The NZR BB class of steam locomotives comprised 30 engines operated by the New Zealand Railways (NZR) in the North Island of New Zealand. Ordered to replace smaller locomotives of several classes in the North Island, they were similar in design and appearance to the preceding B and BA classes. The first BB class locomotive entered service in February 1915, with the last to commence operations doing so on 8 March 1917. All were built by A & G Price Ltd of Thames, New Zealand, and as their cylinders had a larger diameter than the B and BA locomotives they were capable of generating more power to haul heavier trains. The most visible difference however was the roundtop firebox in place of the preceding classes Belpaire design. The BB class could haul up to 700 long tons (710 t; 780 short tons) of freight on a level railway line, though they were limited to a top speed of around 40 mph (64 km/h).
The NZRBBclass of steam locomotives comprised 30 engines operated by the New Zealand Railways (NZR) in the North Island of New Zealand. Ordered to replace...
sold in Japan NZRBbclass, a New Zealand locomotive class Balair (IATA airline code BB, 1925-2001) Seaborne Airlines (IATA airline code BB, 1992-present)...
trains. It is currently undergoing a 10-year overhaul. NZR B class (1899) NZRBBclassNZR BC class Locomotives of New Zealand Palmer & Stewart 1965, p. 112...
The NZR JA class was a class of fifty-one 4-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR). The locomotives were built in...
(NZR). The class is widely used in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, mainly for heavy yard shunting, although some members of the class...
The NZR WF class were steam locomotives designed, built and used by New Zealand Railways (NZR). Their wheel arrangement is described by the Whyte notation...
The DQ and QR class were a class of diesel locomotives in New Zealand and Tasmania, Australia. Originally built by Clyde Engineering in the 1960s as Queensland...
various operators connecting to the national rail network: Similar to the NZR DS class: Drewry 2248/1947 was built for the Ohai Railway Board as their NO 1...
passenger express train operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) between Wellington and New Plymouth. It ran from 1886 until 1955 and was...
on New Zealand's railway network. The carriages generally replaced older NZR 56-foot carriages, some of which had been in use for almost 70 years. The...
company purchased two further locomotives from the NZR, a pair of Baldwin Locomotive Works WD class 2-6-4T tank locomotives. WD 316 (Baldwin 18543/1901)...
Rotowaro is Māori for "coal lake". When handed over from Public Works to NZR in 1915 it was called the Awaroa Branch, but was also known as the Glen Afton...
the UC class, although there is one example of each of the UCA and URK wagons preserved. The group also has a number of KP, ZA, and ZL class box wagons...
the members who also worked on NZR at the time. The whole project was repeated the following year when sister WW class locomotive 644 ran the same journey...
either side, but casement windows to the south. In 1921 it was proposed that NZR take over the refreshment rooms. In 1968 the corrugated iron refreshment...
built in 1912 by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. of Kilmarnock, Scotland as ClassBB. It was an 'Improved Meyer' design with a 0-4-4-0T wheel arrangement and...
isolated from the rest of the NZR system, it was known as the Gisborne section (later the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line) of the NZR. Once Gisborne was linked...
signals controlled via gainstock levers located at the station building. Four NZR built railway staff houses were also located on Queen Street bordering the...
site, excavated; remains of hundreds of bodies located. January 29 – NZR V class steam locomotive no. 127 (1885) is recovered from the Ōreti River in...
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