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NZR WG class
WG No. 492, Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderNZGR Hillside
Build date1910-1912
Total produced20
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte4-6-4T
Gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Driver dia.45 in (1.143 m)
Adhesive weight29.7 long tons (30.2 t)
Loco weight50.5 long tons (51.3 tonnes; 56.6 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Firebox:
 • Grate area16.9 sq ft (1.57 m2)
Boiler pressure200 lbf/in2 (1,379 kPa)
Heating surface738 sq ft (68.6 m2)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size14 in × 22 in (356 mm × 559 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort15,330 lbf (68.19 kN)
Career
OperatorsNZR
LocaleAll of New Zealand

The NZR WG class was a development of the preceding WF class of all purpose tank locomotive. Later in their careers most (14) were rebuilt as WW class.[1] The locomotives were designed by A. L. Beattie, who described them as a "large tank locomotive."[2]

  1. ^ Lloyd 1974, p. 64.
  2. ^ Palmer & Stewart 1965, p. 100.

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