NZR WG class

NZR W^G class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	NZGR
Build date	1910-1912
Total produced	20

Specifications
Configuration	4-6-4T
Gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Driver dia.	45 in (1.143 m)
Adhesive weight	29.7 long tons (30.2 t)
Loco weight	50.5 long tons (51.3 tonnes; 56.6 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox: • Firegrate area	16.9 sq ft (1.57 m²)
Boiler pressure	200 lbf/in² (1,379 kPa)
Heating surface	738 sq ft (68.6 m²)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	14 in × 22 in (356 mm × 559 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	15,330 lbf (68.19 kN)

Career
Operators	NZR
Locale	All of New Zealand

1917 photo 480 was built by New Zealand Railways at Hillside (maker's no 104/10), went into service in October 1910. It was altered for use on the Rimutaka Incline to assist the "Fell" locomotives cope with the military traffic to and from the NZEF training camp at Featherston. The cowcatchers were altered to clear the high Fell centre rail, and it had an acetylene headlamp arranged to follow the alignment of the track on curves. Written off in June 1969, and preserved at Glenbrook. http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=37199

The NZR W^G class was a development of the preceding W^F class of all purpose tank locomotive. Later in their careers some (14) were rebuilt as W^W class.

References

W.W.Stewart, When Steam Was King, REED, 1970

Rail vehicles of New Zealand

Diesel locomotives

Diesel Multiple Units

Electric locomotives

1500 V DC	E^A (later EO of 1968) E^C E^D E^O of 1923 E^W

25 kV AC	EF

Battery	E E^B

Electric Multiple Units

1500 V DC (Wellington)	"English Electric" D^M (inc. D trailers) "Ganz Mavag" EM (inc. ET trailers) "Matangi" FP (inc. FT trailers)

25 kV AC (Auckland)	AM (inc. AMP, AMT, AMA)

Railcars

RM class	88 seater (also known as Fiats or twinsets) Clayton steam railcar Edison battery-electric railcar Midland railcar Leyland experimental petrol railcar MacEwan-Pratt petrol railcar Model T Ford railcar Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar Silver Fern Standard Thomas Transmission Vulcan Wairarapa Westinghouse

Others	A 88 Buckhurst petrol carriage

Steam locomotives

A of 1873
A of 1906 (inc. A^D)
A^A
A^B
B of 1874
B of 1899
B^A
B^B
B^C
C of 1873
C of 1930
D of 1874
D of 1929
E of 1872 & 1875
E of 1906
F
F^A (inc. F^B)
G of 1874
G Garratt of 1928 (inc. Pacific rebuild)
H
J of 1874
J of 1939
J^A
J^B
K of 1877
K of 1932
K^A
K^B
L
L^A
M
N
N^A
N^C
O
O^A
O^B
O^C
P of 1876
P of 1885
Q of 1878
Q of 1901
R
S
T
U
U^A
U^B
U^C
U^D
V
W
W^A
W^AB
W^B
W^D
W^E
W^F
W^G
W^H
W^J
W^S
W^W
X
Y

Locomotive hauled carriages

See also: Locomotives of New Zealand.

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