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New Zealand DSA class locomotive
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by W. G. Bagnall Ltd.· from 1953· class of New Zealand shunting locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NZR DSA class locomotive: LJ Holden· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The New Zealand DSA class locomotive is a type of 0-6-0DM diesel-mechanical locomotives built by three different manufacturers: W. G. Bagnall, Hunslet, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Vulcan Foundry for the Drewry Car Co. They were built between 1953 and 1967.
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 73 years ago, in 1953.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1953–1967
- in service from
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-Mechanical/Hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- W. G. Bagnall Ltd., Vulcan Foundry, Drewry Car Co., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- 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 Q16926801, Wikipedia: New Zealand DSA class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.