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NZR and class
* Cyclops, a nickname for DM 556, an NZR DM class unit on the rail passenger network of Wellington, New Zealand
* NZR AA class, a locomotive class operated by the New Zealand Railways Department
* NZR ADL class, a type of diesel railway vehicle used on New Zealand's Auckland suburban network
* NZR B < sup > A </ sup > class, a steam locomotive classification used by the New Zealand Railways Department
* NZR RM class Westinghouse railcar, an experimental and inaugural railcar built in New Zealand in 1914
* NZR Bb class, a New Zealand locomotive class
* NZR TR class rail engines
Tangiwai Memorial, showing the replica of the number plate of the train ’ s locomotive, NZR Ka class | K < sup > A </ sup > 949
New Zealand Railways ( NZR ) was a major customer from 1879 when it imported six 2-8-0 based on the Denver and Rio Grande locomotives due to their similar rail gauge, these were given the road class of T. The next was a double emergency order of six 2-6-2 classed N and six 2-8-0 classed O after a British order for similar locomotives failed to meet ontime delivery and weight limitations specified in contract.
Surprisingly only one NZR Baldwin product is operational, a class Wd 2-6-4 tank locomotive operating at the Ferrymead railway in Christchurch, the remains of a WMR 2-6-2 N, NZR 4-6-0 Ub, and two NZR 2-6-2 Wb tank locomotives are in the early stages of restoration.
A NZR EO class ( 1923 ) | NZR EO class locomotive at Ferrymead Railway | Ferrymead.
* NZR DE class
* NZR DF class ( not to be confused with the DF class of 1979 )
* NZR DG class
* NZR DI class
* NZR EC class

NZR and steam
The Hunslet-built M class of 1874 and Y class of 1923 provided 7 examples, however the F class built between 1872 and 1888 was the most prolific, surviving the entire era of NZR steam operations, with 88 examples of which 8 were preserved.
Preserved NZR C class ( 1873 ) | C class steam locomotive # 132 on the heritage Silver Stream Railway, 6 March 2002.
NZR also formed a preservation operation, the Kingston Flyer, in 1971 with two steam locomotives.
Despite the failure of the railway to reach Kaitaia, D 221, a tank steam locomotive of the NZR D class, has been on static display at Centennial Park since 1967.
Following the reintroduction of excursions to the NZR mainline in the late 1970s, the Branch or individual members operated a number of diesel hauled trains, and were well placed to take advantage of the reintroduction of mainline steam in the mid 1980s.
The last steam locomotive to be built by NZR, J < sup > A </ sup > 1274, was turned out in December 1956, and by 1967, steam had all but disappeared from the North Island.
* NZR V classa 2-6-2 steam locomotive
Together with the NB predecessor firms, North British supplied about a quarter of the steam locomotives used by the NZR.
* Three steam locomotives of NZR 4-8-2 classes J, J < sup > A </ sup >, and J < sup > B </ sup > are preserved by Mainline Steam.
* NZR B class ( 1874 ), steam locomotive of the New Zealand Railways Department
* NZR B class ( 1899 ), steam locomotive of the New Zealand Railways Department
* NZR H class, class of steam locomotives used by the New Zealand Railways Department on the Rimutaka Incline
* NZR G class, a type of steam locomotive used in New Zealand
* NZR N class, a class of steam locomotives used by the New Zealand Railways Department and the Wellington and Manawatu Railway
* Railway locomotives and collection — includes seven steam locomotives from a pioneering 1874 NZR F class to the iconic NZR K class steam locomotive, smaller branch line, industrial and logging tank locomotives.
* NZR J class ( 1874 ), steam locomotives operating in New Zealand from 1874 until 1935
* NZR J class ( 1939 ), steam locomotives operating in New Zealand from 1939

NZR and locomotive
The locomotive, designated as Model 8 by Prices, was a small diesel-hydraulic 15-ton shunting locomotive developing 107 hp, similar to the ten Prices ' 15-tonner ' T < sup > R </ sup > 0-4-0DH shunting locomotives sold to NZR in 1955.
With the little locomotive of no use, Weka Pass received approval from Ravensdown Fertiliser ( who had taken over Kempthorne Prosser ) to sell the locomotive to the Plains Railway at Ashburton, who have since restored it in NZR livery as ' T < sup > R </ sup > 119 '.
A NZR Ja class | J < sup > A </ sup > class locomotive on an excursion.
NZR DE class | DE class locomotive on the railway
Mainline Steam New Zealand locomotive, North British NZR J class ( 1939 ) | J 1211.
* NZR Q class ( 1878 ), a New Zealand Railways locomotive class
* NZR Q class ( 1901 ), a New Zealand Railways locomotive class

NZR and New
A private Railway operating in New Zealand at the time exclusively purchased Baldwin products after facing the same difficulties with British builders the NZR had.
When the New Zealand Government purchased the WMR, number 3 was renumbered to NZR Wj class number 466 by the New Zealand Government Railways.
In the first half of the 20th century, the New Zealand Railways Department ( NZR ) dumped withdrawn locomotives and wagons in the river to stabilise its banks and prevent erosion.
In 1938 ten diesel railcars were ordered by New Zealand Railways, the NZR RM class ( Vulcan ).
In 1939 NB supplied 40 J class to the New Zealand Railways Department ( NZR ); some of which were later converted to J < sup > B </ sup > class oilburners.
* " Mainline Steam " of New Zealand ( caring for NZR J 1211 & JB 1236
Locomotives visible are of the New Zealand DC class locomotive | DC, New Zealand DF class locomotive ( 1979 ) | DFT, and NZR DSG class | DSG classes.

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