NZR F class

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The NZR F class was the first important class of steam locomotive built to operate on New Zealand's railway network after the national gauge of 1067 millimetres (3 feet 6 inches) was adopted. The first locomotives built for the new 1067 mm railways were two E class double Fairlies for the Dunedin and Port Chalmers Railway. The F class was the first class ordered by the government, and between 1872 and 1888, a grand total of eighty-eight members of the class were constructed. It was a tank locomotive with a wheel arrangement of 0-6-0, and it proved popular with all involved with the class. It operated essentially everywhere on New Zealand's railway network doing a variety of jobs - it could haul light passenger trains at speeds up to 70 km/h (40 mph) or pull up to 800 tonnes of freight on flat trackage, and the final F class locomotives in regular service worked as shunters into the 1960s. Other members of the class survived into the 1950s after being sold to industries to operate private lines.

[edit] Preserved locomotives

Numerous examples of the class have been preserved, including some in full running order.

F 12 - Ferrymead Railway, unrestored, used for spare parts.
F 13 - Ferrymead Railway, from the original batch of five built in 1872; under restoration.^[1]
F 111 - Ocean Beach Railway, awaiting restoration.
F 150 - Plains Vintage Railway, unrestored.
F 163 - Feilding and District Steam Rail Society, operational.
F 180 - Museum of Transport and Technology, under restoration
F 185 - Bush Tramway Club, operational.
F 230 - Hamilton Lake Park, static display.
F 233 - Glenbrook Vintage Railway, awaiting restoration.

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[edit] References

^ Canterbury Railway Society, "Rolling Stock List", accessed 13 October 2007.

Heath, Eric, and Stott, Bob; Classic Steam Locomotives Of New Zealand, Grantham House, 1993

v • d • e New Zealand Rail Locomotives

Battery electric locomotives	E - EB

Diesel locomotives	DA (inc. DAA, DAR) - DB (inc. DBR) - DC (inc. DCP) - DE - DF (English Electric) - DF (General Motors) inc. DFT - DG (inc. DH of 1956) - DH of 1978 - DI - DJ - DQ (inc. QR) - DS - DSA - DSB - DSC - DSG - DSJ - DX (inc. DXB, DXC, DXH, DXR) - TR

Electric locomotives	EA (later EO of 1968) - EC - ED - EF - EO of 1923 - EW

Electric Multiple Units	DM (inc. D trailers) - EM (inc. ET trailers)

Railcars and Diesel Multiple Units	RM class railcars: 88 seater (also known as Fiats or twinsets) - Clayton steam railcar - Edison battery-electric railcar - Leyland diesel railbus - Leyland experimental petrol railcar - MacEwan-Pratt petrol railcar - Model T Ford railcar - Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar - Silver Fern - Standard - Thomas Transmission - Vulcan - Wairarapa - Westinghouse Non-RM class railcar: A 88 Buckhurst petrol carriage Diesel Multiple Units: ADK (inc. ADB trailers) - ADL (inc. ADC trailers)

Steam locomotives	A of 1873 - A of 1906 (inc. Ad) - Aa - Ab - B of 1874 - B of 1899 - Ba - Bb - Bc - C of 1873 - C of 1930 - D of 1874 - D of 1929 - E of 1872-75 - E of 1906 - F - Fa (inc. Fb) - G of 1874 - G Garratt of 1928 (inc. Pacific rebuild) - H - J of 1874 - J of 1939 - Ja - Jb - K of 1877 - K of 1932 - Ka - Kb - L - La - M - N - Na - Nc - O - Oa - Ob - Oc - P of 1876 - P of 1885 - Q of 1878 - Q of 1901 - R - S - T - U - Ua - Ub - Uc - Ud - V - W - Wa - Wab (inc. Ws) - Wb - Wd - We - Wf - Wg - Wh - Wj - Ww - X - Y

See also: Motive power explanation; Multiple units and Railcars descriptions.