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Wf Class
CLASS  Wf    2-6-4 T


Introduced: 1904 Number in Class: 41

Wf Class Register





Locomotive Specifications

Builder:
   NZR Addington (10)
   A & G Price Ltd., Thames (15)
   NZR Hillside (16)

Engine Weight:    
43.7 tons
Tender Weight:     Total Weight:    43.7 tons Adhesive Weight:    
26.9 tons
Length over Buffers:    
34' 2"
Total Wheelbase:    27' 0" Engine Wheelbase:    27' 0" Coupled Wheelbase:    
10' 0"
Tender Wheelbase:     Driver Wheel Dia.:    45" Cylinders HP:    
Two - 14" x 22"
Cylinders LP:    
Grate Area:    15.4 sq ft Evaporative Area:    
729 sq ft
Superheated Area:     Working Pressure:    
200 psig
Tractive Effort:    
15330 lbs f
Coal Capacity:    2.2 tons Oil Capacity:     Water Capacity:    950 gals

Remarks:     Although primarily built for suburban duties, this class saw main-line service in the Taranaki district. Most of the class, however, were assigned to branch-line and local services, and for many years, the suburban runs from Christchurch to Lyttelton. They were also scattered far and wide throughout the country and were a very handy locomotive. Two were experimentally converted to oil burners in 1909-1910. Tests were satisfactory but coal was much cheaper than oil at the time.

Preserved Locomotives
  Steam Incorporated,    Paekakariki -     Wf 386,     NZR Addington #66/1905   
  Canterbury Railway Society,    Ferrymead, Christchurch -     Wf 393,     A&G Price #5/1904   Dismantled
  Nelson Railway Society,    Nelson -     Wf 403,     NZR Hillside #77/1907   Restoring