.