BC class steam locomotive, NZR number 463. Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.[1]
Type and origin
Power type
Steam
Builder
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number
19796
Build date
1901
Total produced
1
Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte
2-8-2
• UIC
1'D1'
Gauge
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Driver dia.
43 in (1.092 m)
Length
55 ft 7 in (16.94 m)
Total weight
71.4 long tons (72.5 t; 80.0 short tons)
Fuel type
Coal
Fuel capacity
4.0 long tons (4.1 t; 4.5 short tons)
Water cap.
1,660 imperial gallons (7,500 L; 1,990 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area
25 sq ft (2.3 m2)
Boiler pressure
200 lbf/in2 (1.38 MPa)
Heating surface
1,477 sq ft (137.2 m2)
Cylinders
4 (2 HP, 2 LP)
Cylinder size
HP 11.5 in × 20 in (292 mm × 508 mm) LP 19 in × 20 in (483 mm × 508 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort
16,080 lbf (71.53 kN)
Career
Operators
Wellington and Manawatu Railway, New Zealand Government Railways
Numbers
WMR 17, NZR 463
Withdrawn
March 1927
The BC class comprised a single steam locomotive that operated on New Zealand's national rail network. Built for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway (WMR) and classified as No. 17, it passed into the ownership of the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) when the government purchased the WMR in December 1908, and it was then that it acquired the BC classification as BC 463.[2]
^"Bc class steam locomotive, New Zealand Railways number 463 (2-8-2)". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^"Class BC". New Zealand Steam. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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