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NZR WF class
WF class steam locomotive, NZR number 386
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerA. L. Beattie
BuilderNZR Addington Workshops, Christchurch (10)
NZR Hillside Workshops, Dunedin (16)
A & G Price, Thames (15)
Serial number59 - 68, 74 - 79, 84 - 93 (NZR)
1 - 12, 121 - 123 (A & G Price)
Build date1904 - 1908, 1928
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-6-4T
Driver dia.45 in (1.143 m)
Wheelbase27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Length34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
Adhesive weight26.9 long tons (27.3 t; 30.1 short tons)
Loco weight43.7 long tons (44.4 t; 48.9 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity2.2 long tons (2.2 t; 2.5 short tons)
Water cap.950 imp gal (4,300 L; 1,140 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Grate area15.4 square feet (1.43 m2)
Boiler pressure200 psi (1,379 kPa)
Heating surface729 square feet (67.7 m2)
CylindersTwo
Cylinder size14 in × 22 in (356 mm × 559 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort15,330 lbf (68.2 kN)
Career
Number in class41
Numbers62, 379 - 398, 400 - 405, 430 - 438, 467 - 468, 842 - 844
First run20 December 1904
Last runMarch 1968
RetiredMay 1954 - March 1968
PreservedThree
Current ownerSteam Incorporated, Canterbury Railway Society, Nelson Railway Society
Disposition29 scrapped
8 sold to Tasmania (withdrawn)
3 preserved

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 2-6-4T and the first members of the class entered service in 1904. The locomotives were tank engines designed by the Railways Department's Chief Mechanical Engineer A. L. Beattie, and were mainly built for suburban duties such as those between Christchurch and Lyttelton. They also saw main-line service in the Taranaki region, but most of the class members were assigned to branch line and local services throughout the country. Two were experimentally converted to oil burners in 1909-1910. The tests were satisfactory, but as coal was much cheaper than oil at the time, no further conversions took place.

There were 41 in the class; built by Addington Workshops (10), Hillside Workshops (16), and A & G Price of Thames (15).

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