Locomotives of New Zealand
Locomotives of New Zealand is a complete list of all locomotive classes that operate or have operated in New Zealand's railway network. It does not include locomotives used on bush tramways.
1994 replica of 1872 Palmerston locomotive was built on a 1931 La-6 truck and is outside Foxton's Court House Museum, as seen in 2018
Image: Coastal Pacific 01
Image: Dg 772 on the Ferrymead Railway with DE 1429 in September 2014
Image: Di 1102 at Waipara
The New Zealand F class was the first important class of steam locomotive built to operate on New Zealand's railway network after the national gauge of 3 ft 6 in was adopted. The first locomotives built for the new gauge railways were two E class double Fairlies for the Dunedin and Port Chalmers Railway Company. The F class was the first class ordered by the central government, and between 1872 and 1888, a total of eighty-eight members of the class were constructed.
F Class steam locomotive NZR 248 "McCallum Mhor", 0-6-0T type. Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
C 1 on display at Perth railway station, 1956. Note the similarity to the NZR F class including the cab coal bunkers which were retained during the conversion.
F230 displayed at Hamilton Lake Rotoroa Reserve