NZR WE class

NZR W^E class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	NZGR Addington Workshops
Build date	1902, 1943
Total produced	3

Specifications
Configuration	4-6-4T
Gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Driver dia.	42.5 in (1.080 m)
Adhesive weight	35 long tons (36 t)
Loco weight	55.2 long tons (56.1 tonnes; 61.8 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox: • Firegrate area	17.5 sq ft (1.63 m²)
Boiler pressure	180 lbf/in² (1,241 kPa)
Heating surface	1,037 sq ft (96.3 m²)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	16 in × 22 in (406 mm × 559 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	15,780 lbf (70.19 kN)

Career
Operators	NZR
Locale	West Coast
Disposition	Withdrawn, Scrapped

The NZR W^E Class were rebuilt from earlier Addington built B class locomotives. In service, the first two were tried on the Rimutaka Incline, however, they lacked the required adhesion on the 1 in 15 (6.67%) grade. They were later transferred to Greymouth for use on the Rewanui Incline, where they were far more successful, on the line's 1 in 25 (4%) grade. It is not known if they ever operated on the Roa Incline. The three We class locomotives lasted into the 1960s.

References

W.W.Stewart, When Steam Was King, REED, 1970

Rail vehicles of New Zealand

Diesel locomotives

Diesel Multiple Units

Electric locomotives

1500 V DC	E^A (later EO of 1968) E^C E^D E^O of 1923 E^W

25 kV AC	EF

Battery	E E^B

Electric Multiple Units

1500 V DC (Wellington)	"English Electric" D^M (inc. D trailers) "Ganz Mavag" EM (inc. ET trailers) "Matangi" FP (inc. FT trailers)

25 kV AC (Auckland)	AM (inc. AMP, AMT, AMA)

Railcars

RM class	88 seater (also known as Fiats or twinsets) Clayton steam railcar Edison battery-electric railcar Midland railcar Leyland experimental petrol railcar MacEwan-Pratt petrol railcar Model T Ford railcar Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar Silver Fern Standard Thomas Transmission Vulcan Wairarapa Westinghouse

Others	A 88 Buckhurst petrol carriage

Steam locomotives

A of 1873
A of 1906 (inc. A^D)
A^A
A^B
B of 1874
B of 1899
B^A
B^B
B^C
C of 1873
C of 1930
D of 1874
D of 1929
E of 1872 & 1875
E of 1906
F
F^A (inc. F^B)
G of 1874
G Garratt of 1928 (inc. Pacific rebuild)
H
J of 1874
J of 1939
J^A
J^B
K of 1877
K of 1932
K^A
K^B
L
L^A
M
N
N^A
N^C
O
O^A
O^B
O^C
P of 1876
P of 1885
Q of 1878
Q of 1901
R
S
T
U
U^A
U^B
U^C
U^D
V
W
W^A
W^AB
W^B
W^D
W^E
W^F
W^G
W^H
W^J
W^S
W^W
X
Y

Locomotive hauled carriages

See also: Locomotives of New Zealand.

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