NZR Q class (1878)

NZR Q Class (1878)
Type and origin
Builder Rogers
Build date 1878
Total produced 2
Specifications
Configuration 2-4-4T
Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Driver dia. 48 in (1.219 m)
Adhesive weight 14.2 long tons (14.4 t; 15.9 short tons)
Loco weight 29 long tons (29.5 tonnes; 32.5 short tons)
Fuel type Coal
Firebox:
  Firegrate area
8 sq ft (0.74 m2)
Boiler pressure 130 lbf/in2 (896 kPa)
Heating surface 424 sq ft (39.4 m2)
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 11 in × 158 in (279 mm × 4,013 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 4,062 lbf (18.07 kN)
Career
Operators Rakaia & Ashburton Forks Railway, NZR
Class Q
Number in class 2
Numbers 17, 51
First run August 1879
Last run 1897
Disposition Both scrapped
Not to be confused with NZR Q class (1901).

The NZR Q class were a pair of 2-4-4T type tank engines built by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works in New Jersey. They were similar to the earlier K class of the same manufacturer and were purchased by the Rakaia & Ashburton Forks Railway Company[1] for working their newly constructed railway to Methven from Rakaia, which later became the Methven Branch.

Class register

Key: In Service Leased to ARTA Withdrawn Preserved Under Repair Scrapped
Number Builder Builder's Number Entered service [2] Withdrawn [2] Notes
17 Rogers Locomotive Works 2512 August 1879 1898 Named "Livingstone".
51 Rogers Locomotive Works 2410 August 1879 31 March 1897 Named "Stanley".

References

  1. "RAKAIA AND ASHBURTON FORKS RAILWAY COMPANY (LIMITED).". Papers Past. The Star. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Rogers Q Class 2-4-4 Register". Retrieved 10 October 2014.


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