EW 1805 with DC 4611 approaching Paekākāriki, 21 August 2005. The EW had been purchased for preservation and was later towed to Plimmerton.
Type and origin
Power type
Electric
Builder
English Electric/Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, England
Specifications
Configuration:
• Commonwealth
Bo-Bo-Bo
Gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length
18.9 metres (62 ft 0 in)
Adhesive weight
76 tonnes (75 long tons; 84 short tons)
Loco weight
76 tonnes (75 long tons; 84 short tons)
Electric system/s
1500 V DC overhead lines
Current pickup(s)
Pantograph
Traction motors
6
Performance figures
Maximum speed
97 km/h (60 mph)
Power output
1,340 kW (1,800 hp)
Tractive effort
104 kN (23,000 lbf)
Career
Operators
New Zealand Railways
Class
EW
Number in class
7
Locale
Wellington region
First run
July 1952
Last run
November 1987
Disposition
5 scrapped 2 preserved
The New Zealand EW class[nb 1] locomotive was a type of electric locomotive used in Wellington, New Zealand. The classification "EW" was due to their being electric locomotives allocated to Wellington.[1] For two decades until the advent of the DX class they were the most powerful locomotives in New Zealand.
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^Palmer & Stewart 1965, p. 131.
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