NZR WF class
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).
Q171043
steam locomotive
Concept
Q538101
New Zealand Railways
ORG
Q672593
wheel arrangement
Concept
Q1147963
Whyte notation
MISC
Q2825087
2-6-4T
MISC
Q785745
tank engines
Concept
Q4648067
A. L. Beattie
PER
Q79990
Christchurch
LOC
Q911909
Lyttelton
LOC
Q140207
Taranaki
LOC
Q655677
branch line
Concept
Q4681188
Addington Workshops
ORG
Q5763918
Hillside Workshops
ORG
Q4655266
A & G Price
ORG
Q1691479
Thames
LOC
Q6956256
NZR WF class
MISC
1904-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1904
DATE
1909-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1909
DATE
+2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2
NUMBER
-6^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-6
NUMBER
-4^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-4
NUMBER
-1910^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-1910
NUMBER
+41^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
41
NUMBER
+10^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
10
NUMBER
+16^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
16
NUMBER
+15^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
15
NUMBER
service entry
subclass of
manufacturer
instance of